The Vintage Farmhouse Book Review – Elegant, Lovely Country Home Designs

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Published on Tuesday, 08 September 2026 12:15

Written by Janet Walker

The Vintage Farmhouse, from Cool Springs Press and Quarto Publishing Group, presents a variety of ideas, from modest, simple designs to impressive, large-scale projects, that will turn any country home into the living space of your dreams.

Author and social media influencer Rhonda Kaiser, across the 208 pages, introduces readers to her personal vintage style and country home designs that have made her brand recognizable through the southern home and farm space.

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As we read in the introduction the journey to writing The Vintage Farmhouse was one of time, study and learning, and building her Southern Home and Farm brand that included a website, social media, and features in many home and gardens magazines featuring beautiful concepts and designs incorporating her interior design studies.

The Vintage Farmhouse is presented across nine chapters, including "Planned and Planted," "Outdoor Oasis," "Dream in Color" "Living Décor," "Vintage Décor," "A Porch to Ponder," "A Well-Lit Space," "Friends Among the Flowers," "A Celebration of Seasons," which includes a special section of "From Garden to Plate."

Chapter One, "Planned and Planned," could be called 'bloom where you are planted,' as the author introduces the idea of apartment gardening. For many the notion of a garden is couple with images of piles of dirt, fertilizer, and apartments tend to be outgrown quickly, however, the advantage of apartment planting is that they are a natural air purifier.  She also includes in chapter one, the traditional notion of gardening, with ample spaces, and ample opportunity to build that garden many dream of creating.

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Creating an "Outdoor Oasis," which is different for everyone introduces readers to the many options and integrate the author's interior design expertise. She includes images of her "Spring Garden, " and her "Fall Garden." Her oasis is more than creating a lavish floral garden, and hearty vegetable garden, it also includes building tool sheds, greenhouses, and entertainment spaces. Her interior design talent is showcased as presents the designs to help do-it-yourselfers add special touches to the greenhouse space, including seasonal decorations.

For many gardeners the motivation behind a floral garden are the vibrant, vivid, and spectacular shades of colors that mesmerize. Kaiser introduces a simple chapter on "Dreaming in Color," and encourages creating palettes shades, a vision gallery, and tips for seasonal choices.

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As a country home influencer, the author includes her interior design passion with her gardening expertise and as she presents in "Living Décor," she presents design concepts that utilize both the traditional, "How to Craft a Living Wreath," and the uncommon, "Making Your Own Botanical Candles," as she brings the lavish and vibrant gardening harvest to the indoors.

With the Southern Home and Farmhouse as a brand, the use of vintage anything remains at the forefront of her home, gardens, and décor choices. She explains the versatility of vintage, how to curate a collection, how to use vintage in garden designs, and how to present it in entertaining spaces.

Throughout The Vintage Farmhouse author Rhonda Kaiser, continues to present lovely, and expert options when developing the country home style. For those with space, such as the author, she has used an old silo, cut down with a slated roof as a outdoor entertaining space, that can be used in every season for outdoor dining, parties, or get-togethers. She also includes the modern (!) idea of a fire pit created, of course, with a vintage ground stove.

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Stylishly presented author and garden and design influencer Rhonda Kaiser, provides southern and country home and vintage décor aficionados with an introduction and a suggestive tips, along with DIY instructions to help design and decorate, along with several vision galleries to help curate each readers own style.

The Vintage Farmhouse is lovely for the non-gardener or southern home designer, to simply thumb through the pages and pause while considering. With more than 200 attractive, and elegant colored photos The Vintage Farmhouse provides the readers with the knowledge and the approach, style, and system to unite the idea with a solid plan of action.

The Vintage Farmhouse is available online at Southernhomeandfarm.com and in book stores.

Title: The Vintage Farmhouse.

Author: Rhonda Kaiser.

Language: English.

Release Date: September 2025.

Publisher: Quarto Publishing/Cool Springs Press.

Cover Design and Page Layout: Meredith Harte.

Front and Back Cover Photography: Linn Images.

Illustrations: Jenna Lechner.

Images: Used with Permission.

Length: 208 pages.

ISBN: 978-0-7603-9513-4.

MSRP: $30.00 (U.S.), £22.00 (UK), $40.00 (CAN.).

Janet Walker is the publisher, founder, and sole owner of Haute-Lifestyle.com. A graduate of New York University, she has been covering international news through the Beltway Insider, a weekly review of the nation's top stories, for more than a decade.  A general beat writer/reporter and entertainment/film critic, she is also an accomplished news/investigative news/crime reporter and submitted for Pulitzer Prize consideration "Cops Conspire to Deep Six Sex Assaults" in the Breaking News Category and was persuaded to withdraw the submission. Under the banner of her production company, HL Productions, LLC, Ms. Walker has completed five screenplays "The Six Sides of Truth," "The Assassins of Fifth Avenue," "The Wednesday Killer," "The Manhattan Project," and the sci-fi thriller "Project 13: The Last Day." She has also published "Unholy Alliances: A True Crime Story," and "Days, Times, Seasons, and Events: A Collection of Poetry & Prose," which can be purchased here. She is a member of the Los Angeles Press Club, the National Writers Union, and a member of the International Federation of Journalists.