How to: Farmhouse Chic

I wrote a post a little while back (click here to read it) where I described my style as shabby chic but a little more modern and farmhouse-ish and a little less floral and white. But let's get specific shall we?

1. If you're simply a massive fan of farmhouse tables, as I am, but you're worried that a farm-ish table plus some painted chairs from the 80's might be too too, pair that gorgeous table with a modern chair.  This concept is ALL over the internet, because once apartment therapy does an article on it, it's over. The key is to have two different textures or colours, so if you've got a traditional farmy table, get yourself a metal, plastic, or coloured chair to offset it and not throw your house back into the 80's or worse (wait, probably better) the 1800's.

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Refurbished Oak Desk

Yaaaaaaaaay it's done!  It took a long time.  Yes it did. I thought the desk was a poor buy (even though it was only 25 dollars) because the top had this gross piece of vinyl on it, and parts of the desk are plywood with veneer overtop.  Fortunately, I managed to rip the vinyl off and the top doesn't look half bad, "rustic" let's call it.  Besides, once it was painted black, who could tell if it's plywood + veneer instead of solid wood... no one! Here is the

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