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Taking ‘City Farmhouse’ BY JOHN CLAYTON
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efore an alphabet soup of cable television channels like HGTV and DIY began delivering tips and advice for home decor and remodeling, Kim and David Leggett were finding dusty treasures and building their City Farmhouse brand. That part of the business — the hunt for the rusty and the rustic — has remained the same for the Leggetts since they started the business 25 years ago in Franklin, Tennessee. But City Farmhouse evolved as trends changed, venturing into “pop-up fairs” and “pop-up shops,” terms now part of the lexicon as antiques and decor items move beyond the four walls of the traditional retail space. “The pop-up fairs and pop-up shops are becoming a popular way all across the U.S. for people to sell all kinds of things,” Kim Leggett says. “It’s not just relating to antiques. They’re extremely popular in New York and California, where people are selling everything from jewelry to fashion.”
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on the road
The Leggetts began their City Farmhouse Pop-Up Fairs in 2012 in Franklin. Shoppers and vendors from across the country have attended. In 2017, the couple licensed City Farmhouse fairs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Medina, Tennessee. While Kim Leggett has been putting her touch on her own City Farmhouse brand for more than two decades, her fingerprints are now all over a series of Country Living Fairs. As program director for the 2019 fairs, sponsored by the popular Country Living Magazine, Leggett is coordinating presenters for the main and kitchen stages. “The goal is to bring Country Living Magazine to life,” Leggett says. “Visitors will learn from top-notch influencers in the industry, while enjoying vendors with antiques, home decor, food, crafts, clothing — everything you might see in an issue of Country Living Magazine.”
Kim and David Leggett have curated the City Farmhouse style for over two decades.
