A Rustic Garden Blog

Appreciating the past is apparent in today’s decorating styles. The wood ladder, once used for home projects has become the newest vessel to add the rustic look in very room in the house.

We sell every size ladder to fit our customer’s needs. Recently we were commissioned to provide  antique ladders to help organize the closets in a newly built hotel in California.

Carhartt Clothing Company ordered 12 tall step ladders to decorate their store front windows for the Christmas holiday season. They will wrap them with lights to represent the decorated tree. A Rustic Garden.

Friday is the the day the truck will pick up the 81 step ladders that are loaded on 2 wooden pallets bound for California. The popular clothing store Forever 21 contracted A Rustic Garden to find these antique wooden ladders to use as display in their stores.

The change in season to a cooler weather warrants new fall displays and these vintage ladders will fit right in.

Many national companies have purchased products from this middle Illinois garden company such as Pottery Barn, Ralf Lauren and Brighten. The internet is the vessel that connects A Rustic Garden to companies all over the world.

Providing wooden ladders is a big part  of our job everyday at A Rustic Garden. We cut our vintage ladders to the length that our customers need to fit their space and pick the color that they want to compliment their home.

Many times a room will need height to balance other decorations or maybe the windows or staircase. By placing a vertical ladder on an opposite wall the room will balance better.

Every room in the house has a use for a decorative ladder. Pot racks, towel racks, quilt display and shelving can be used for an instant solution.

We have lots of antique wooden ladders that vary in color so we are able to find a ladder that matches the shelves. The primitive shelving pictured is made of two, 2-rung ladders. The height and width could be altered as well as picking wider ladders and cutting them a little longer. Let us know what your needs are and we can work to find just the right shelf unit.

Antique wooden ladders are a great way to go GREEN. Every day we get orders from our customers needing a wood ladder to recycle to display the things they love. No need to cut a new tree. These ladders are from the middle 1900’s and their worn surface shows the history of times past.

The primitive aged look is the very reason that they are so popular now.

Just a simple wooden ladder can make displaying your treasured items easy. We are constantly surprised at the new ways to use an old primitive wooden ladder. A ladder is the perfect solution to enhance a corner display your favorite collection.

Paint it to fit your decor or hang it horizontally on the wall. Really you can find a place to use a ladder in every room.

It is time to add interest to that space where the Christmas Tree stood. Create an area using items that you love for a fresh decorative look. I used this wooden ladder and arranged different antiques to warm up the space and most importantly add color.

Ladders are so versatile whether you lean them vertically as shown or hang them horizontally above a kitchen island or flat against a wall above a sofa.

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.