
FARMHOUSE DESIGN

Creating a home you love sometimes means growing into the space you have. That was the case for the Blain family when they bought a 10-acre property outside Grand Rapids, Michigan. “We couldn’t pass up the opportunity on the pricing,” says homeowner Holly Blain, blogger and Instagrammer at Rustic Wild Arrow. They embarked on a new build in 2015 and have been creating their own dream spaces on the property ever since.

With everything in bloom, spring is the ideal time to create a tablescape full of flowers. But for Matilda Reuter Engle, proprietor of Middleburg Hospitality and general manager at Glenstone Gardens and The Red Fox Inn & Tavern, the perfect flower-focused tablescape isn’t just about remembering to stop and smell the roses. It’s rather the opposite, as her spring tablescape offers a hint at the season’s swiftness and, in Virginia, the horses galloping in April’s exciting and face-paced Middleburg Spring Race.

It was love at first sight when Stephanie and Terry Turner saw the 1890 farmhouse in Lakeland, Florida, making it over 120 years old. Immediately drawn to the light, the home and the potential for the sprawling garden, the couple purchased the home in 2017 and immediately set about doing what they love best: creating gorgeous garden environments, inside and out.