Modern Farmhouse Style

The modern farmhouse is both classic and contemporary at the same time and offers a perfect blend of traditional style and modern sensibility. It is traditional with a modern twist. Modern farmhouse interior design gives a strong nod to country elements too. It is warm and inviting and makes old seem new again.

Modern Farmhouse Dining Room

Elements of Modern Farm House Style

Mixing Styles and Eras

As eluded to above, modern farmhouse marries modern and classic elements for a character-rich mix. For example, I mixed the classic English country-style pedestal table in this Newmarket, Ontario dining area with the trendy geometric abstract wall art. This can be seen in the photo of the room above.

Modern farmhouse in an eat-in kitchen or dining room like the one pictured above lifts these spaces from their fussy formal past and transforms them into contemporary comfort. For example, the dining chairs in the photo above feature the beauty of a classicly elegant tub shape, but it has evolved from their Victorian roots. These chairs have a higher back than their Victorian ancestor. The higher back gives a lot of back support and makes it very comfortable. The removal of all that Victorian ornamentation gives it clean lines, thus a contemporary look. This ever-popular tub-shaped dining chair has sabre curved legs that have clean lines.

The dining room has become an important space for homeowners keen to add an element of refinement to their eating arrangements. The Modern farmhouse style helps to do just that.

Use Various Accessory Styles

Layer in accessories too. Mix classic turned glass candlesticks and a traditional glass hurricane vase with modern abstract wall art to mix old and new. Create a modern farmhouse look with modern materials such as glass and items that have traditional shapes. The glass candlesticks in the photo above are an updated take on a classic turned candlestick design. The updated material is glass instead of metal. The glass hurricane vase is also an updated take on a classic hurricane design. It is because they are manufactured using glass too. They both make great dining room centrepieces.

These updated classic tabletop accessories and contemporary touches help to create the modern farmhouse style. Furthermore, the candlesticks dress up the look. They help to add a glamourous, elegant dressed-up feel to the dining room. These change the breakfast room into a sophisticated dining room. Accessories help dress up or dress down the modern farmhouse look.

Monochromatic and Neutral Colour Schemes

As seen above, the style of the furniture helps to create the modern farmhouse look. Another design element needed to create the modern farmhouse style is a monochromatic colour scheme. Start with a color palette of warm or cool neutrals (cream, beige, silver, and gray all work well), and then layer in some natural wood tones. A neutral wall paint adds to the modern farmhouse aesthetic. 

For example, in the photo above, the walls are a warm neutral taupe. The table and chairs have a warm creamy white finish that coordinates with the kitchen cabinets. The oatmeal beige fabric on the chairs picks up the beige on the kitchen counter and backsplash. It also picks up the gray/beige wall paint colour.

Natural wood tones have been added to this breakfast room. Natural wooden floors are the bedrock of this aesthetic and are found in this room. The stained wood table top echoes the flooring stain. In the dining room featured in this post, a neutral colour scheme is used.

Make it Plush with Upholstery

The upholstered tub chairs in the above dining room bring the decor to life. They also contour the body for added comfort. It is a classic, sophisticated and elegant style chair for traditional and contemporary interiors.

The tub chair can be formal or informal, depending on the table chosen. It can look formal/informal depending on the table accessories and fabric that are chosen too. The tub chair comes in a wide variety of patterns, styles, and fabrics.

The simplest scheme can be transformed with the addition of a pattern via the fabric. The homeowner chose a lovely floral pattern for her chair backs. The chair seats have plain solid oatmeal-coloured linen-like textured fabric, and the chair backing has a classic floral print giving the chairs a two-toned look and depth. The neutral colour scheme on the floral fabric modernizes the look, and the patterned fabric adds interest to the neutral colour scheme.

Add Textures

Since the modern farmhouse style is made up of neutral colors, you’ll need a mix of textures to keep the space from looking flat. For example, contrasting tabletop textures are important when capturing the modern farmhouse aesthetic. In the dining room above, a runner with a canvas-like texture adds to the farmhouse feel. When it comes to your comfy furniture, use a variety of fabrics like cotton, canvas, linen, and faux fur. The linen-like fabric on the chair seat also adds to the farmhouse feel.

The modern geometric abstract wall art has geometric shapes that have various levels of depth. This gives added depth, therefore, texture to the overall decor.

A mix of subtle textures is what completes the modern farmhouse feel without getting too busy. Multiple wood finishes also add texture to farmhouse-styled spaces. Painted wood is one of the wood finishes seen on farmhouse furniture. There are painted and stained wood finishes on these dining room pieces of furniture. They add texture too.

Simple Clean Lines

Incorporating the elements of the modern farmhouse look usually consists of using clean lines. Traditional homes would need to remove strong patterns. They would need to avoid ornamentation on accessories and furniture that are too detailed to make things look cleaner and understated.

For example, the chair frame and legs in the above dining room have no ornamentation and are clean-lined. The ceiling fixture and wall art both have geometric-shaped clean lines too.

Lighting

The dining room pendant in the above photo combines a small classic crystal chandelier fixture with a modern drum shade. It marries the modern drum form with the classic crystal chandelier. The glamour of the crystals adds sparkle and drama. They add to the glass theme that is seen on the dining room table centrepieces.

Also, the modern style geometric perforations on the drum shade of the pendant also echo the modern geometric wall art on the wall. They both have rectangular shapes.

Furthermore, the silver drum shade and crystal chandelier portions of the pendant blend very well with the neutral colour palette in the room.

Conclusion

In conclusion, this modern English farmhouse dining room style blends modern and classic furniture, accessories, and lighting. The design elements that complete the look include using a neutral colour scheme. Subtle textures, another element, are seen in the wall art, woven canvas, and linen fabric. Plus, the wood grains on the flooring and tabletop add another layer to the look.

Plush upholstery creates comfortable furniture. Simple, clean lines on the furnishings add to the style too. This particular dining room has a bit of glamour added to it. Therefore it falls into the modern flam farmhouse category. This is a subcategory of modern farmhouse. If you want to learn more about the decorating packages Lynteriors from Aurora, Ontario offers, go to: https://wordpress.com/page/lynteriors.wordpress.com/43.