A Rustic Garden Blog

When decorating for a classic country home, you should always keep an eye toward the past. Ancient farm implements and machinery that are well beyond the point of functional use can still be enjoyed as aesthetic elements. If your antique John Deere mower has finally cut its last patch of grass, you can give it a stately, dignified retirement by using it to adorn the patio or out back in the barn.

A decorative wooden ladder also suggests nostalgia for days gone by – a desirable effect when you’re designing around an old farm house. The ladder might be propped up against the side of the house or even hung from a peg on a fence. It could be used as a trellis to support climbing plants or repainted in an old-fashioned style. Regardless of its structural integrity, a decorative ladder provides a valuable link to country homes of the past.

Over the past several years A Rustic Garden has had success selling antique wooden ladders to Pottery Barn, Levi Strauss, Ralph Lauren and many others to use to display their products. This year is no exception with the recent order from Bloomingdale’s for 33 seven rung ladders to ship all over the United States.

Rustic ladders are such a versatile item that are being used in every room of the house. Our customers use them for towels, pots, magizines, quilts and the latest use is to store high heel shoes. Check us out to see a vintage ladder that will help organize your clutter.

We are making rustic bucket benches from decorative wooden ladders that make great primitive display for your antiques. Country decorating is easy using these vintage boards and a couple ladders.

They vary in height from 24″ to 31″ tall. Their widths are approximately 36″ wide. We can paint them in county colors to fit your decor.

We have been selling wooden ladders for several years and their uses are endless. Our customers are very clever and find many unique ways to use a ladder to display quilts, towels, linens, and kitchen pots. Many popular business like Pottery Barn and Ralph Lauren purchase ladders to display their products.

Weathered vintage ladders add so much character. Each one carries the history from earlier times. Paint drippings in all colors will carry on an artistic look that will bring your room  and space together.

Sometimes it takes a picture in a national magazine to make a decorating trend . Primitive ladders are used in most all decors and they are  showing up in Country Living, Martha Stewart Living and many other popular publications.  Each week A Rustic Garden have interest from customers that want an antique wooden ladder from us. Some of the uses are to hang in a kitchen as a pot rack or use them to hang towels, quilts and linens. We have helped customers mount several ladders together to make book shelves. Hundreds of ladders have been sent to Pottery Barn for displaying  products in their retail stores.

With the variety of colors and sizes you can create wonderful primitive accents to fit your space and style. Hang your ladder horizontally and add family photos between the rungs to make a country look.