Simple Farm Style

Trudy Crane August 8, 2014

Love the simplicity in this Swedish farm house. No frills here with white wood and vintage pieces thoughout. Pretty accessories make the perfect statement in this house and I love the black metal handrail on the stairs! The bed is vintage brass and it looks like the dining room light fixture is also...

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PHOTO MAGDALENA BJÖRNSDOTTER - Go and look at her site here. A wonderful photographer!!

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, A Delightsome Life, The Dedicated House, The Charm of Home

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Trudy

Photos by MAGDALENA BJÖRNSDOTTER

via: Lantliv

Farmhouse Style Loft

Trudy Crane May 29, 2014

This is the home of boutique owner Anna Hillegass featured in Country Living Magazine. She owns this super cute store in Minneapolis called The Foundry Homegoods and her loft is just above her store. She loves to decorate her store and her home with great salvaged style.."I love older things that people have used and cherished," says Anna. "They have personality, character, and soul." I could not agree more.

Her father had bought this old foundry 30 years ago and used it for his own business. Once the neighborhood become hip and trendy she decided to open her own store and have her loft in the space. I love to hear stories like that....being able to live and work in a gorgeous space that you once played in as a child. Very cool..

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, A Delightsome Life

Good Book: Modern Rustic

Trudy Crane May 1, 2014

I have done posts before about how much I love Rustic style so when I saw this book by Emily Henson at Anthropology I jumped at it. Emily is a stylist and author living in London and she has a really good feeling and understanding of this style. Rough wood, stone, muted colours and all natural materials are the essence of the rustic style and pairing them with a modern take on furnishings and accessories is really the perfect combination. Emily says, "Despite its use of recylced materials and objects, this is not a typical vintage look; it is more original than that. Modern Rustic incorporates the latest interior design know-hows and exciting, contemporary materials, and brings rusticity with all its honest, unpretentious appeal, beautifully up to date" I think this statement sums up her book perfectly!

Photos by : Catherine Gratwicke

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

Barefoot in the Barn

Trudy Crane March 6, 2014

This gorgeous barn is that of... the one and only Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten. Don't you love her recipes! She makes everything look so easy....It has an amazing kitchen, a wonderful dining space and cozy bedrooms. This is a really great place to entertain, where guests can linger in front of the fire or out on the amazing covered terrace and if they are lucky, perhaps stay the night in this guest space and short walk from the main house. Wonderful neutral tones throughout the barn give it an earthy feel and what about those fantastic ceilings...

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

Via: House Beautiful

Photos: Simon Upton

Desert Farmhouse

Trudy Crane February 4, 2014

This Farmhouse in the Sonoran desert is really just the most beautiful place! So much to love here!! This rustic home has so many elegant touches throughout. what about the gorgeous lighting, especially the gold in the bedroom! Warm and wonderful fireplaces in many of the rooms and of course the beamed ceilings. The kitchen is big, with lots of counter room and the most perfect appliances and sink for this farmhouse look. I like the way the tones in this house reflect the desert tones outside as well keeping the feeling of the desert flowing into this amazing home...

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

via: Honestly WTF

From: davidmichaelmiller.com

Tuscan Style in Australia

Trudy Crane January 18, 2014

I love the feeling of this Tuscan style home on the Kingsbrook Estate in Southern Australia. Much of the furniture has been made by the owner and he has given it just the right amount of rustic charm. My favourite part of the home though is the outdoors. The covered patio, that is really more like an outdoor living room and of course the stone terrace is so beautiful as well. Feels a lot like Italy to me!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Enjoy!

Trudy

California Ranch Style Home

Trudy Crane January 8, 2014

This fixer upper was just what designer Kelley Motschenbacher was looking for when she and her husband began looking for a country home. They created a beautiful and comfortable space filled with white furniture and colourful accents. Gorgeous white sofas slip-covered with vintage French linens make the upkeep easy even with a big golden lab! I really love the desk area with the wonderful shelving and the amazing lamp and the bedroom wall lamps are also really great. There are so many perfect vintage pieces in this space that add wonderful texture like the rattan coffee table and the wooden basket she uses as a table in the bedroom. Add a few rag and sisal rugs and you have the perfect place to relax and unwind on the weekends!

Linking with French Country Cottage, Common Ground Do, My Romantic Home

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Trudy

via: Country Living

Photos: Victoria Pearson

100 Year Old Farmhouse Goes Modern

Trudy Crane January 6, 2014

This 100 year old farmhouse owned by designer Tobi Tobin has been redone into a modern, beautiful home. Full of mirrors in every room mimicking Mondrian paintings of rectangles and squares. There is also a wonderful mix of modern furniture in pale tones beside antiques in darker shades and you see the mix of black and whites in the bedrooms as well...and what about the wallpaper! Really gorgeous! The use of glossy black in the kitchen and on the doors really grounds the rooms and the wonderful chandeliers keeps it all bright and sophisticated....

Linking with Savvy southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home

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Trudy

Hey I was featured over at Savvy Southern Style! Check it out here!

via: House Beautiful

Photos: KARYN R. MILLET

Layered Home with Pottery Barn

Trudy Crane December 3, 2013

This is the gorgeous home of Pottery Barn Executive VP Monica Bhargava. Layers of textiles and decor fill each room brought in from her travels around the world and of course from Pottery Barn! I find it such an original space! Great mix of caramel colour with black and white throughout the home creates a unified theme but an incredible mix of pictures, lamps and home accessories keeps the eye moving from table to table, couch to chair. I just love the mix of lamps used in one space..not small lamps..really great oversized lamps! Finally take a look at the layered rugs in each room....Monica is a brave mixer of prints....check the zebra rug over the Persian rug. Perfect!

Enjoy!

Trudy

Linking with: Savvy Southern Style, No Minimalist Here, Timewashed, The 36th Avenue, A Delightsome Life, From My Front Porch to Yours, Shabby Art Boutique, French Country Cottage, Rooted in Thyme, Common Ground-Do, My Romantic Home, The Dedicated House, Mod Vintage Life, The Charm of Home, Redoux

via: House Beautiful

photos: VICTORIA PEARSON - Check out her site as she shoots amazing interiors!

Sophisticated Shabby Decor

Trudy Crane November 24, 2013

What can I say about this house...so many good things....it is really fabulous! Sophisticated yet shabby it has all the elements I love in a white home. Great floors, painted in some rooms and some with the original wood colour, antique and vintage furnishings and architectural elements and an easy unstructured kitchen with a Smeg fridge! What about that amazing kids room....so creative and fun. Love it!

Hope you are having a great weekend! It is getting cold in Montreal and we even had a few flakes of snow today!