Newest Vintage Country Inspired Accent

Months ago... I had seen this cool milk container on Craigslist. I really didn't think anything of it and it was more than I was willing to pay so I just let it be! Well this week it showed up on Craigslist again and for $10, I wasn't going to let it pass me by again!

It needs a good bath and I should probably put something on the bottom since it wasn't painted blue and has some rust. Besdies that, I'm going to add some sticks and put in in the corner of what will be my siting room when the basement is complete!

For the Love of Vintage Country...

My first picture of the New Year... all the goodies I've collected over the last month to decorate my house!

The Finished Product!

What you have been waiting for... its been a week since we started the barnwood headboard and today we put the finishing touches on it before attaching it to the bed frame. Here are some pictures of how it turned out!

I couldn't be happier with the finished product! It matches the new chair perfectly!!!

A Piece of the Farm in the City!

This wood has a lot of history! It was once part of a farm that was all run by horse power... and when I say horse power, I mean the 4-legged kind!

 As a child, I remember visiting the farms owner, Mrs. Bean, who lived only a few feet from our house. Such a sweet lady and like another grandmother to us. Years and years before, her and her husband ran this farm as they had done before tractors were invented! In her passing, my parents purchased her farm and a good chunk of land with it. The farm was always a great place to find an adventure! It also was one of mom's favorite spots for senior photos. What can I say, she was ahead of her time!

A few years ago, the barn in a big wind finally gave way and today lays in a pile. But I will never forget Jill and my adventures! And hope my nieces and nephew and my children will get to someday find the Bean farm full of adventures!

With this headboard, I will have a little piece of home in my own home here in the city!

After some cleaning and sanding the barnwood was ready to be made in to a piece of art! Here is a few pictures of the process from turning a barn into a headboard!

Don't hold your breath for the finish product photo... we are giving it a few days for the liquid nails to dry! We really don't like the idea of being woken up one night with a barnwood slab falling on our heads!

Didn’t want anything to do with the country…

After growing up in a 100+ farm house, I thought that when I grew up that my house would be modern and nothing to do with the country!

WRONG!

Currently, I am stuck on the reclaimed restored look! My real interest started when I came up with the idea of blue Ball mason jars for the wedding! I feel deeply over heels in love with them and won’t let them out of my sit… sorry girls, those won’t be lent out for any weddings. From there, I found an interest in burlap which we used for table clothes at the wedding which at the time reminded us of sand, not country! For my birthday, my dad said he could make me a barn wood mirror, which has not been made by the way. That grew in to wanting a barn wood head board! At this point we have the wood and it’s at our house, it just needs some power washing and cutting before it turns in to a headboard. Next I want a fruit crate bookcase… and possibly an antique milk jug to use as a floor vase!  Hew….

All of this bringing me full circle back to my parent’s house in the country! Obviously my mom doesn’t totally understand my new sense of decorating style but that’s just cause she’s been there and done that!