“For as long as I can recall, I grew up riding and showing horses in the Virginia countryside,” recalls decorator Bethany Brower, who shares an interior design business with her mother, Nancy Powell. “I’ve always wanted to live in ‘horse country,’ so when my husband and I decided to purchase a home, we knew where to look,” she says.
In 2015, the couple bought a three-bedroom, 2,100-square-foot cedar cottage on 10 acres of woodland in Warrenton, Virginia. Though it was fairly updated when the Browers bought the home, it was not entirely to their taste. “The farmhouse was pretty much builder-grade,” says Bethany, adding, “I knew I wanted to make it leaner and a bit more modern.” The Browers and their three dogs moved in, savoring their new habitat, and…
