Farmhouse style at Ikea!

Yesterday, my parents, daughter and I decided since I go back to work on Friday (a.k.a today), we should have one last fun day. We decided to make the 2 1/2 hour trip to the Charlotte area for a little Ikea shopping and some outlet shopping at Concord Mills. My beautiful girl needed a few winter clothes and my sweet baby girl did, too.

As you well know, I love old farmhouses, but lacking the funds to buy one and renovate it, we chose to buy a new home and decorate it like a farmhouse. Ikea had some great finds that can definitely fit into the "farmhouse style" category.

"Antique" tool bin

Most of us can't afford a lot of real antiques. This leaves us no choice but to get creative, and get creative we shall.

I recently found these cute toolboxes in the "outdoor" section of a local dollar store. Two of them came home with me.

DIY: "Grain sack" wall art

I love antique grain sacks. 

                      

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Farmhouse style

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I am in love with farmhouse decor. I'm really in love with farmhouses, but we just moved a year and a half ago, and I'm pretty sure we couldn't afford an antique farmhouse anyway. And if we could, we would have to buy one that needed A LOT of work, and well, we both work full time and the renovation would take several years to complete. So, if you don't mind, I'm going to disguise my 2008 Ranch house (which I love, by the way. Not complaining) as a modern farmhouse.