Searching for a different way to use your wooden carrier in your Holiday decorating? Simply turn it on its side!
I might have a bit of an obsession with wood carriers! I am fascinated by worn wooden boxes and rusty objects! A few days after my birthday one year, my Mom asked me what I spent my birthday money on… I told her a carrier and a wooden box…. she looked at me kind of strange and said, “don’t you already have a lot of those?” Well, a girl can never have too many primitive carriers, boxes or cool rusty things, can they?
I bought this one a few years ago from a friend who was moving from Illinois to Texas. I thought it looked familiar…. turns out she bought it from me when I had my flower shop/antique shop!
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I usually keep it on my potting bench. Sometimes I use it to hold small plants.
Occasionally, it gets tucked on a shelf to add color to the display.
While working on Christmas displays, I decided I needed something to showcase my collection of vintage Santa mugs and ceramic pieces. I decided to see if I could use the carrier to solve my problem. It is the perfect size to display some of my vintage Santa mugs and boots. By turning it on its side, it becomes a display cubby!
I tried styling it two different ways:
I think I like the top version better! What do you think?
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Other Wood Carriers Turned into a Display Piece:
Another favorite carrier is put to use here as a shelf for part of my Jim Shore Snowman collection.
I had another old wooden one that I filled with greenery and used it to decorate the top of an old pie safe.
Old carriers aren’t the only things you can use in your holiday decorating. Old boxes can be used as well! Santa is perched inside an old wooden toolbox that belonged to one of my uncles. The boots were my Dad’s when he was a child.
I delve into more detail about my love for toolboxes, carriers and cool rusty things in this blog post: Worn Wooden Boxes & Cool Rusty Things!
Speaking of Santa
You can read more about my very favorite Santa here:
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