our vintage bottle collection

colbalt blue bottles

Here is our latest collection of cool vintage bottles that we found in our 50 year old farm pit. I showed in an earlier post how these are rescued bottles dug from the ground (here) and how we did it. Here are some that we've decorated our window sills with.  They look great on sunny days and I just love their soothing glow.  I just can't bring myself to sell these bottles in my Etsy shops yet...

my treasure hunting philosophy

my pile of barn sale loot

Just thought I'd share some items from my treasure hunting hoard this past weekend.  I headed to one of my favorite go-to summertime country barn sales...the prices there are so great, and my car trunk was full to the brim.

house DIY: sweet surprise behind wall

100 year old clapboard

 This labor day weekend my husband was working on replacing some of the vinyl siding along our kitchen deck.  When he pulled off the vinyl strapping, he found 100 year old clapboard from when our farmhouse was built.  We discovered that the house was originally painted a slate blue...so neat.