Farm House Inspiration

Our house is not a farm house. And I'm okay with that. But incorporating some farm house touches never hurt anybody, right? Actually, it can be kinda fun coming up with new decorating ideas and finding new places throughout your home for existing timeless or sentimental pieces. My style is more along the lines of simple and classic because my main focus is making our house a home that my family feels loved in and cared for. I want our guests to feel welcomed and relaxed when they enter.

Having said that, I've identified a few areas in our home that I'm hoping to "refresh" this spring and today I thought I would share some of my favorite farm house inspiration 

Tobacco baskets are huge decorating favorites right now in case you didn't know. I'm so mad at myself for not snatching up one that I saw at Christmas time at Hobby Lobby. It was huge and had the word, "Gather" scripted in the middle of it. A few weeks ago, Wayne was with me at a local home furnishings store and when I picked one up to look at it, he said, "Do you know what those are?" When I said yes and that I wanted one, he said, "My grandmother had tons of those things when I was growing up." See, friends?  Everything always comes back in style. 

I have an area under our stairs that I'm wanting to re-design. I'm loving the tobacco baskets OR a paneled mirror with a wreath. Here are a few designs that I'm loving.

So thanks to my blog friends, I decided to drink some of the tiered tray kool aid and I am SO glad that I did!  These girls were right!  These trays are so much fun decorating for the seasons. I'm hoping to debut my Easter tray decor in a few weeks, but in the meantime, check out my friend, Lisa's post, Tiered Tray 101. I am so proud of her for writing that post because I think she does such a great job decorating her - not one! - but TWO trays!  Love, love  her inspiration!

 

And if you love this St. Paddy's Day tiered tray, hop over to Andrea's blog to see her oh-so GREEN version of this Irish holiday!  My girl bleeds green for her Fighting Irish football team, Notre Dame, so it's no wonder that she would come up with cute decor for St. Patrick's! 

Our kitchen island is pretty large (I love it!  It's perfect for entertaining!) and I just love the big farm house lanterns for lighting. Unfortunately, Wayne doesn't think that new island lights are a priority right now. 

Floating shelves have grown on me and I'm actually planning to add them to a certain area of our home, but that's another post, Friends! I'll share soon enough!

And one more design that I'm loving and have the perfect space for in my kitchen! Don't you just love this?! Our kitchen is red and these white letters would just pop.

Our summer plans include lots of painting! We're repainting the living room, kitchen, and hall bath. Fortunately for me, Wayne doesn't let me get too close to a paint brush. I helped him paint his bedroom once in college when he moved in with some roommates and he told me that I was an awful painter. So I guess I just get to supervise our upcoming projects instead. Ha! Either way, I'm looking forward to refreshing our home this spring and summer.