Do you like reclaimed barnwood, jingle bells and spindles? Here is an Easy Christmas Centerpiece using reclaimed barn wood!
For this holiday season, I am all about repurposing, reusing and refreshing things I already have. I am trying really really really hard not to purchase a lot of new holiday decor. I’d love to show you the Easy Christmas Centerpiece using reclaimed barn wood that took minutes to put together!
Gathering The Elements
Do you have Christmas decor items that you want to use but aren’t sure you can make them work together? I would love to share how I did it!
On a recent afternoon, I dove into the Cave of Wonders* and came up with the following items:
A set or trio of spindles that I have had for a really long time.
A long piece of reclaimed barn wood from one of the outbuildings from the family farm
Three berry rings and two red jingle bells ornaments
My floral instincts told me these items should work together nicely since several of them were rustic in nature and three of them were similar in color.
The piece of barn wood was very dirty so I cleaned it with a spray cleaner that was safe to use on old wood. In hindsight, I really should have cleaned it before I brought it back from Illinois! I also decided to enhance it with a little dark wax.
Putting it all together
To give the berry rings more interest and motion, I spent some time fluffing them and add a bit of whimsy by using a pen to make swirls with the twiggy parts.
When I first put the display together, it was missing something. I showed it to my husband, Dave and he agreed it needed a little something but he didn’t have any idea as to what that might be. I tried a couple of things but the look just wasn’t right. And then, I remembered my snowman pick! I grabbed him out of a different display and placed him in the center spindle! Viola! Red , rustic but with a bit of glittery shine!
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- Cave of wonders is where I keep all manner of extra treasures that currently aren’t on display . It is a term I borrowed from the gentleman who helped me when I had my flower shop!
This is so pretty. I always find it amazing what you can do with left over bits and pieces. It was such good fun doing this blog hop with you.
Thank you , Jayne! I surprise myself a lot of the time! What is really amazing is these bits and bobs are what I have here in Florida. Imagine what I could do if I still had everything I had access to when I had the flower shop! I enjoyed working on the challenge with you, too!!
I love your term “cave of wonders”. I might have to start using that term for my craft room too once I can see the floor again. This is pretty. You did a great job of pulling together little things to make it work.
Thank you , Donna! Everyone needs at least one cave of wonders!
I’m definitely stealing your “Cave of Wonders”, haha! How fun that you were able to pull this together all from things you already had at home. I love it and LOVE that your husband has opinions (if not always answers, lol). Thanks so much for participating in The Great Create Challenge! You’re AMAZING!♥️
Thanks for putting the challenge together! It was a lot of fun!
I also smiled at the cave of wonders comment! Congrats on pulling stuff together you have and love!!! I love all the rustic pieces
Thanks Renee! My friend that came up with the “cave of wonders” term is one of the people I learned a lot from over the years!
Kim, the snowman was the perfect touch, he is so vintage looking and cute. What a great display. I love your cave of wonders comment. My basement has turned into one of those here.
Thank you , Cara! What would we do without our cave of wonders? You just never know what you might find in there!
Hi Kim, I chose this project to be featured on Whimsy Home Wednesday this week. Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving! That snowman was too cute not to share!
Thank you so much, Cara! I appreciate the feature! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!