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59 moonshine. "We almost feel like chefs," McLinden says. "We give a true farm-to-table treatment, mixing the art of cooking and growing and relaxing and celebration." C o m p l e t e d i n 2 0 1 6 , McLinden's sprawling ranch compound not only serves as home for her and her husband, but it's the primary office for FarmHouse Fresh, for all employees who work in design and product development. An indoor breezeway connects the home and office wings, which needed to be unified despite being separated — something Dallas- based interior designer Janet Gridley considered while crafting the concept. "I took inspiration from the playfulness of the brand and a certain utility and practicality to the structure," says Gridley, the designer behind the interiors of James Beard-award winning Minneapolis restaurant, The Bachelor Farmer. "We took inspiration from plants, animals, and country elements; it's a woman-owned business so there was the ability to make it more feminine." Between fig trees and hanging plants, greenery thrives in the office, along with a suspended birdcage chair and a black- stone tile fireplace. On the second floor, a conference room with lemon-yellow doors has cushioned benches and a long farm table, typically set with fresh juices and snacks. There's a spa room with massage tables, where McLinden tests products and trains aestheticians, cosmetologists, and massage therapists from the many spas around the world where her products are sold. Woodhouse Day Spa, The Four Seasons, The Ritz- Carlton, Waldorf Astoria, and Dubai's Westin Heavenly Spa are among her clients. Artist Peggy Jones hand painted a cloudscape on McLinden's bedroom walls. "We had a lot of discussion about the clouds," Gridley says. "Even the question about the point-of-view where you'd be seeing the clouds is important. It's a 3-D cloud bedroom — magical." For McLinden, daily life is dictated by the space in which she lives. In the home section, natural light floods the kitchen and living room windows, and a towering Edith Bogue magnolia tree reaches for the ceiling next to the dining table. It's an ecosystem where work, life, and personal passion coexist. "I call it quintessential creationism," she says of how she mixes the professional and the personal, "from what goes in the field all the way to how you serve it on the table." Will those five acres soon become more? Time will tell. Above: FarmHouse Fresh founder Shannon McLinden One of Shannon McLinden's rescue donkeys. The living-kitchen area and family room, with reclaimed farm windmill from White Elephant Antiques. In the master bath, a custom walk-in glass and steel shower by Glasshouse Dallas, and a Raston cast iron clawfoot tub from Signature Hardware. In the atrium entryway, butterfly wall applique by Pixers; QS New York side- board from Noirfurniturela; concrete tapered table lamps, Rejuvenation.