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Farmhouse style home - need help!

4 years ago

Hi everyone,

I need help decorating my home in farmhouse style. We are looking at the main rooms to start. This is how it looks right now, and would appreciate any tips. paint color, artwork ideas, anything really.

Thank you!

I am thinking of something like a reading nook on this little space in the living room

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JAN MOYER

4 years ago

I'm thinking your first BEST plan is to take the kids to a friend for an afternoon, grab another girlfriend of hubby, and tackle all the visible clutter. Particularly the kitchen.

Young families with kids always have a bit of a struggle with storage. But no decorating effort will show in here until you solve the clutter problem. : )

Remove every single thing that doesn't NEED to be there, and take more pictures in better lighting /daylight. Draw the spaces, add dimensions. All the advice of what to "buy" ? Forget it until you solve the real problems

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jbtanyderi
4 years ago
Please post measured floor plan
felizlady
4 years ago
It looks like you have two babies and a house pet. When the kids start crawling around, you will want a rug in the living room for softness for little knees and a good vacuum cleaner. At this very busy point in your life, the best you can do is to keep the home clean for the kids. Decorating is something which you can start doing in another year or two. Most other parents of little ones are in the same predicament.
When our kids were small, we had inexpensive cleanable furniture. As we replaced those pieces, we got nicer furniture and started developing our style. Meanwhile, I collected ideas and pictures from magazines.
The time will come, and you will be ready with plans for a more adult home.
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njmomma
4 years ago
Not a Pro.

I have to agree with Felizlady.

But......a reading nook sounds great for that corner. Who doesn't like being cuddled at night and being read to. Behind your chair in that corner fill the nook with a bookcase, to hold books and baskets to hold small toys.
Mark Brunner
4 years ago
Not a pro. My first instinct is to place the television in the nook. The TV is too big for over the fireplace. The dangling cords bother me, especially with little ones. Without a floor plan, it’s difficult to know furniture placement if the TV is in that nook. And I agree. Clear the clutter and start from scratch.
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4 years ago
Here is a photo you might use for some inspiration.
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4 years ago
Move the TV off the fireplace you have spaces I can see on 2 walls for it.Before anything else you need to address the storage issue in your kitchen. So start there with a good purge and rearrangement of the cabinets you have . Then take pictures with all the clutter gone and post a floor plan to scale. Also are you into new furniture or just reusing what you have,If keeping what you have we need pictures of those pieces too.Sorry norwood but that is a far cry from farmhouse IMO.
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Cabinets 4U, Inc.
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Here are some of our favorite Farmhouse inspiration pictures.

Sometimes it's all about the details!

http://www.cabinets4uonline.com/2019/05/modern-farmhouse-kitchen/

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