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If rustic garden sheds could tell stories, this one would say...

Rustic garden shed with old signs, tools and a grapevine, on FunkyJunkInteriors.net

You guys are so sweet! After my Less Than Pinterest Worthy post yesterday, some of you were consoling me over my poor, barren yard. Thank-for being so thoughtful!

But I did a little something about it today. The rustic garden shed got some new accessories AND flowers. It’s still early in the year, but things are looking up! At least in this one little corner anyway.

Coke sign and vintage license plates / Rustic garden shed with old signs, tools and a grapevine, on FunkyJunkInteriors.net — The shed is wearing a few new swanky accessories too. Can you spot them all as you scroll?

Rusty old lantern / Rustic garden shed with old signs, tools and a grapevine, on FunkyJunkInteriors.net — This old lantern is going to get a solar light inside, I decided just today. It would help for those late night stumbles for more firewood. And it would look cute and welcoming at night.

Vintage aqua wheelbarrow / Rustic garden shed with old signs, tools and a grapevine, on FunkyJunkInteriors.net

Galvanized flower pot bucket / Rustic garden shed with old signs, tools and a grapevine, on FunkyJunkInteriors.net

With each pressure wash every spring, the shed loses a little

more colour. It’s nearly all barn wood looking now. But I’m ok with that.

The shed now puts me in mind of the barn I grew up with, along with those crazy grapevines going slightly and beautifully out of control.

This shed has morphed into a mini rambling old farm.

Rusty canning jar wreath on a shed / Rustic garden shed with old signs, tools and a grapevine, on FunkyJunkInteriors.net

Back on the farm, my mom loved a nice, pretty paint job. But it was rare that big ‘ol barns looked that spiffy. But she got after my Dad, and they had the house and barn colour coordinated so they were perfect.

Red geraniums in an old crate / Rustic garden shed with old signs, tools and a grapevine, on FunkyJunkInteriors.net — I can hear her loud and clear.

She’d come over, wear a silent smile, lean back while glancing, and nod along with her sing song voice, “That’s very Donnaish!”

Dad? He’d just smile and say, “Ohyeah…”

Funny thing though… I kinda think I must have snagged a little more Dad in me. He had this one particular shed that was ready to fall over. Inside was a big metal bucket of rusty nails. That he actually used.

When he needed to fix something, he’d grab that bucket and go to town on some repair. But I could never really figure out what he just repaired, because it all kinda looked the same to me.

His building methods were… a little rustic. He wasn’t a finishing carpenter type. But he got the job done.

Sounds a little like someone else I know…

My mom’s deal was clean with pretty flowers all over the place. Maybe I got the flower thing from her.

Large Coca Cola bottle sign / Rustic garden shed with old signs, tools and a grapevine, on FunkyJunkInteriors.net

I honestly think I got a ‘make do’ mentality from both of them. We didn’t have fancy things, nor even brand new. Everything kind of had a weathered patina about it. It may have been repainted, but it was rarely if ever new. You could feel and see the layers of time on everything.

Rustic. Comfortable. Home. A story. Loved.

From greenhouse to rustic shed on FunkyJunkInteriors.net — ead how the shed came to be HERE

If this little rustic shed could tell a story, I think it would say that it’s become a thing in my world, because it’s a reminder of where I started. And as each year passes, it encourages me back, growing and learning while tinkering on it yet again.