City Farmhouse Style: Designs for a Modern Country Life
Description
In City Farmhouse Style, come along on the hunt to coveted country sources and the best secret antiquing spots and learn how to create country farmhouse style in your city house, townhouse, or apartment.
“What happens when homeowners throw out the design rule book? Genius decorating ideas pop up everywhere. A flip through Leggett’s book reveals dozens.” ―Architectural Digest
Author Kim Leggett is the creator of City Farmhouse, an interior design business, pop-up antiquing fair, and vintage store. She is also a legendary “picker” and favorite designer to celebrity clients (and country-style mavens) including Meg Ryan, Ralph Lauren, Sheryl Crow, and Phillip Sweet and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town.
In City Farmhouse Style, Leggett offers great style advice, breaking down the design vocabulary that makes for fresh country style (no matter the setting). The popularity of farmhouse style has designers, homeowners, and fans in search of inspiration to create this look in all its rural glory. Topics include:
- Farmhouse Paints
- Farmhouse Wallpapers
- Farmhouse Textiles
- The French Farmhouse
- Salvaged Style
- Made from Scratch
- And more!
Leggett writes in her introduction, “The real beauty of farmhouse style—unlike more fleeting design trends—is that it’s rooted in roll-up-your-sleeves practicality. Farmhouses have been around for hundreds of years, after all, and they were designed to work hard—to accommodate multigenerational families, feed a crowd, and, yes, handle a little dirt. . . . I also suspect farmhouse style has such widespread appeal because it’s inherently inviting. It’s warm, welcoming, and thanks to its adaptability, all inclusive.”
City Farmhouse Style focuses entirely on transforming urban interiors with unfussy, welcoming, country-style decor. It’s a unique resource whether you have a small apartment or a large townhouse.
“Leggett celebrates the ageless appeal of farmhouse staples—and explains why the look isn’t going anywhere.” —Country Living
Includes color illustrations
Praise for City Farmhouse Style: Designs for a Modern Country Life
“Kim has such a great eye for all things farmhouse style. I look to her for design inspiration and for the perfect treasures to warm up my home. Nashville loves her and so do I!”
— Kimberly Schlapman, Singer-Songwriter and Member of the Grammy Award–Winning Band, Little Big Town
“Who would have thought that farmhouse style would be the most sought after look for twenty-first-century home decorators? With Kim’s tips and style inspiration anyone can bring country to the city with ease.”
— Sheryl Crow, Grammy Award–Winning Singer-Songwriter
"In her new book, City Farmhouse Style, designer Kim Leggett celebrates the ageless appeal of farmhouse staples - and explains why the look isn’t going anywhere. (You can bet the farm on it)."
— Country Living
"Forget your old definition of farmhouse style and learn about the diversity of the look."
— American Farmhouse Style
"So, what happens when homeowners throw out the design rule book? Genius decorating ideas pop up everywhere. A flip through Leggett's book reveals dozens."
— Architectural Digest
"As the editor in chief of Country Living, a brand with design-loving readers all over the country, I’ve seen firsthand how the demand for all things farmhouse has grown exponentially over the past few years . . . Farmhouse Style seems to resonate everywhere, from the neon lights of Times Square to one-stoplight town squares, and for good reason: A farmhouse table or an apron sink work just as well in an urban loft or suburban Tudor as they do in a country farmhouse.”
— From the foreword by Rachel Hardage Barrett, Editor in Chief, Country Living