---
version: "alpha"
name: "Farmhouse / Cottage Core"
description: "Estilo Farmhouse/Cottage Core com simplicidade rústica, tecidos naturais e charme do campo. Ideal para decoração de interiores, marcas boutique e capas de livros."
colors:
  primary: "#8B2500"
  secondary: "#FDF5E6"
  tertiary: "#8B6914"
  neutral: "#2E5A2E"
  surface: "#DAA520"
  accent: "#8E8E82"
typography:
  h1:
    fontFamily: Merriweather
    fontSize: 2.5rem
    fontWeight: 700
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Merriweather
    fontSize: 1rem
    fontWeight: 400
rounded:
  sm: 4px
  md: 8px
  lg: 12px
spacing:
  sm: 2.0rem
  md: 4.0rem
  lg: 8.0rem
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.neutral}"
    rounded: "{rounded.sm}"
    padding: 12px
---

## Overview

Estilo Farmhouse/Cottage Core com simplicidade rústica, tecidos naturais e charme do campo. Ideal para decoração de interiores, marcas boutique e capas de livros. O Farmhouse/Cottage Core celebra a vida rural simples, com raízes na estética americana e inglesa do campo. Ganhou força nas redes sociais como movimento de valorização do artesanal e natural.

- Density: 5/10 — Balanced
- Variance: 4/10 — Moderate
- Motion: 6/10 — Expressive

- **Style:** Rustic, Natural, Charming, Rural
- **Keywords:** Farmhouse, cottage core, rustic simplicity, natural fabrics, countryside, rural, charming, handmade, pastoral, cozy
- **Era:** Rural Americana & English Countryside
- **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ◐ Partial

## Colors

- **Barn Red** (#8B2500) — Error states, destructive actions
- **Cream White** (#FDF5E6) — Light surface, card backgrounds
- **Natural Wood** (#8B6914) — Supporting palette color
- **Forest Green** (#2E5A2E) — Supporting palette color
- **Wheat Gold** (#DAA520) — Premium accent, decorative highlights
- **Stone Grey** (#8E8E82) — Secondary text, borders, muted elements
- **Lavender** (#9B8EC4) — Extended palette, decorative use
- **Sky Blue** (#87CEEB) — Secondary accent

## Typography

- **Display / Hero:** Merriweather — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact
- **Accent:** Kalam — Used for decorative or emphasis text
- **Body:** Merriweather — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line
- **UI Labels / Captions:** Merriweather — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing
- **Monospace:** JetBrains Mono — Used for code, metadata, and technical values

Scale:
- Hero: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem)
- H1: 2.25rem
- H2: 1.5rem
- Body: 1rem / 1.6
- Small: 0.875rem

## Layout

- **Grid:** CSS Grid primary. Max-width containment: 1280px centered with 1.5rem side padding.
- **Spacing rhythm:** Balanced. Base unit: 0.5rem (8px).
- **Section vertical gaps:** clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem).
- **Hero layout:** Split-screen (text left, visual right).
- **Feature sections:** Zig-zag alternating text+image rows. No 3-equal-columns.
- **Mobile collapse:** All multi-column layouts collapse below 768px. No horizontal overflow.
- **z-index contract:** base (0) / sticky-nav (100) / overlay (200) / modal (300) / toast (500).

## Elevation & Depth

Wood grain texture backgrounds, gingham/plaid CSS patterns, hand-drawn botanical SVG decorations, rustic thick borders (3px), warm sepia-toned overlays, gentle sway animations on botanical elements

- **Physics:** Spring — stiffness 120, damping 20. Confident, weighted transitions.
- **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 480ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 100ms between items.
- **Hover states:** Scale(1.03) + shadow lift over 200ms.
- **Page transitions:** Fade + slide (300ms).
- **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties.

## Shapes

Base corner radius: 4px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale.

## Components

- **Primary Button:** Rounded (4px) shape. Accent color fill. Hover: 8% darken + subtle lift shadow. Active: -1px translate tactile press. Font weight 600. No outer glows.
- **Secondary / Ghost Button:** Outline variant. 1.5px border in muted color. Text in primary color. Hover: subtle background fill.
- **Cards:** Rounded (4px) corners. Surface background. Subtle shadow (0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)). 1px border stroke.
- **Inputs:** Label above input. 1px border stroke. Focus ring: 2px accent color offset 2px. Error text below in semantic red. No floating labels.
- **Navigation:** Primary surface background. Active item: accent color indicator. Font weight 500 when active.
- **Skeletons:** Shimmer animation matching component dimensions. No circular spinners.
- **Empty States:** Icon-based composition with descriptive text and action button.

## Do's and Don'ts

- No emojis in UI — use icon system only (Lucide, Heroicons)
- No pure black (#000000) — use off-black or charcoal variants
- No oversaturated accent colors (saturation cap: 80%)
- No 3-column equal-width feature layouts — use zig-zag or asymmetric grid
- No `h-screen` — use `min-h-[100dvh]`
- No AI copywriting clichés: "Elevate", "Seamless", "Unleash", "Next-Gen"
- No broken external image links — use picsum.photos or inline SVG
- No generic lorem ipsum in demos

- Do Rustic earthy color palette
- Do Wood grain texture backgrounds
- Do Gingham/plaid patterns
- Do Botanical SVG decorations
- Do Warm serif + handwritten typography
- Do Pastoral cozy atmosphere
- Do Responsive with maintained charm

## Use Case

Decoração de interiores, Marcas de vestuário boutique, Capas de livros, Produtos artesanais

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