Customer Photo of the Week

This is the final result of one of our custom orders.  

Too cute for all the dog-lovers out there.

Creation of the Week

You Hold the Key to Driving Me Crazy!

I love this key holder!  

Perfect for anyone who has teenagers or people in their home who continually misplace the keys.

 We created  this on a section of an old dresser drawer runner.

Nothing goes to waste. :)

We painted it  cream and sanded it down for the shabby look.  

Then we added our brown matte vinyl lettering, clear finish, 

and six reclaimed, old, rusty nails to complete the functionality.

You can purchase it now here:

http://oldbarnrescue.com/2011/09/you-hold-the-key-to-driving-me-crazy/

Remember, these are all one-of-a-kind!  Only one is available.

Design of the Week

 This time of year has me dreaming of the ocean and warmth --

Oh, the spell of the sea!

Adonna has beautifully hand-lettered this lovely quote for us all.

This would be perfect in a beach home or any beach-theme room.  

It would also look great combined with framed photos from a beach trip. 

http://oldbarnrescue.com/2013/02/the-sea-once-it-casts-its-spell/

CUSTOMER PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Adonna recently created this custom order for a client.  

We are so happy she shared the final result.  

It looks beautiful!

New Designs for the New Year

You haven't seen these before! 

It is a new year and Adonna has been busy creating new designs. 

Here is a small sampling...

This wonderful "Welcome" decal is a perfect greeting for your friends and family.  

The classic lettering will dress up any style of home, 

from traditional to modern, penthouse to lake house.

 

Did 2013 bring a new addition to your home? 

We have a great graphic from one of our favorite little bears. 

This will add the final touch to your nursery*. 

*naps not guaranteed

I think I can, I think I can....

The final touch for your little train lover's room.

Remind your special someone how much you love them.  
Perfect for the master bedroom.  
Perfect for the nursery! 
 This design is hand drawn (not a font) so it is unlike any other decal out there. 

"Whether you're at home or walking along the road
or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning..." 

you might be thinking about getting this scripture quote for your home. 

A perfect reminder to get you through the bumps in the upcoming year.

This new hand-lettered design looks lovely with a grouping of photos!

Of course there is more to come! 
Old Barn Rescue Company is wishing you a great start to 2013 
and looking forward to all it will bring.

Home Show in Spokane a big hit!

How else to kick off the season than with a home show for OBRC in Spokane at Adonna's house.    Thanks to Kim and her awesome daughter, Kristen, for organizing it and inviting their friends.

Silly me...took pictures of the work and not the beautiful women at the party...next time there will be smiles posted!!

 

We had a great turn out with wonderful food and wine along with Christmas music and ladies buying the reclaimed wood signs off Adonna's walls and helping each other pick out vinyl decals from our website.

  Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas season!!

Adonna & Jan

Saving part of history

It's at the heart of what we do and a reigning passion of ours-- 

rescuing old materials before they are discarded in our landfills.  

In doing so, we preserve little bits of history and restore beauty to things that seem broken, "too old" and "of no use" anymore.  

Each of our upcycled decor items has some hidden history deep within.  

This is a glimpse of what we mean.

Two days ago, our neighbors told me they were going to be tearing down the old shed behind their home.  

They wanted to know if I could use some of the wood.  I said, "sure!" 

 My husband and I went to take a look at it.  

This "shed" was so cool and so old and so full of history!  

The front section was for the carriage and the back section was a stall for the horse!  FUN!!  My mind was whirling about all the history and stories within and around that little shed!  I wanted to save it all!!

 I was sad it was going to be torn down, but grateful that we could be a part of salvaging some of it.

My amazing husband agreed to come the next morning and be our "demolition team".  

 He removed wood from some of the walls (yes, he sawed most of it already), a small window, and some old rusty hooks and screws and other funky old metal thingys (how do you like that for my vocabulary description). 

I know, it looks like junk to most...but we are so excited and 

can't wait to create so that a little old shed that once housed a carriage and horse may live on!

Another GORGEOUS Customer Photo

We SO enjoy seeing the finished result of our wall graphics
once they are installed by our customers.
These photos recently sent to us are stunning! 

They show what a beautiful impact
a single wall graphic can make in a room.

Thanks, Farmer Family, for sharing!!

Lake Love

We are creating some of our little signs again

 and I am reminded of how much I LOVE reviving old "junk"!  

This little sign is my new love: 

I have had this piece of wood laying around for a long time.  

It is a scrap cut from a 130-year-old farmhouse door (my childhood farmhouse to be exact- maybe that's why this is stirring up so much adoration in my heart)  

The wood alone is just so great and I knew it needed something special.  

