From Rustic Barn to Floral Studio: Creating a Space at The Frequency Farm

There’s something I’ve learned about myself over the years: I can look at a space that doesn’t look like much yet and immediately start imagining what it could be. That’s pretty much how our floralstudio started. The downstairs of our barn was rustic. Very rustic. And more like a rustic, cobwebby storage room if I’m being honest.

But it had good bones, and I could picture it becoming something more - a beautiful, functional space where I could bring flowers in from the gardens, design arrangements, fill orders and have a dedicated home for the floral side of The Frequency Farm. So, we got to work.

Keeping Some of the Barn in the Barn

One of my favourite parts of the entire space is the ceiling. Rather than making everything brand new and polished, we wanted to keep some of the character of the original barn. We had reclaimed exterior barn boards from the property, so we decided to bring them inside and use them on the ceiling. And I’m so glad we did. The old wood adds so much warmth, texture and character. It’s weathered and imperfect, and against the cleaner walls it really stands out. I love that part of the old barn became part of its next chapter.

A Little Home Depot, a Lot of Character

For the walls, we went in a completely different direction. We used board-and-batten panels from Home Depot, which gave us that clean, classic look without having to build every detail from scratch. Paired with the reclaimed barn wood, it ended up being exactly the balance I wanted—bright and fresh, but still rustic enough that you know you're standing in a barn on a flower farm. I didn’t want a perfectly polished commercial floral studio. I wanted it to feel like The Frequency Farm.

Marketplace Might Be My Favourite Store

Almost all of the furniture and some of my favourite pieces in the studio came from Facebook Marketplace including the big island that has become the heart of the room. I love sourcing things this way. It saves a ton of money, of course, but I also think it gives a space so much more personality. Instead of walking into a store and buying an entire room, you slowly find pieces that work. And sometimes you find something you didn't even know you were looking for. One of my favourite Marketplace finds was a set of really cool, heavy-duty metal baskets. We mounted them up near the ceiling and now I use them to hang and dry bunches of flowers from the farm. They’re practical, but they’ve also become one of my favourite design features in the whole studio. When they're filled with dried flowers hanging overhead, it just feels like a flower studio.

A Space Filled With Little Stories

Then came all the smaller details. Mixed in with the Marketplace finds are decorative pieces we've picked up on our travels and things I've collected along the way. Those are probably the pieces I love most. I never wanted the studio to look like everything came straight from a showroom. I wanted it to feel collected. A little old. A little new. A little unexpected. And very much ours.

A Working Floral Studio

This isn't actually our main event space at the farm (that's upstairs in the barn) but I can host smaller, more intimate workshops down here. First and foremost, this is my working floral studio. It's where buckets of freshly cut flowers come in from the gardens. Where stems get processed. Where bouquets and arrangements come together. Where orders are prepared before heading out the door. And, depending on the day, where there may be approximately 47 buckets, flower clippings everywhere and absolutely no sign of the beautifully clean studio you see in photos.Because it is pretty - but it also gets used.

A lot.

Creating Something From What We Had

I think that's what I love most about this space. We didn't start with a perfectly finished room and order everything new to fill it. We started with a rustic space in an old barn. We reused the barn's exterior wood. We found affordable board and batten at Home Depot. We hunted Marketplace for furniture and interesting pieces. We brought home little treasures from our travels (like the wall hanging from Goats on the Roof in Coombs BC). And slowly, we turned it into something. That's actually a lot like how The Frequency Farm itself has grown. One idea. One project. One season. One slightly questionable Marketplace purchase at a time. There are still things I'd like to add, because apparently I am incapable of looking at a finished project without immediately thinking about the next one. But for now, I get to walk into the barn, put a bucket of flowers on that big island and create. And I think that's pretty special.

Welcome to the floral studio at The Frequency Farm. Want to see a short tour? Watch here!