Everything’s coming up roses in this Americana inspired garden retreat in Sonoma California. You get a real farmhouse vibe from the patterns and textures of the textiles, with much of the furniture keeping it simple to solidify that impression.

Painted wood ceilings refresh the space with their clean white lines, allowing wallpapers and carpets to shine.

The bright yellow walls of the main room have a happiness that only comes from sunshine in the garden, and floral prints reaffirm that sense of growth and energy.

A quatrefoil seating display demands attention upon a particularly unique geometric hooked rug, and the seating area behind is accented with a simple brick repeat which is similar but doesn’t challenge the main spectacle.

Hooked Rugs are a part of the American story – a nod to “simpler” times, when nothing went to waste, and creativity was found blossoming in so many useful ways. Utilitarian art at its finest.

Enter the card table – a place for gathering with friends, and sharing stories and laughs while the hours unravel in the enjoyment of good times with good company.

Braided Carpets offer a simple and unoffensive comfort that reminds you of sitting in the rocking chair with grandma – a warm feeling that lives somewhere inside all of us.

The simplicity of the walls and decor in this space allows guests to focus on each other, and the game, without distraction. Occupying the moment is easy when you feel at home.

The explosively colorful geometric star pattern of this bedroom quilt plays in confident contrast with the colors of the hooked rug on the floor.

Floral vines on the wall draw the eye upwards towards a leafy chandelier – a pinnacle of attention.

Though quilting is a tradition begun long before the earliest colonists arrived in America, the stylistic art of quilting that we recognize as uniquely American today can be attributed to early Amish and Dutch settlers of Pennsylvania and the Midwest.

Their use of color and geometric pattern are timeless, and an inspiration still to modern day quilters.

From rags to rugs. An American craft designed to utilize every scrap of material to the fullest results in colorful and interesting executions of utilitarian art.  The character of each of these simple designs is drawn upon from the styles and textures of the material scraps used, which may have differed from one home to another.

Here, a strongly variated rag carpet draws the eye towards the open windows, where light pours in through another bursting display of floral patterned textiles.

Simplicity of wall color and furniture spotlight the textures and colors of the fibers, and the rag rug keeps us grounded in that farmhouse vibe that travels with us throughout the home.

Putting together a carefully curated collection of Americana classics, Brian Murphy achieves a familiar comfort, that feels like part of the American story.