City Farmhouse Style: Designs for a Modern Country Life

by Kim Leggett, Alissa Saylor (Photographer)

Overview

Come along on the hunt to coveted country sources and the best secret antiquing spots, and learn how to create country farmhouse style in your city dwelling. Author Kim Leggett is the creator of City Farmhouse, an interior design business, pop-up antiquing fairs, and vintage store. She is also a legendary “picker” and favorite designer to celebrity clients (and country-style mavens) including Meg Ryan, Ralph Lauren, Sheryl Crow, and Phillip Sweet and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town. In City Farmhouse Style, Leggett offers great style advice, breaking down the design vocabulary that makes for fresh country style (no matter the setting).

The popularity of farmhouse style has designers, home­owners, and fans in search of inspiration to create this look in all its rural glory. City Farmhouse Style is the first design book of its kind to focus entirely on transforming urban interiors with unfussy, welcoming, country-style decor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419726507
Publisher:	ABRAMS
Publication date:	09/12/2017
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	379,949
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kim Leggett is a sought-after interior designer, successful retailer, and the author of the bestselling Leggett’s Antiques Atlas series. She lives in Franklin, Tennessee, and can be found at cityfarmhousefranklin.com.

Editorial Reviews

Who would have thought that farmhouse style would be the most sought after look for twenty-first-century home decorators? With Kim’s tips and style inspiration anyone can bring country to the city with ease.

Grammy Award–Winning Singer-Songwriter Sheryl Crow

"Forget your old definition of farmhouse style and learn about the diversity of the look."

American Farmhouse Style

"As the editor in chief of Country Living, a brand with design-loving readers all over the country, I’ve seen firsthand how the demand for all things farmhouse has grown exponentially over the past few years . . . Farmhouse Style seems to resonate everywhere, from the neon lights of Times Square to one-stoplight town squares, and for good reason: A farmhouse table or an apron sink work just as well in an urban loft or suburban Tudor as they do in a country farmhouse.

From the foreword by Rachel Hardage Barrett

"So, what happens when homeowners throw out the design rule book? Genius decorating ideas pop up everywhere. A flip through Leggett's book reveals dozens."

Architectural Digest

Kim has such a great eye for all things farmhouse style. I look to her for design inspiration and for the perfect treasures to warm up my home. Nashville loves her and so do I!

Kimberly Schlapman

"In her new book, City Farmhouse Style, designer Kim Leggett celebrates the ageless appeal of farmhouse staples - and explains why the look isn’t going anywhere. (You can bet the farm on it)."

Country Living

Who would have thought that farmhouse style would be the most sought after look for twenty-first-century home decorators? With Kim’s tips and style inspiration anyone can bring country to the city with ease.

Grammy Award–Winning Singer-Songwriter Sheryl Crow

Who would have thought that farmhouse style would be the most sought after look for twenty-first-century home decorators? With Kim’s tips and style inspiration anyone can bring country to the city with ease.

Grammy AwardWinning Singer-Songwriter Sheryl Crow

"So, what happens when homeowners throw out the design rule book? Genius decorating ideas pop up everywhere. A flip through Leggett's book reveals dozens."

Architectural Digest

"In her new book, City Farmhouse Style, designer Kim Leggett celebrates the ageless appeal of farmhouse staples - and explains why the look isn’t going anywhere. (You can bet the farm on it)."

Country Living

10/15/2017
Growing up in a home that eschewed popular styles for well-worn furniture and whitewashed walls, interior designer Leggett developed an affection for this country look. Here, she visits a baker's dozen of houses, including those of singer Sheryl Crow and country music band Little Big Town's Phillip Sweet. The styles range from cozy traditional to sleek modern, all with "shabby chic" touches. Leggett identifies the decorative accessories, furniture, and finishings that define the farmhouse style with choices for color, textiles, and wallpaper highlighted and shown in 200 color photographs. She concludes with a list of flea markets and vintage stores as well as online resources. VERDICT With Leggett's guidance, these visits into farmhouse decorated homes provide the do-it-yourselfer with ideas for decorating their own abodes.

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