Silent night, Holy night, all is calm, all is bright.
Merry Christmas Eve! I know I had previously mentioned on Instagram, I'd be sharing photos of our master bedroom all decked out for Christmas, well as it so happens, I sold our bed frame right out from underneath us to raise money for our planned adoption! Although a mattress on the floor will do for now, it doesn't make for great photos so I will have to postpone showing you until a later time.
Instead, I thought I'd share the significance behind the blog name Rusty Hinge! Here goes: you all probably recall the well-loved magazine, Country Home. Well, I still remember the very first time (when I was much, much younger!) that I got my hands on a Country Home magazine and opened it! I instantly fell in love with the lovely photos of beautiful homes with all that chippy furniture! I vowed to myself that someday, when I grow up, my home would look like that. And from that day forward, I was hooked and began to collect stacks of decorating magazines given by my aunt. I cut out all of my favorite pictures and stored them in a binder notebook. One such photo was of a rusty hinge repurposed into a napkin holder. 'I can do that and it looks easy enough,' I thought to myself. One fine day, my dad surprised me with an old, rusty hinge that he pulled off the wooden door of our red hay barn. It was perfect!
So you see, it all started with a rusty hinge and I haven't looked back since!
So you see, it all started with a rusty hinge and I haven't looked back since!
As you may have already guessed, I love decorating with architectural salvage! These vintage wooden finials tucked in a garden caddy make a great coffee table conversation piece.
Merry, Merry Christmas!
"And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."
Luke 2:7