It is a perfect buttery yellow color with "real life" crackled aging and a little grey, brown, and dark red paint showing through underneath.  

A lovely color combination!   

I knew I wanted to use these old game tiles on the wood because they are a great match for the browns and buttery yellow.  

The key was finding words I could spell with the remaining letters I have.  

"Lake" seemed to be a good choice.  

(Except now I wish I had a lake house!)

Next I found the old water faucet handle that had the exact red/grey color that would draw out the colors under the yellow in the wood!  

I completed it with a rusty old base to prop up the faucet.  

It was starting to really come together! 

 Then I had to think of something for the space underneath the vintage letters to fill the space.  Our brown vinyl lettering came in perfectly for this. "Life is better at the lake".  

Ahhh, yes, it was meant to be.

Makes me smile. 

This Coco Chanel needs a zebra print!

As many of you know by now, this is one of our most popular quotes. 

I have to say I love this rosy pink and black combination for this quote and 

I keep picturing it with a fabulous zebra rug! 

 

Email us at: jan@oldbarnrescue.com if you are interested.

My new favorite!

In our business we take something that is ready to be discarded
and show it some love! 
Quite often we find ourselves attached to our creations
 either due to the wonderfully old character of the wood,
a fun vintage item we have used in a clever way,
or just the amount of time and work we have invested in some of these.

I have to say I am quite smitten with this latest creation!

This window was both old and dirty!!
It took some scrubbing just to clean it up, but once the dirt was removed, some perfectly old, chippy pale pink paint was reavealed.
I loved it right away and knew that the paint would dictate the rest of the creating.  I mixed some pink and coral paints to match some of the aged pink paint that was already showing through.  Perfect!  

 

Next it was sanded and sealed and
re-chalked to hold the fabulous old wavy glass in place.
 It was just waiting for the perfect quote.  

"Sugar and Spice" in beige on a pale pink window would be just right!

 Yep - I am smitten!

Personalized space

Another customer photo...

and another great example of how wall graphics can add personality and a special touch to any space.

Personalized wedding sign

I just finished this customer's order and LOVE how it turned out!  

An old cabinet door has brand new life again!

What a perfect wedding, shower, or house-warming gift...

personalized and functional!

I have a feeling we'll be making more of these.

Part of something bigger...

So we LOVE finding out when our products are part of bigger stories.  

It is an honor to be a help create special moments, memories, and projects.

Recently, we were contacted by a customer who was going to surprise his fiancee with a "bedroom makeover" while she was away for a week of vacation.  

He had the whole project designed and wanted to include one of our wall graphics. 

http://oldbarnrescue.com/2012/03/loved-you-yesterday-love-you-still/

 

We talked through some different options, sent some color samples to his parents' home to make sure no suspicions arose,
and planned a timely pick up.

He just sent us the following pictures of the finished project and thanked us for our help.  

He said that his fiancee loves it! 

We LOVE it too and we think she has found a great catch in this guy!  

What a great gift and beautiful job!  Single ladies take note!  

How sweet is this!?!

Go Jump in the Lake

We were recently commissioned to create a window as a gift for a client's sister and husband.  

They were hosting a huge family reunion at their lake house and 

all the sisters wanted to give them a special gift.  

We are so glad they thought of us!  

It was an honor to create this personalized quote and window for them.  

We love the response we have received from the whole family! 

 That's why we do what we do. :) 

A Sailor's Bedroom

How super cute is this bedroom?!   

What a great job this customer did with our Mark Twain wall graphic!

http://oldbarnrescue.com/2011/11/throw-off-the-bowlines/

Laundry never looked so good!

More customer appreciation...

This is a GORGEOUS laundry room 

and we love seeing our wall graphic add a finishing touch!

Fun statement!

Another customer just sent us this picture of our vintage damask graphics

on her gorgeous plum-colored wall!  

Love what a great statement these wall decals can make!

Be glad of life

One of our customers just sent us this adorable appreciation photo!

This is still one of my all-time favorite quotes hand-lettered by Adonna with a few extra large stars and swirls.

So, as I try to get on a "blogging roll", I thought I would share.

Go confidently

If you've ever wondered why we are so bad a blogging...here is the answer!

We are so busy creating windows for stores and custom orders and keeping up with all our wall graphic orders that we never seem to get around to blogging.  Good problem to have, right?

Anyway, I loved this picture a customer just sent us of the window we did for her. 

It looks fabulous in her daughter's room.  

We love seeing the final result and LOVE our happy customers!

Here's to more creating and maybe inspiration to blog more of our creations (we'll see)...