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Hi friends! I hope your week if off to a great beginning! I have 2 exciting things to share today, 1. I have a new contributor!!! Her name is Bre , she writes over at Rooms For Rent and I couldn’t be happier she is on board. She has an incredibly authentic style that I know you will ALL love and to top it off, she is the sweetest person ever! And #2, she is sharing her home tour with us today, which is amazing!
Hello City Farmhouse readers!! I am so excited to be here today. My name is Bre and I blog over at rooms FOR rent, where I share my farmhouse style, and love for interior design. Whenever someone asks me what my style is, I always laugh, because I feel like I can’t just sum it up in one word. So I smile and say “well if Pottery Barn and Country Living Magazine had a baby, you’d find me”. I’m sharing a bit around my house today, so grab something warm to drink and come on in and stay awhile.
Our living room is our main space we hang out in. It doesn’t always look like this, especially after a chilly winter weekend spent inside watching movies, and cuddling under lots of blankets. I love mixing in lots of texture and vintage finds with a crisp white back ground.
My motto is I want it to look nice, but be comfortable. We are a young family, and although I love my white sofa, I don’t want it to stop anyone from coming in and curling up on it. Slip covers make it stress free and easy to clean so we actually “live” in our living room.
One of my favorite features about our house when we first looked at it, where these white columns separating the living room and dining room. Shortly after moving in, we added the shelves to the living room side, that you see in the photo above. We have plans someday to make glass cabinets on the dining room side, you will see below, to hold seasonal serving platters and bar glasses.
The farmhouse feel continues in the dining room. We made the farmhouse planked table and bench, and to keep things relaxed and less formal feeling, a simple pair of slip covered parsons chairs are on the opposite side, and the table is flanked with wicker chairs from IKEA. I’m not really a fan of “formal” dining rooms. I want a place my kids feel comfortable in to linger a little longer in after family dinners.
Changing up furniture is one of my favorite things to do, and this past fall the dresser that serves as a buffet in our dining room finally got a turn. We stained it black about 9 years ago, and this time I was craving something lighter, with a driftwood feel. If you visit this post, you can see how I transformed this black dresser to have a light washed sun-bleached look.
Upstairs, we’ve added lots of wall treatments to make things nice and cozy in the master bedroom.
First up we added a board & batten treatment, and then planked the remaining half wall with reclaimed barn boards we rescued from a burn pile.
In our on suite, is my dumping ground as my husband like to call it, I like to call it my home office.
Usually the desk is covered in papers, and whatever I’m currently working on. Of course in pictures you get to see how I like to see it, but lets be honest, a lived in house doesn’t always have everything in it’s proper place 🙂
Thank you so much for spending some time with me today, it was so much fun showing you around!
Stay in touch!
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Be sure to follow Bre ^^^, she is such an inspiration!
Have a beautiful week sweet friends!
Bre,
Your home is so very charming…love all your beautiful touches!!
Blessings,
Linda
Love love love her style and that house!!! Great tour, thanks!
Absolute perfection! We moved into a brand new home recently and I am working hard to get all the right things in place. In the end, the goal is to look very similar, so thank you for re-inspiring me!
Jen,
Thank you for sharing Bre’s home with us (I’ve started following her!) and thank you so much for liking my blog’s Facebook page — what a sweet surprise! 🙂
Bre:
Your site is one of my absolute favorites, and your home is gorgeous!
I came across a gallery wall that I just loved and for the life of me I could not remember where I saw it! Well guess what? This was it! Around the tv in the corner! I love it… Love it all!
Really love Bre’s style, her home looks like a family lives in it but appears welcoming. Gotta love it. I always love arts and crafts homes (looks like one to me anyway). You both have a wonderful homey style. Happy week
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It is very rare that I find a house that embodies my style completely 100% but yours NAILED IT! I had stumbled across your blog a couple of months ago, and I’m hooked. You are so talented, Bre. Congrats on becoming a new contributor!
Jen..Your Decor Style gives Me so much Inspiration! I Love it… Whats a Living Room but to live in..You’ve showed Me how to have Pretty and Comfortable…Have a Blessed Day. Cindy
Your home looks absolutely amazing, Bre! Love your style!
Love your house and style!
Love your house but have one question. How wide are the built-in bookcases in the living room? We are adding them to our house and I’m debating between 3′ wide and 4′ wide.
I really, really like your living room décor! I especially like the white drapes. Could you tell me the brand or where you got them? Thank you so much!
What color stain did You use for your table? can u email me thanks
Love your look. Add me to your blog!
what colors did you use. love them!
Can You tell me where you purchased the traditional chandelier over the dining room table?
Could you please tell me what color ann brand of paint that is in your living room? I love it!
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Lovely site to come across…thank you!
Nice post. Enjoyed the whole article with great interest. An informative and enjoyable post indeed 🙂
Wow!! Absolutely gorgeous and so inspiring!
I love the colors throughout your beautiful home. We are currently building a home with open doorways through the living areasvery similar to your home. Did you use the same gray color throughout the open areas? I’m stumped on how to choose paint colors!
Thanks!
I would love to know what the name and brand of the gray in your living room is.
What color paint did you use in the Living Room? Beautiful!
love your home. We are currently starting to redo our house. I am adding wainscoting to all of the walls and would like a contrasting color with the white, what colors are your walls?
Hi Jill, if you go to http://roomsforrentblog.com/ you can find Bre’s colors there:). Good Luck! Jen