Last week I was asked to help ‘spruce up’ the retail space that sells the grass fed beef raised on Bob and Janet's farm and also their ‘bunkhouse-one-room-cabin.’ The request was motivated by an area-wide art opening weekend that featured a farm open house and also an exhibit by a nationally-known sculptor in the grand space of their barn’s rustic upper level.
While the cabin had next to nothing in it, it was a very intriguing rustic space constructed of wood and timbers. There were several "givens" to be used for staging—a blue pitcher received as a gift for an antique wash stand and several framed bird prints that the owners liked. We used furnishings pulled from every building on the farm including the barn, garage, shed, house, etc., designing on the spot. The end result was a lovely, romantic retreat that was created without the time and expense of purchasing anything new (sometimes possible, sometimes not).
The ‘girls,’ the farm’s free range chickens, checked out the new space before they were shooed away. Rumor has it that after seeing the newly completed room, the owner’s son and future daughter-in-law, California wine country transplants, may be spending their honeymoon ‘down on the farm.’
©2010 catherine lenard
While the cabin had next to nothing in it, it was a very intriguing rustic space constructed of wood and timbers. There were several "givens" to be used for staging—a blue pitcher received as a gift for an antique wash stand and several framed bird prints that the owners liked. We used furnishings pulled from every building on the farm including the barn, garage, shed, house, etc., designing on the spot. The end result was a lovely, romantic retreat that was created without the time and expense of purchasing anything new (sometimes possible, sometimes not).
The ‘girls,’ the farm’s free range chickens, checked out the new space before they were shooed away. Rumor has it that after seeing the newly completed room, the owner’s son and future daughter-in-law, California wine country transplants, may be spending their honeymoon ‘down on the farm.’
©2010 catherine lenard
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