Country Sampler Farmhouse Style Summer 2022

As my family and friends will tell you, I absolutely love being outdoors. I like walking through the woods and seeing the dappled sunlight on the path. I can’t wait to pull out my kayak and paddle along a gurgling river, and I enjoy wandering quietly along a beach collecting sea glass. Even when I’m at home, I find myself gravitating toward the outdoors. I’ll hang my hammock and spend an afternoon reading, or I’ll plant tulip bulbs in the yard and then relish the thrill of seeing them pop up in the spring. I’ll relax on the porch with a glass of iced tea and my computer and do some writing, or just sit in the backyard at night watching the stars. Summer is the best time to live…

SUSTAINABLE CANNING COURSE If you’d like to learn how to preserve the bounty of your garden, consider signing up for an online class taught by an expert. Homesteading mentor and author Ann Accetta-Scott of A Farm Girl in the Making offers The Sustainable Canning Course, a series of self-paced classes that will teach you all you need to know to start canning. https://afarmgirlinthemaking.com/the-sustainable-home-food-preserving-course-canning-edition FARMHOUSE FROCKS Lena Schlabach started Farmhouse Frocks in 2014 because she wanted to create beautiful clothing for women of all sizes. She works with local Amish seamstresses to make dresses, tops, bottoms and rompers that perfectly complement the farmhouse aesthetic. The company has expanded to carry home decor for every room, including everyday essentials and seasonal accents. Shop online or visit the brick-and-mortar location in Millersburg, Ohio.…

TRY IT YOURSELF If you want to create a lamp from a vintage fan you already have, Cordero Handcrafted Lighting offers socket and cord kits and a downloadable video tutorial for purchase. Before the advent of air conditioning, electric table fans helped circulate air and cool indoor spaces. New York engineer Schuyler Skaats Wheeler created the first electric table fan in 1886. It was a small, two-blade personal desk fan. Although effective, it was dangerous because it had an exposed motor and there was no cage surrounding the blades, which were patterned after those seen on windmills. Early electric fans were quite expensive and found only in large offices and upper-class homes. More manufacturers began producing fans in the late 1890s and early 1900s, including well-known companies such as Westinghouse,…

While farmhouse will always be a classic style, new interpretations and variations continue to emerge as trends in home decor come into play. As it evolves, the farmhouse look will stay rooted in the past, but it will also embrace fresh elements that mesh well with its focus on pastoral living and nature. Unlike other design trends that seem to cycle in and out so rapidly you don’t have time to introduce them into your home, the following trends—which include patterns, materials, colors and motifs—have staying power and can easily be integrated into a farmhouse interior. As a bonus, many of these trends work well together. Consider using this list to help guide you to the mix you love most and to spark renewed inspiration in your home decorating. You…

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF A COTTAGE IN THE CITY, WWW.ACOTTAGEINTHECITY.COM. Every era has its trending colors—remember mauve and dusty blue from the 1980s and burgundy and hunter green from the 1990s? These days, color forecasters work to come up with “colors of the year,” which are hues that they predict will be popular on a plethora of products. Most paint companies tout their picks, and it seems like many of them were seeing green for 2022. To name a few, Benjamin Moore chose October Mist, Glidden picked Guacamole and Sherwin-Williams selected Evergreen Fog. However, the Pantone Color Institute went in an entirely different direction with a purply blue hue called Very Peri. When it comes to trending colors, don’t feel obligated to overhaul your rooms, unless you are feeling inspired by…

When painting or refinishing treads, work on every other step so you can still use the stairs during your project.…