Home Decor, Rustic Country Farmhouse & National Handbag Day
There appears to be a National holiday for just about everything,
Today is National Handbag Day!
When Miss Coquille, my loyal Traveling Tote companion, heard about National Handbag Day she insisted that I share our recent excursion to the most unique house I have ever experienced
Located in farmland about an hour outside of Birmingham,
the home is in the beautiful northeast Alabama countryside
This welcoming rustic country farmhouse is a treasure trove of sights and delights
It is nestled at the edge of the woods with a babbling stream nearby
A wide porch is continuous around all 4 sides of the house
Every inch of the porch is furnished with antiques,
collections, plants and memorabilia
A western saddle is perched atop an old US mail box
An adjacent rack is full of gourds, dried flowers, and rusty tools
Around the corner is this chair made with old Alabama license plates
Let’s go inside…
Inside the back entry, in the mud room
the first thing you see is this incredible wall of hanging pots and herbs
Then you pass this nook containing an old Coca-Cola cooler topped with vintage toys
Then into the kitchen, the heart of the home,
where every square foot displays unexpected treasures
A corner shelf holds a collection of hand blown glassware
Next to the range is a red toy pick up truck full of fresh cherry tomatoes
The officer is saluting the Pope in his “Popemobile”
Each item, food stuff, book, toy and object is placed with intention
Even though the entire house is filled to the brim with furnishings
It does not feel cluttered,
and there was not a speck of dust anywhere
Just around the corner is a giant wooden bear welcoming you to the living room which is open to the upstairs
The upstairs features a loft open to below and 2 bedrooms
A stacked stone wall forms the back wall of the main room
You can see the open loft above
A cozy sitting area by the pot bellied stove
The sofa wall decorated with books and collectibles
accented with several large wood branches
The beautiful handmade staircase is built against the stacked stone wall across from the front door and foyer
The hand rail is a large long tree limb and the balusters are some type of beautiful natural wood
Let’s go down these amazing stairs for a glimpse of the owner’s cowboy collection and music studio
There is a lot of the Wild Wild West in this house!
The owner is an avid guitar lover
Super hero and vintage toy collector
There is also a full art studio downstairs where his wife paints and creates
I didn’t take any photos of that, I think at this point I was truly overwhelmed!
Across from the house is a vegetable garden and a small shed
where the owners make their own candles
If you look closely on the far right of the photo above,
The spent stalks are all that remains from their green bean crop
The stalks grew so tall they had to use a ladder to harvest the beans!
This talented and super creative couple create magic with everything they do…
A special friend of mine invited me to come visit
She was pet/house sitting for her friends that live here
They built the house themselves,
and the details and the craftsmanship are unbelievable
I basically walked around with my mouth hanging open as I enjoyed this “museum” of a home
The peace and quiet of the countryside is hard to describe,
I felt truly transported to another simpler time…
The best way to describe this home is
The Wild West collides with a Vintage Museum and Toy Collection and a Flea Market
and morphs into a Rustic Country Farmhouse
Thanks for coming along!
🌳👨🌾🚜🏡
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Love Your Creativity What’s for Dinner?
Between Naps on the Porch, Make it Pretty Monday
Turn About Tuesday Celebrate Your Story,
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Full Plate Thursday
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Wow, Jenna this is amazing! I thought it was a museum until I read that someone actually lives here. My first thought was dust, and you answered that question. What a treasure trove that would take hours to peruse all of it…so many fun things to enjoy. I am going back to look at it all again, in case I missed something. What a fun excursion not far from home, Happy Thursday!
It is truly amazing Pam, and I could have taken a zillion more photos…there was even stuff to see in the bathrooms!
Wow…what a unique home. I imagine it was amazing to see all of these treasures and easy to get overwhelmed. I find that when I visit places like this I have to walk around many times as its so easy to miss things! I wouldn’t want to “dust” this home…haha! Thanks for sharing!
No kidding, I don’t know how they keep it so clean, plus they have 2 dogs and 2 cats!
Jenna, you’re right, the house is full but doesn’t look cluttered. But I’d hate to be the one to clean it, lol. Happy National handbag day!
Thanks Rita, it really blew me away…not sure I could live there, but so much fun to visit!
Love the pictorial tour! It’s a beautiful home and all the stuff is beautiful displayed!
Thank you Robin, it was really incredible!
Hi Jenna, there seems to a national day for everything and I had no idea about handbag day! What a fun house to visit. It so beautiful on the outside and inside and so much to look at. Sounds like a fun day. Enjoy the day and the weekend.
thank you Julie, it was really amazing!
What a fun day! Yes, it is a beautiful home and they are very talented. Thanks for sharing. 😊 P.s. today I’m buying the ingredients to make the mummy bread mentioned yesterday! YUM!
thank you Cyndi, and I hope you love the Yummy Mummy!
Jenna, this looks like such a wonderful place to spend the day! I can’t believe all of the collections and not a speck of dust! The countryside looks so pretty and peaceful… a perfect place to spend an autumn day. Take care, and enjoy your day!!!
thanks Shannon, it was quite a surprise, I had no idea it was going to be like that!!
What a beautiful home!! I love that chair. 🙂 I could spend hours just sitting on the porch reading. It looks so cozy!
Such a beautiful spot, the quiet was amazing! My friend that stayed there kept climbing in the hammock that was on the porch and taking naps it was so peaceful!
What a fun day! I think you described it perfectly. I would have enjoyed the tour.
thank you Bonnie, very much fun 🙂
Wow what a wonderful collection of fabulous items. I just love how they have displayed everything. I don’t have that talent. And no dust?!! Well you would find some here. Thanks for bringing us along. What a treat to get to walk through this fun live’s work!
thanks Jackie, quite a treasure trove of things to see and explore!
I would think this was in Arizona! Such a fun get away for you all and not that far away!
Thank you for the tour!
Yes, I was surprised at the cactus!
What a fabulous road trip! Oh, that is a living museum — and so cool. I don’t know what I found most interesting — loads of eye candy!
Thanks Jeanie, it was quite a house!
Great tour, Jenna. I am a hoarder, ahem, collector myself and love vintage items. This was such an eclectic mash up–something interesting in every nook. I love the creativity of the couple who created this feast for the eyes.
Thank you Shelia, I’m so glad you enjoyed this tour, I could have taken a zillion more pics, even the bathrooms were amazing!
Wow! What an amazing place!! Thanks Jenna for the tour! 🙌 I love all the details, so much to see! Loved the bear holding your handbag! 🐻💕 It does look like a place to unwind and relax. 💗
One crazy cool place for sure! Very creative owners is an understatement!
Such a fun tour Jenna! I’m a terrible housekeeper so the dust, cat and dog hair would be a mile high if I lived there 🙂
Me too!! I couldn’t believe it!
thanks so much for sharing this amazing rustic home with us! I can’t even imagine that porch on 4 sides there’s enough inspiration there to keep us busy for days. haha, I didn’t realize there’s a National Handbag Day, too fun!!!
thanks Debra, the house was amazing!
I just love that wrap around porch & how inviting that looks.
Thank you, it is one amazing house for sure!
What a house, what a collection…I can’t imagine putting it all together.
Me either, I was overwhelmed!!
What fun! There is just so much to see here. I thought it funny how eclectic it is. From the cowboy with a gun statue, to Batman and Smokey the Bear. Very eclectic. Thanks for sharing with #omhgww. Socialized.
Thank you Clearissa, it is quite a place!! I could have taken photos for hours, so much to see!