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Mixing modern style with farmhouse?

Leigh Hollingsworth

6 years ago

Help! My husband and I are stuck. I like the farmhouse bedroom style, while he’s into more modern looks. We need some inspiration to redo our bedroom. Our room is painted a medium grey with dark wood floors. I don’t want to have to repaint, so staying in that scheme is a must.

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daisychain Zn3b

6 years ago

Have you tried looking at Scandinavian design blogs? There might be a compromise of your styles there. Depends on his definition of modern.

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JudyG Designs
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
You get a Farmhouse bed and cutie pie gets a modern duvet. Walls are painted a color which could be modern or farmhouse.

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adiosamigos
6 years ago
FWIW - whats called "farmhouse" style is really a modern early 2000s fantasy of what a farmhouse 100 years ago might have looked like..... in some other universe far, far away. Meaning - why not just mix it up in any way that works. Just be aware of design principles - repetition, scale, etc. How to combine color and pattern.

Just call it eclectic - which can be a more lively, fun, personally rewarding way to decorate anyway.
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JAN MOYER
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Post what you now have...........photo all angles. Then compromise a bit. Both of you : )
Leigh Hollingsworth
Original Author
6 years ago
The actual furniture is what he used at his bachelor pad and is hand me down stuff that’s in rough shape. The headboard and nightstands are what I bought. I painted the nightstands myself. We currently have a white down comforter to break up the grey. These are the best pictures I have right now lol excuse the pup
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JAN MOYER
6 years ago
I'm depressed, maybe the dog is too? : ) Do some in daylight. All angles
Emily Jowers
6 years ago
I would type "modern farmhouse bedrooms" into google images (or Houzz) and look at the photos together. See which elements you both like and plan around that.

I would start with a minimal, modern base and add farmhouse-y pieces on top of that. Use lots of wood (maybe more rugged wood) since that is an element the modern and farmhouse both love.
Emily Jowers
6 years ago
These beds both feel "modern farmhouse" to me. What do you think of something like this to start from?

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