InnerCella Vignettes
The star of this bright, white kitchen is the light fixture Jon Ward crafted from tobacco sticks, a variation on Chestnut Living's popular leatherhandled baskets.
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Farm Fresh Couple behind Chestnut Living share their take on farmhouse style / by Allison Walsh / Photography by Chelsey Ashford
FALL 2018
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armhouse style is having a moment. But for Brandi Ward, who together with her husband, Jon, transforms spaces through their design and lifestyle brand, Chesnut Living, “farmhouse” transcends shiplap walls and tobacco baskets over the mantel. “I feel like our generation has seen before technology and after technology and we’re starting to see the repercussions of technology, so we’re craving something - more of a simple life - and to me that lends towards farmhouse,” says Brandi. “It’s just a feeling of home and comfort.” And while the Ward family does live on a farm of sorts complete with peach trees and hens happily laying eggs in an adorable coop - Brandi assures this aesthetic is achievable in any home, no chickens required. She says the best way to create this sense of stylish calm in one’s home is to start with a fresh, neutral palette. “For me farmhouse is wood tones and neutral [colors] and then adding in fresh greenery, creating a fresh feeling,” she says. “Because when you’re on a farm it’s mainly green, white and wood.”
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