Farmhouse design aficionados are some of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met. Their love of continually shaking up their formula and sharing ideas makes being a decor journalist that much easier. So much that the stories often feel like they write themselves.

This story, for Country Sampler‘s annual Farmhouse Style supplemental edition, is one of those stories. It profiles the work of an entrepreneur in buzzy Collierville, Tennessee, who’s on a mission to add a little farmhouse to every home.

I’ve had an ongoing relationship with the magazine for several years now, and know the editors will always send me something intriguing or offbeat to work on. Isn’t that the bets kind of decor story?