The Fall Show set up has begun!

Here's just a peek as what's to come!

That's all for now... 

there's lot's more work to be done! 

Zinnia's ... a summer favorite!

                                     

  Wishing you all a wonderful day!

The Barn Wood Live On...

 

The old barn had served it's owners 

for over a 100 years!

(see previous post)

Here is a piece of the old barn siding

  before it was readied for furniture making.

The old barn siding lives on in this

  beautiful farm table my husband built

for an especially sweet Whistle Stop Customer.

Look at the detail... 

These pictures don't really do the table top

justice. The old barn wood has so much character.

 

The farm table now has a new home and the 

old barn wood will continue to serve...

... in a different place

... in a different way 

Who knows maybe it will

have another 100 years of stories to tell!

100 Year Old Barn...

... it's has served it's duty as a shelter to cows, pigs, tractors, 

barn swallows, wasps, frogs & barn cats... 

Now it's duty has come to an end

but, it's memories will live on with the 3rd generation family 

who so generously let us tear off as much wood as we wanted!

It will live on in primitive crafts & cupboards

at

 The Whistle Stop! 

Now if only we could get the boards to talk

& tell us stories of the past 100 years! 

Meet my DH & son Matt.

It's a boys dream... demolition!

The old barn had been covered in tin

in order to extend it's life. I think it single handedly 

kept the nail companies in business! 

The door to the hay loft... it was much bigger

 on the ground than it looked up in the rafters.

Meet Mark...  a friend of the family who owns

the farm. Thanks for all your help, the 

wonderful meal & comfy room & board!

Meet Fred...  

... the most awesome cat! 

He loves company!

Loved the old chicken waterer!

It's still being used... darn!

Cluck... Cluck... Cock-a-doodle-do!

The owners of the farm sent us home with

sweet corn & eggs! Yummy!

What's a farm without a tractor?

Loved this old red tractor... wish I could

haul it to the Bonanza with me!

Meet Mr. Spotted Frog... he hung out with us

as we tore down the barn wood.

Look at our stash!!! 

Two days of stripping the tin & boards...

A lot of work... for the guys... I mostly supervised! 

Thanks to our nephew for letting us 

borrow his truck &  trailer!

Meet... hmmm... what shall I call him?

I like Fred, but it's already taken.

How about Elmer? 

Yes, Elmer is his name.

Elmer was the first project made from the

old barn wood. He is a special order for 

a wonderful couple that visit the Whistle Stop

each and every show! 

Elmer is munching on my Zinnia patch!

I'm going to miss him, but hope he likes

his new home next to the garden shed.

I hope his new owners 

love Elmer as much as I do! 

One thing off the list...

Yeah!!! No jury duty! Not that I don't want to do my civic duty... it's just that I start back to school (work) on Thursday. I still have a ton of things on my "to do" list! Our Fall show is 4 1/2 weeks away and it's only 5 weeks until we hit the road for the Bonanza! Oh my... to see that in print is a little scary! At least I can cross the jury duty off my never ending list! 

Goin' on a JUNK HUNT...

Ever since we got the news that we were

going to be vendors at the Junk Bonanza we have

been on the hunt for lots of "JUNK"! 

I saw an ad on Craig's List that said...

"We are getting ready for a BULK trash pick up. Emptying the garage 

and basement. There will be old antique wooden chairs, old tables, 

old antique ironing boards, old tvs, old shelves, old step stools, 

and a bunch of scrap... some metal some wood. 

We will be there around 7:30pm putting out, if you wish to take please 

do so  ...if you do please try to keep some order to the piles. "

So, we headed over to IA a little early to find the house. 

We saw a few things laying inside the gate and thought... 

"do we hang around for an hour and a half?"... 

We went and ate dinner and went back to the house about 7:15...

We couldn't believe our eyes!!!

The curb was filling up with all kinds of 

WONDERFUL JUNK!

We started piling things up by the car...

Oh, we wished we would of brought a truck!!

This house had been in the family forever and lot's of

treasures had been left behind. 

The granddaughter is going to move in to the house. 

I'm sure the house would be jumping up and down 

with joy if it could! They were such nice people. 

They were grateful we were taking 

stuff off their hands and we were grateful to get it! 

We had chairs tied to the roof!

The seats were laid down and it was 

packed to the brim.

Sweet little concrete bunnies...

... I'll share more of our lucky finds as we unpack

and get our treasures ready to sell.

THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY WHO SHARED 

ALL THE WONDERFUL JUNK! 

Watch for another post coming on the 

little rusty wagon... it's too cute!