Salvage in the Kitchen

How was y'all's weekend? It was gorgeous and warm here so I did some work in the yard Saturday afternoon and shared a bit of what I was doing on instagram. Back breaking work for this old lady, but it must be done. Mr. Savvy did some more yesterday while I was babysitting my granddaughter. I will get back out there later this week after all the rain moves out that has arrived.

I shared a picture of this piece on instagram and facebook over the weekend. This is a piece of an old balcony rail that I found at the same salvage place where I found my kitchen butcher block several months back. 

I have been looking for an architectural piece to replace something in my kitchen.

We had stopped by another antique place that had some metal rails outside, but they weren't quite what I was looking for and I am glad I didn't settle and get one of them because just up the road I found the perfect piece.

The patina on this piece grabbed me as soon as I saw it sitting behind some other things. I started moving pieces so I could see it clearly and knew it was perfect. This pic gives you a peek at what I wanted it for.

It is now my new pot rack and I LOVE it!!

Mr. Savvy thought I had absolutely lost my marbles again and didn't think this would work. Oh, ye of little vision, I said.

He cleaned it up the best he could without losing the patina and then sealed it with car sealer.

He brought it in and took down the old pot rack and hung this one. The hardest part is making my hooks fit that I had. I am going to need to order a few more. I would also like to make the chains old looking instead of shiny black.

For now I am enjoying it just like it is.

I got a good price on this piece, too. I was told $55 and while I went back to the car to get my money I realized I had $50 in cash so I asked David if I could pay $50 in cash and he said he was afraid he had told me $55 instead of $65. I quickly told him yep he did plus I have been giving him free advertising. I know a few of you have gone to visit his shop. If you are near Atlanta like me or in northeast Ga. or western N.C. you will find this shop in Otto, NC. It is called Culpepper's Otto Depot. It is full of salvage just waiting to be hunted through.

You can see the old pot rack it replaced here.

And you can see the butcher block that I found at the same place and restored here.

I hope y'all have a great week!