Saturday with Twigs and Barn Wood

I have a pet peeve with not finishing things, it's one of my biggest strengths and one of my biggest weaknesses. We had this old piece of barn wood above our mantel for 3 years now. I bought it at an antique store and have enjoyed it character in our home.  We know we will not have a mantel in our next home because you don't need a fireplace in Hawaii though some nights it would be nice it's very unlikely.

 We decided to make it into a coat rack. With Richards willingness to help and my idea we made a beautiful piece for our future entryway. I want so badly to hang it but with only 29 days left in our house Richard begged me to put nail holes in another wall in a few months. I complied with his demands. : )

My mother in law gave us an abundant amount of Easter "crafting" as you have it so I let the kids keep their favorites and returned the rest. We got a store credit and this chick went shopping! I love to shop but I love shopping more with store credit. I feel like I'm cheating the system a bit but when I don't have to use my debit card we are all happy shoppers. People you might find this surprising but Hobby Lobby has come out with new hardware, and to my surprise they are ADORABLE! I'm talking http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/category.jsp?popId=HOME&navAction=top&navCount=6&isSortBy=true&pushId=HOME-HARDWARE&id=HOME-HARDWARE adorable. Their selection is small but so great!

I've also had my twig wreathe for many years and really wanted to use it year round. I saw this in Pottery Barn over the Holidays for over $75.

You can buy my same wreathe and the straight twigs all at Michael's for less than $25. I plan to add lights at Christmas on mine too. I also found this one which has a less polished look, which I like, it's made of twigs for goodness sakes, let it be nature looking. Hope you enjoy!