Some things are meant to be

I'd been hoping to add some old trim to the new room, to age it up a bit.  There were quite a few options I'd seen, but I kinda knew what I had in mind and didn't want to rush a purchase just to have something on the wall, I was willing to wait for ideal, not just okay.  

Beth was setting up a booth at Sandy's annual show in Lee's Summit, and I went to help her. I was standing in her spot and said, that I'd bet this show was a good place to look around for trim.  As I said it, I saw these pieces directly across the aisle in a booth by some Good JuJu ladies.  I ran right over and snagged them before the show even opened. (if you are ever invited to help a friend set up a space in an antique show, jump on the opportunity for some pre-show shopping! Better yet, volunteer your services so you know you won't miss out)

Normally, I'm not driving my husband's truck.  The show was over an hour away, it wouldn't have been easy to run home to get the truck, but luckily I'd taken it that day to pick up some chicken feed. The trim is very light weight and was too long for me to shut the tail gate.  It was lucky that I had that chicken feed back there to use as an anchor to keep the trim from blowing away on my way home.

This is probably the only time I'd ever gone to the feed store on my own, my husband always picks up the bags, so yes, this was a very lucky happenstance to have both the truck and the heavy bags of grain in the back of it so I could take these perfect strips of tin home with me.

See what I mean??!! Perfect for the spot.  Rustic and old, but with a pretty design.  Ryan and I used tin snips to cut them to fit and then hung them on screws.  We didn't have a drill bit for metal, so we simply put screws in the wood wall and hung these onto them.  Someday, I'll get the right drill bit and put them up better.  

For now, I'm happy with them as they are, and I doubt if they will fall down.

Comments

[Regina Brodbeck]

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[Jane]

What a happy convergence - trim, truck, chicken feed - everything fell right into place that day! Looks lovely on your wall too!

[Linda P.]

It looks great, Karla!

[vivian]

love that trim! perfect find.. you're right, somethings are meant to be!
happy day!
vivian