A Rustic Garden Blog

Country home decor is comfortable, warm and welcoming. Combining a few country cupboards and  a primitive table with braided runners and mats can be a great start.

Hang a wrought iron planter on the wall but place a vintage wooden box in the planting area to hold your candles or extra linens. Placing colorful home decor accents in unusual  places brings the eye to your whole room and welcomes your guests to experience country style.

Just revamped our kitchen and did not spend much so that is a big plus. Used  repro tin ceiling tiles as the back splash. The cabinets were varnished oak so the colors blended too much so I got busy with the paint brush. Using a off white paint I covered the cabinets heavily then sanded the edges and scuffed them here and there. The next day I brushed on a dark Minwax stain then wiped it off. After it cured I brushed a semigloss  poly to protect them.

The results was awsome! The cabinets looks vintage and is a great contrast to the other surfaces and walls in the room. The final step was adding new rustic hardware. 

The result complements our lake house’s country home decor 

Last fall my family purchased a vacation home at the Lake of the Ozarks. Fun, fun, fun. It still does not seem real yet but I have so many country  antiques throughout that is is starting to get comfortable.  I live with antiques.

Early painted furniture and original country store collectibles are some of my favorite purchases. I stopped on I70 near Colombia Mo at Artichoke Annie’s Antique Mall and found a wonderful 1800’s trade sign. It read Perkins Horse and Carriage Dealer on a 18″ wide 7′ board all hand painted with green paint over cream. Did I over describe this? Well maybe but I just love antiques and you could say I decorate with unique home decor.

I am finding the best products to add that country feel to your home. We have just added handmade furniture that we can get in several different worn antique painted finishes. Accent rugs are a must to cosy up your living spaces and my personal favorite is the historical looking hooked rugs but we also have beautiful braided rugs in every size.

To complete your decorating you must add just the right amount of light. and in our line of wrought iron home decor you will find traditional lighting to round off that country living feel.

When you think of all the unique wrought iron wall decor that is available today to decorate your walls I find that I always lean toward Country Antiques. My family has just purchased a vacation home at the Lake of the Ozarks and rustic home decor is the direction we are going. It is so easy since I have a business that has 1000’s of rustic antique items to choose from. I usually end up wanting more space to decorate so I don’t have to make the decisions regarding what fun items make the cut.

These  1890 year old shutters have their old original blue paint and the metal wall art is constructed from vintage ceiling tin removed from 1900 era buildings. Architectural Antiques are being recycled into home decor by decorators everywhere.

Antiques are always a great investment and make unique home decor. I have been collecting early  antique cupboards for 30 years. Every few months I find  pieces of furniture that is extra special and wish I could keep them but know that to do so would mean that I have to take something out of my home to make the space.

This Fall I found 4 cupboards made of cherry and walnut and they were constructed during the middle 1800’s. Each piece was made by hand by an expert cabinet maker with style that will be loved by many more generations. I guess I will have to sell them….

Rustic Decor covers so many different tastes. I love country antiques and gardening so my living space always leans to the rustic garden iron or primitive furniture. Painted products like country cupboards from the late 1800’s are my favorites. Color brings life to your decorating whether it is new paint or old crazed country colors.

I bring antiques out to my gardens when possible. An old iron bed will make a great trellies or back drop for one of your flower gardens.

This picture shows old rustic pie cupboard doors hanging on the wall with a stoneware crock sitting next to grain painted commode. Notice how the 1880’s quilt softens the setting by adding another splash of color.

With chain stores being the most popular shopping spots for consumers it is sometimes hard to find unique home decor. There are still a few shoppers that prefer to decorate with unusual one of a kind antique pieces of funiture made in the 1800’s.

This antique oak ledge front cupboard is a manufactured piece but does date back to the 1890’s. Not many left to find in this excellent condition. Furniture is my passion and I continue to search for different examples to sell on our web site A Rustic Garden.