Practical, unfussy, evolved, and family-friendly. Farmhouse decor has a welcoming warmth that is universally embraced. While there is no exact formula on how to create this style, there are a few characteristics that are common to many farmhouse-style homes. From cabinet colors to lighting fixtures to accent rugs, here are eight farmhouse decor ideas to incorporate into your home.
1. A Neutral Color Palette
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The farmhouse style emulates a simpler time when practicality was the focus. Colors came from nature, so this style is all about the natural, neutral palette. With less adornment, the materials used in your furnishings provide the color, texture, and decoration. Furniture and accessory references should complement the architectural style to make the whole space feel as one.
2. Open Shelves
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Cleaner cabinet styles reference simpler construction. With metal cabinet hardware in their natural finishes, this hardware will patina beautifully in time and add a deeper authenticity. Add open shelves near the sink to hold the things we use every day. Neat stacks of complementary dishware are pleasing to the eye and the mind. Add pantry-style cabinetry on an adjacent wall to store everything else behind doors. This will keep the space clear and uncluttered.
3. Vintage-Style Light Fixtures
Each home decor style uses lighting to flesh out its theme. For farmhouse, it’s usually antique or vintage-style fixtures. Simple lanterns and sconces in blackened metal, zinc, or brass metals are predominant. Vintage lighting is pretty easy to find and incorporating something authentic kicks things up a notch. Modern farmhouse lighting can also be more adventurous, creating exciting juxtapositions between classic interior details and a statement or overscaled lighting.
4. Flooring in Natural Materials
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Flooring in farmhouse-style homes is predominantly made of natural materials, such as wood, clay pavers, concrete, and stone. The look is flooring in natural materials with rustic rugs overtop—no wall-to-wall carpet here.
5. Functional Furniture Made of Natural Materials
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Farmhouse style typically features wooden and iron-framed furniture (or leather) and fabric upholstery in a neutral palette. It also features a lot of stone, glass, and metal furnishings, typically with a natural patina. With this style, simpler shapes and comfort outweigh embellishments or decorations.
6. Minimal Decor
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Decoration in farmhouse-style homes is mindfully used. Well-edited pieces that complement the space and that have or have had some function are most in line with farmhouse style, and they can run from abstract to contemporary to classic. The key is to keep decoration in check, maintaining the open, uncluttered space.
7. Rustic Rugs
Rugs provide additional warmth to the space and offer the opportunity to layer materials for a richer interior. In farmhouse-style spaces, farmhouse rugs are typically flat-woven, with patterns that often have a historical reference (kilim, for example) and soft, warm tones derived from or inspired by nature.
8. Greenery
Plants are a big part of a happy, healthy environment. The farmhouse style typically features large bunches of a single type of cut flower or even shrubbery or branches. Potted plants are typically set throughout in ceramic and clay pottery, vintage brass pots, or rustic baskets. Larger potted plants complement the space by adding both dramatic height and scale.
Readers: Ready to redecorate your space in the farmhouse style? Read this room-by-room farmhouse decor guide.
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Can a rug gable used on top of carpet?
Hi, Cindy! We typically do not recommend using a Ruggable Rug System over the carpet. Our Rugs are specifically designed to be used in conjunction with our non-slip Rug Pad that grips on hard surfaces. Placing Ruggable Rug Systems directly over the carpet may cause a tripping hazard and also carpeting reduces the effectiveness of its grip.
However, customers who have placed their Rug System on carpeted floors have seen the best results when the rug is anchored with a sofa or heavy table and away from heavy traffic areas. Please do also note that we do not recommend using only the Rug Cover on top of carpeted floors!
Obviously the rugs are thin -as seniors we need to know how thick the pads are as not to trip over …also, to not impede an office chair backing up over the edge…
Where do we see prices for these beautiful rugs?
The pads are thin. We notice after a few washings ( granted we wash ours a lot ) they can lift a little on the corners. They don’t hinder rolling office chairs at all. We love ours and don’t believe the would be considered a tripping hazard as long as they are put down properly
Hey, Wanda! Our two-piece Rug System is 1/4 inch thick (with Classic Rug Pad). It is designed to provide cushion without being too heavy and to allow enough clearance for doors to open and close without dragging on the Rug Cover. With that said, any of our two-piece Rug Systems (aside from Plush) are great and safe for office chairs due to their low-pile nature. Our non-slip Rug Pad (bottom layer) will not bunch up or slide!
You can shop our rugs and view our prices by visiting Ruggable.com!
Hi. Will you be having 4×6 ruggables? I need a size between 3×5 and 5×7 for some of my areas.
Thanks!
Hi, Karen! Unfortunately, we don’t have any other sizes planned for now BUT our Product Development & Design teams are always looking for feedback to guide what we come up with next! We’d love it if you could complete this short survey and help us out: https://myruggable.com/survey 😊
Would love to see a 2′ x 3′ size huggable!
Hello, Melody! We will note your feedback to our team concerning the additional size you would like to see! Please also feel free to take the following survey as our team is always looking for feedback on what to come up with next. Feel free to take the survey multiple times if you have multiple ideas/suggestions: https://myruggable.com/survey ✨
I need to get prices on the rugs and pads
I own two different patterned rugs for my farmhouse kitchen and use them interchangeably throughout the year. I love them both and particularly love the fact they can be washed and look as good as new afterwards.
i would like to know why these rugs are not available in a 2×3 size. i have a small powder room and an entry front door that i would love to see them in. Any plans to add that size to the collection?
Thanks!!
Hi, Daria! We are so happy to hear that you are enjoying your Ruggable Rugs!
As for the smaller size mentioned, unfortunately we don’t have any other sizes planned for now BUT our Product Development & Design teams are always looking for feedback to guide what we come up with next! We’d love it if you could complete this short survey and help us out: https://myruggable.com/survey 😊✨
I am furnishing my new condo I am having renovated. I have a 60″ rou d pedestal table in a dining room with shiplap below the chair rail. What rug size rug do you recommend? Are your round rugs large enough?