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What's Your Style: Modern Farmhouse is a Softer Rustic Style
If you love the idea of warm timber and practical design, your interior style is probably modern farmhouse
Niki Bruce
7 January 2019
Houzz Contributor. Editor and Journalist for over 20 years. This is where I let my inner-homeowner run free!
Houzz Contributor. Editor and Journalist for over 20 years. This is where I let my... More
The modern farmhouse look is warm, practical and features a mix of timber and industrial metal work - two things that can be found in lots of Singapore homes already.
What makes the modern farmhouse style different is the addition of crafty textures, neutral colours and more traditional furniture shapes – it’s the rustic style, but with a softer edge.
Is rustic right for Singapore?
What makes the modern farmhouse style different is the addition of crafty textures, neutral colours and more traditional furniture shapes – it’s the rustic style, but with a softer edge.
Is rustic right for Singapore?
Function comes first
Getting the modern farmhouse style right starts with function; farms are functional workplaces after all.
Look at your lighting, storage and even furniture placement to make sure your home flows well. Ease-of-use is your number one priority to get the style right.
Getting the modern farmhouse style right starts with function; farms are functional workplaces after all.
Look at your lighting, storage and even furniture placement to make sure your home flows well. Ease-of-use is your number one priority to get the style right.
Go for natural colours and materials
Imagine shades that remind you of nature – browns, creams, greens and blues.
Imagine shades that remind you of nature – browns, creams, greens and blues.
Look for more muted versions of these colours. For example, choose off-white or cream in place of bright white; washed-out greens over grass green.
Stick to as many natural materials as you can or choose finishes that look like real timber and stone.
Mix ‘n’ match
Develop a backstory for your rooms as if each piece of furniture and each fitting has been collected over generations. The result is a merger of styles like a traditional style of dining table with mid-century modern chairs. Or a large overstuffed couch with a pile of mix ‘n’ match cushions and throws.
Develop a backstory for your rooms as if each piece of furniture and each fitting has been collected over generations. The result is a merger of styles like a traditional style of dining table with mid-century modern chairs. Or a large overstuffed couch with a pile of mix ‘n’ match cushions and throws.
A touch of industrial
Farmhouses are also workplaces with lots of exposed mechanical items and hardware, so include touches of metalwork to the kitchen, bathrooms and even wardrobes.
Farmhouses are also workplaces with lots of exposed mechanical items and hardware, so include touches of metalwork to the kitchen, bathrooms and even wardrobes.
Barn doors with metal rails are an obvious addition to get look on course.
Is a barn door right for your home?
Is a barn door right for your home?
Get the look: These farmhouse chairs and metal ‘wheel’ light fitting bring the look together.
Keep it modern
Modern art or light fittings with a fresh edge keep your farmhouse look modern not historical.
Modern art or light fittings with a fresh edge keep your farmhouse look modern not historical.
Get the look: This bathroom gets a touch of modern farmhouse style via the timber-fronted vanity and concrete patterned tiles.
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