Yep, something along these lines will work...just don't get too carried away, and start looking at a 3,500-5,000 SF "farm house"...

The key word is...simple!

Simple is beautiful.

I would let the architect do his/her thing, unhampered and unconstrained. That way they might come up with something even better : ) .

I'm not crazy about double doors, plus they seem antithetical to the general farmhouse ethos.

If anyone wants more info on the photo, the exterior is from here,

https://www.countryliving.com/home-design/house-tours/g4058/alabama-farmhouse-renovation/?slide=1

If you are building in the south you will get a lot of heat gain (direct and also reflected off the lower roof) in those upper windows.

If the house is oriented correctly and you have a "tight" house, those windows will be fine. I have lots of windows on my south and north elevations in SW Florida, along with wide roof eaves, and it's fine.

I like this exterior with the exception of the mentioned double doors, and the pork chop returns on the gable.

Nice simple design with a simple roof. I like it. Simple is beautiful.

I like this house. Seems simple and classic. I don't care for double front doors. I think a single door with two sidelights would be better and still have the same feel.

Pretty house but ditch the double front doors - just don't like them. I would think long and hard about that big porch, however. I don't know where you are located, but unless keeping your rooms dark is desirable (a very hot climate), then this will be a problem. Porches are pretty - they add charm. But in today's world where nearly all houses have central AC, they are rarely used. It's either too hot, too cold or too buggy on them. And they do make the interior rooms dark. It was the one thing I didn't like about my first husband's family summer house in northern MI. Loved that big wraparound porch when I was sitting on it, but that was one dark house inside, even on a lovely sunny summer's day.

Don't get caught up in what others like. Focus on what makes you smile... heh. Everyone sees things differently.

I love a wrap around porch.. so.. don't forget to add that.. lol :P (joke)

I like the picture you added... well, not the horse.....don't care to upkeep that, but if it was a fake horse.. I'd hose it down once in a while! (snicker)

I agree on the horse! lol :)

Come on...horses, goats, sheep, chickens, dogs--lots of 'em--and bees. All with names.

That's living.

If you are 30.

Or mid- to late fifties : ) . Of course, it helps considerably to have several strong and willing kids in their late teens and early twenties to do lots of the work!

No bees here. But horses, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, cattle, one dog, and cats galore. Most with names. The kids used to name all the cows and calves, but with the kids getting older and the herd growing to several hundred, that went by the wayside. All the 4-H cattle and their offspring are all named, though : ) .

Oh, I love the horses and goats and chickens.. don't get me wrong... that is my dream life.. but I also like living.. being married, having a LIFE.. lol. I have an 11yr old girl and a 8yr old boy and a wife that makes me pick my battles.. heh.. so, 3 dogs... cannot afford a horse! :P

I am selling my ranch right now so I can go back to fishing and letting someone ELSE take care of the dang place.. heh. 331 acres of hunting land and a cabin we built. Hate to see it go, but I just have my hands full of things to take care of.;)

R

I've decided that our farm will only have animals that I eat. :) thus, no horses.... but pigs and cattle.... YUM!

LOL

I love the feel of this house (the simplicity), and totally agree with the comments to get rid of the double doors on the front and ixnay the pork chop thingys that cpartist mentioned (I didn’t know what she was talking about for the first few months I lurked here, because my eyes don’t naturally detect that level of detail, but now I can’t unsee them).

Good luck! I’m looking forward to following along with your build.

I love the look of this house. agree on the double doors not looking very farmhousey. The windows on the gable look odd too. simple is almost always better. We have goats, chickens, bees on our little farm. Most of them have names - well, not the bees. they all have one name - Buzzy. Our cow was named Hammy (short for hamburger) by my children. He is now at freezer camp. :-) Meat chickens get names like Fried, Drumstick, Stew, Nugget...

Cyndy - Freezer Camp cracks me up!!!

HCH's pic reminded me a bit of my grandparents farmhouse. I always loved that house and it's what immediately comes to my mind when I think of a farmhouse. I spent many a summer running around that place as a kid. The gables were painted green later so that green roof in his pic made me think of it.

FYI we have a redone Colonial farmhouse in NE with spray foam insulation and big low e windows. We have more heat gain on the south side of the house in summer than we were thinking.

Strange because I have none on my south side. My west side a bit. And I'm in SW FL.

My father's old family home was something like the old picture. I adored exploring all the rooms and hidden attic spaces in that old house, when I was a child. I visited it a few years ago, but did not go inside - don't think I'd want to see what has happened with renters for the past 45 years (the same couple, though). My cousin bought it out of our uncle's estate - a totally impractical, sentimental gesture. The house is in MO; he lives in TX and is now in his early 90's. It will be a huge burden his surviving child one day soon. I was glad to see that most of the huge old trees were still there, and a few traces of my grandmother's garden.