One in a series from Houzz international editors on how our lives shape home design around the world



For confirmed city slickers, living on a farm might not sound like much fun, but for families looking for fresh air, amazing views and a way of life based on the rhythms of the seasons and respect for the environment, it can be heaven. These nine families living in farmhouses around the globe — from the Italian mountains to the rolling countryside of New England — have cultivated their passions for growing fruits and vegetables, making traditional cheese, baking bread, raising livestock and producing honey, often using know-how passed from one generation to the next. Here, they share their farming histories and give us a glimpse of their bucolic lives.