30 Farmhouse Living Room Ideas To Make You Feel Cozy

Farmhouse living rooms are homey, warm, nostalgic, and timeless.

Often featuring central fireplaces, decorative ceiling beams, shiplap walls, barn doors, vintage-style lighting, and neutral palettes, these homey spaces prioritize natural materials like wood, metal, and stone. 

You can make farmhouse style work in a more modern, minimalist home or a traditional or period home.

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While traditional farmhouse style tends to feature warmer tones and darker woods, modern farmhouse interiors typically feature white walls and lighter wood tones for a bright and current feel.

Today many people combine farmhouse with other trends to create hybrid styles such as coastal farmhouse, industrial farmhouse, boho style meets farmhouse, and more. 

Whether you’re renovating an old farmhouse or outfitting a new build with nostalgic vintage features and decorative accents, check out these farmhouse living rooms for inspiration. 

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Add a Color Accent

Pin Design by Marie Flanigan Interiors / Photo by Julie Soefer

While the farmhouse aesthetic tends to focus on neutrals, you can lift your decor with judicious color accents. 

Marie Flanigan Interiors added definition to this airy living room with traditional barn red detailing.

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Show Off Collectibles

Pin Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Amy Neunsinger

This 1920s LA hunting cabin from Leanne Ford Interiors has a farmhouse vibe with its whitewashed wood, rustic stone fireplace, lightly pitched roof,

visible ceiling beams, and assortment of personal objects scattered around the room that feel collected over time rather than overly styled.

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Source a Vintage Mantel

Pin Becca Interiors

Add authenticity to a farmhouse living room by sourcing vintage and antique accent pieces that will give the space a sense of history. 

Becca Interiors highlighted a brick fireplace with a vintage natural wood mantel in this beaded shiplap-clad coastal farmhouse living room in Southampton Village, NY.

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Try a White Farmhouse Floor

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Paint the floorboards white for a Scandi-inspired farmhouse feel.

In this cozy living room from Liz Marie Blog, a vintage-style Antiques sign on the rustic wood mantel complements the all-white room.

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Mix and Match Styles

Pin Design by Kara Mann

Create an authentic farmhouse feel by mixing and matching furniture styles rather than going for a uniform look.

Interior designer Kara Mann chose an eclectic mix of furniture and decor in this Connecticut farmhouse to add interest and texture while keeping the focus on the room’s original character, with its simple lines, small farmhouse windows, and rustic dark wood ceiling beams.

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Add Overstuffed Seating

Pin Design by AHG Interiors / Photo by Chris Mottalini

This farmhouse living room from AHG Interiors is dominated by a rustic stone fireplace and flanked by an overstuffed chaise that offers a cozy place to curl up by the fire.

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Highlight Natural Stone

Pin Design by Marie Flanigan Interiors / Photo by Julie Soefer

In a transitional living room, highlight natural materials to channel a farmhouse feel.

A rustic stone wall is the focal point of this space from Marie Flanigan Interiors.

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Accent With Moody Paint

Pin Design by Mindy Gayer Design Co.

Use moody paint to create a cozy feel. Mindy Gayer Design Co. uses matte black paint on the fireplace and wall of open storage that add a grounding note in a room with soaring ceilings and pale wood exposed beams.

The room is accessorized with accents like a pair of landscape paintings on the mantel, and an upright piano that adds a homey touch.

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Hang a Classic Chandelier

Pin Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Nicole Franzen

This light-flooded, white-walled living room Leanne Ford Interiors has an elegant farmhouse feel thanks to shelves of collected objects, a cozy overstuffed sofa, and an antique crystal chandelier that hangs proudly in the center of the room.

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Modernize With Pattern

Pin Design by Kara Mann

Add a modern feel to a historic farmhouse living room with patterned textiles.

This Westchester, NY farmhouse from interior designer Kara Mann has wrap-around windows in the living room flanked by patterned curtains that can be drawn at night for a cozier feel.

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Use Reclaimed Materials

Pin Design by Tyler Karu / Photo by Justin Levesque

While remodeling this 1700’s Maine farmhouse, Tyler Karu Design + Interiors preserved the original structure while “undoing the work of many unfortunate remodels over the years,”

incorporating reclaimed wood beams from a local barn and original pine doors while adding in furnishings and fixtures to create a timeless feel.

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Modern Farmhouse Fireplace

Pin Design by Jessica Nelson Interior Design / Photo by Carina Skrobecki Photography

In this light and airy living room from Jessica Nelson Interior Design, whitewashed fireplace brick is paired with chunky pale wood open shelving and a matching mantel to create an updated farmhouse feel.

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Warm With Natural Accents

Pin Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Reid Rolls

Leanne Ford Interiors whitewashed the walls, windows, ceiling, and fireplace in this bright farmhouse living room to give it a fresh modern feel.

A monumental sectional combining pale leather and white upholstery adds warmth.

The minimalist room is outfitted with a large comfy sofa that is covered with a mixture of leather and white slip covers, while natural elements like a rustic wooden coffee and a vintage vase of dried flowers adds warmth.

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Soften With Sepia Tones

Pin Design by Becca Interiors

This Connecticut family room from Becca Interiors has a farmhouse feel with its central stone and wood fireplace and creamy white walls mixed with soft sepia tones.

