My Harvest Table

Hello again!  Today, I want to show you my harvest table.  I store it in the barn until fall, then load it up with burlap runners, gourds, pumpkins,and bittersweet, but this year I took it out early to put on our new deck.  Take a look!

I love all the chippy, mismatched chairs paired together with it.  Nothing says country like a chippy old chair!  Together there are eight chairs, four down each side.  I have two more that fit the ends as well.

I threw a vintage grainsack roll on as a table runner.  I love the thick red stripes that contrast with the dark wood planks of the harvest table.

I love vintage french enamelware pitchers.  None of them are perfect with their chips and dings, but that just makes them all the more charming!

As summer winds down, I find myself desperate to be outside in the garden as much as possible!  Working out here is hardly a chore and time flies!  

 Spend lots of time outdoors with family this Labor Day weekend and enjoy the last warm days of summer!  I have the privilage of heading over to Burley Park Fleamarket again on Monday.  I am very excited!  I promise to show you all my summer fleamarket finds soon! 

Enjoy the holiday,

Maria ~Rusty Hinge

It's All In the Details

Hello!  I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!  Can you believe how fast it is flying by?  I really need it to slow down!  July has come and gone and we have fall to look forward to.  Fall in northern Michigan is absolutely gorgeous!  And soon enough I will share pictures of all the fall colors.  But today, I want to show you the beauty of detail.

These monogram mugs are from Anthropologie.  I love the simple black on white look of these mugs.  This antique French market basket came without one handle so I braided some thick rope together and created my own!

Seasonal decorating is so much fun.  In the summer, I like to have lots of flowers and garden decor throughout.  These little vintage seed pots hold antique french seedling packet labels.

These "flowering" branches where part of my spring decor.  I made them be glueing silk flowers to twigs picked in my back yard.

I love antique labels.  This amazing french glass jar came from my favorite Dreamy Whites!

I love the way the light hits these vintage medicine bottles.

Red has to be my favorite color, I think!  My kitchen is red so all these fabulous vintage tea towels match so well.  I love old, vintage linens and am building up quite a collection.

Look at the intricate detail carved into this antique chair reupholstered with a German grain sack.  Isn't it beautiful?

This carved, wooden bowl was made by my neighbor and friend, Steve.  He is so talented with all the amazing wooden creations he makes from fallen trees.  It is neat to go and watch him work in his workshop.

Steve also made this amazing table in my sister's apartment.  Isn't he talented?

I love the chippy patina of antique tole sconces.  Each one is different and tells it's own story.

See how much the little details can make up a home?  It's so much fun to decorate and move stuff around.  It's like a different house every time!

Thank-you everyone again for continuing to come back!  I am having a lot of fun sharing my hobbies with you too!  And I have a little surprise to share with you...This fall, I am thinking of having an antique sale out of my barn!  I will be posting some pictures of treasures for sale soon.  So stay tuned for details!

Have a wonderful week!

Maria ~Rusty Hinge

A Wonderful New Addition to Our House

Hello everyone!  I am very sorry that I haven't posted lately, summer has a way of keeping me very busy!  I am sure all of you can relate!  This past weekend, with the help of Karl's family, we added a new deck to the front of our house.  They came in from out of town Friday morning and it was finished already Saturday at noon!  We had a full house and it was a lot of fun!

All done!  Doesn't it look great?  A big thank-you to Uncle Duane, Craig, Dad and Mom!!!  We love it!!!

Finished just in time for a small gathering with great friends!

I hope you don't mind if I add a few more garden pictures!  With our short summers, I want to be out here all the time!

I can't have garden pictures without showing you my window boxes!

 Thank-you for continuing to come by!  I very much enjoy gardening and decorating and if you stick with me, I promise many more pictures to come!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Maria ~Rusty Hinge

A Favorite Blog

Good day, everyone!  Today, I want to share with you an inspiring lady and show you her blog.  Tracey's ideas and creativity are amazing and her home is absolutely beautiful!  I can't wait to show you some of her pictures from her blog, French Larkspur!

She also loves to decorate with vintage grain sacks.  I think grain sacks are my favorite thing.  I have them everywhere and you can never have enough!

I LOVE her kitchen!  We have yet to update our little ol' country kitchen, but when we do someday, I hope it turns out looking like this!  Very cute, Tracey!

I have a bed very similar to this...I can't wait to set it up in one of our upstairs bedrooms!

{all photos courtesy of French Larkspur}

So you see why I love and follow her blog?  These pictures that I shared with you don't even scratch the surface!  Make sure you go over and check out the rest!  Her home is also featured in one of my new favorite books, Romantic Prairie Style by Fifi O'Neill. 

My dream is to have my home featured in a book like this or decorating magazine, maybe someday!  Go pick up the book, trust me you will love it!  And oh how amazing are all the pictures... I could look at them all day!



Maria ~Rusty Hinge