style;;; the country girls

country is where we started in antiques...back in the 80s when country living magazine showed whole rooms covered in antiques....kitchen walls covered in utensils..... when the country discovered primitives and the wonderful stuff our rural ancestors lived with and worked with... ....and we are in the country surrounded by the ghosts of a farming community..so many people around us have farm relics from their parents or grandparents .....these girls love trash to treasure..they have a natural feeling for the old stuff, they remember it...they arent afraid to put a manure spreader in the yard, an old chair in the garden, and an old cupboard with holes in the living room.....and they are the ones who started trash to treasure decorating really....bringing home all kinds of huge things from auctions and making them work in the house...

i love this style....and at home have several cupboards and a wonderful piesafe....

these buyers like real wood not painted....i get them cupboards in all conditions....from really worn out relics for under 50$ to the nicest big 2 piece cupboards that cost way more....they love kitchen cabinets, like the hoosiers,

in the store where we sell new stuff, the country girls might poo poo the foo foo room and like the country room, i try and make that room room full of everything for them...from placemats to big pieces of furniture and sticheries, signs ,flowers,candles,pictures,....i try to get the right colors in there and the right look.....

in old they like crocks, wood, boxes, farm tables, funky farm stuff....and they love our awning...just full of cheap old junk, just waiting to be repurposed!!

i think this style will always be good here in the cornbelt....like dylan says it fits us like a glove....

here is a good place to see lots of primitive gals and businesses .

http://forums.delphiforums.com/primitive2/messages