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Use Unfinished Wood

Pin Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Reid Rolls

Adding unfinished wood accents to a clean white living room will add rustic farmhouse appeal.

This farmhouse living room from Leanne Ford Interiors features a chunky wood mantel with a rough and unfinished appearance to complement a whitewashed stone fireplace facade.

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Embrace Farmhouse Tradition

Pin Design by AHG Interiors / Photo by Chris Mottalini

This living room from AHG Interiors is located in a 1864 farmhouse on a working horse farm in Rhinebeck, NY.

The living room was updated with pale walls and floors and comfortable furnishings that are mixed with antique lighting, landscape paintings, and a grand piano in the corner of the room that echo the property’s history.

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Paint the Walls White

Pin Design by Desiree Burns Interiors

Desiree Burns Interiors decorated this light and airy living room with simple modern furniture and decor in neutral tones to keep the focus on the architectural features of the home with its classic bones and original fireplace.

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Accessorize with Color

Pin Design by Victoria Bell Design

This living room from Victoria Bell Design contrasts rustic dark ceiling beams and pale neutral walls and furnishings with contrasting pops of bright color on the throw pillows and wall art that give it a contemporary feel.

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Use Brick Floor Tiles

Pin Becca Interiors

Brick floor tiles give this carriage house living room from Becca Interiors a rustic feel that is contrasted with soft textiles and patterned wallpaper on the adjacent entryway walls.

A mix of traditional modern and antique furniture and decor creates a timeless feel.

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Hang a Pair of Pendants

Pin Design by Kate Marker Interiors / Photo by Margaret Rajic

This farmhouse living room from Kate Marker Interiors features a pair of pendant light fixtures that help structure the modern room while recalling the taper candelabras of old.

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Mix Wood and Stone

Pin Design by Ashley Montgomery Design

This farmhouse-style living room from Ashley Montgomery Design mixes honey wood tones on the ceiling beams, mantel, flooring, and furniture with pale walls and a gray stone fireplace.

The mixture of warm and cool tones makes the room feel balanced.

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Try a Shiplap Fireplace

Pin Design by Brexton Cole Interiors

This open-plan kitchen and living room from Brexton Cole Interiors is a contemporary spin on the modern farmhouse aesthetic, with a navy fireplace, sculptural furnishings, and industrial farmhouse lighting.

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Add Barn Doors

Pin Design by Living with Lolo / Photo by Life Created

A pair of sliding barn doors complements the dark wood ceilings and stone fireplace of this modern farmhouse-style living room from Living with Lolo.

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Lean Into a Cottage Look

Pin Home Made By Carmona

Blogger Ursula Carmona of Home Made By Carmona added farmhouse-inspired touches to a modern living room like tufted armchairs in a neutral fabric, wooden shelving, and printed floral curtains that lend it some cottage charm.

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Add Dark Wood Accents

Pin Jenn Pablo Studio

Jenn Pablo Studio created a modern farmhouse feel in a Spanish Modern Revival home in Palm Springs by adding a decorative tile accent to the fireplace and white painted shiplap on the wall above that contrasts with the dark wood mantel.

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Make It Modern

Pin Design by KG Designs / Photo by Heidi Culver

This new build living room from KG Designs has an open plan living, dining, and kitchen, with touches like rustic wood ceiling beams, shiplap walls, black metal accents, and a built-in niche for the flat screen TV that conjures up a contemporary notion of farmhouse style.

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Try an Exposed Wood Ceiling

Pin Design by Jenn Pablo Studio

Jenn Pablo Studio brought some farmhouse inspired vibes to a modern Spanish Revival home in Palm Springs by highlighting the exposed wood ceilings with an oversized vintage-style light fixture and comfortable furnishings.

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Focus on Farmhouse Details

Pin Home Made By Carmona

Rustic details will add charm to a modern living room.

Blogger Ursula Carmona of Home Made By Carmona hung a pair of simple round mirrors from rope handles on the white shiplap wall for an effortless farmhouse-inspired feel.

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Display Books and China

Pin Design by Kara Mann

This Connecticut farmhouse living room from interior designer Kara Mann has a wall of shelving built around the window and styled with books and objects like patterned china plates.

A deep blue velvet couch, a pair of matching armchairs, a vintage trunk coffee table, and layered rugs create a sitting area that feels like it’s been there forever.

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Make It Transitional

Pin Design by Desiree Burns Interiors

This transitional living room from Desiree Burns Interiors has touches of modern farmhouse style, from the vaulted ceilings to the black wire pendant light to the natural accents scattered throughout the room.

FAQ

• Is modern farmhouse still in style?Modern farmhouse is still a very popular style. Whether or not it is still trendy is another question.
• Can farmhouse style be combined with other design styles?Absolutely. Mix farmhouse style with industrial, coastal, modern or boho style. Decorating and mixing design styles adds a personal touch.
• What color furniture goes with modern farmhouse?Modern farmhouse furniture typically features neutral colors such as tan, grey, greige, cream, off-white, and white. For accent colors, use blues and greens, or black for a more dramatic look. Modern farmhouse dining tables tends to feature lighter wood tones such as oak, but can also incorporate more traditional darker wood tones to add contrast with white walls.