Summer Sunshine

2020 has seen some strange months, hasn’t it? I and everyone here on the American Farmhouse Style team hope that your home has been a haven of comfort and safety for you and your family during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the weather has transitioned from spring to summer, I’ve found myself spending more time outdoors, gardening or reading on our patio. And despite the strange tree next to our house that always drops its leaves in May rather than October (all over our patio too), spending time in my own outdoor space has offered me a way to escape being inside for a little while and enjoy some sunshine. Whether you’re looking to expand the usability of your home with an outdoor living space or are reevaluating the function of some of the rooms in your house, this is a great time to pick up American Farmhouse Style. This issue, we have a fun combination of indoor and outdoor ideas, with a special emphasis on American-made products and makers.

For indoors, beef up your mudroom storage (page 12), learn how to collect vintage art (page 30) and tour a home in Australia inspired by the American farmhouse (page 64). Outdoors, build yourself a DIY privacy screen that’s rustic as well as practical (page 16), get inspiration for a vegetable garden greenhouse (page 36) and tour a farmhouse in the middle of a vineyard (page 40). And don’t forget to check in on the progress of our 2020 Project House with the master bedroom reveal (page 108).

Above all, enjoy the sunshine and everything summer has to offer!

Cheers,