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remember the days of my youth when I would go and visit my grandfather’s
log cabin off in the woods, with hardly a neighbor in site, except,
perhaps, a squirrel or a porcupine. The drive up the winding road
to get to his cabin was never too tiresome, because I knew what
treasure lay waiting at the end of the road.
When Grandfather’s cabin would finally come into view, I
would be awestruck by it’s simplicity and beauty. Perhaps
some people these days would think that it was a dump, but it was
truly beautiful in a simple, rustic sort of way.
It wasn’t the outside of the cabin, however, that I loved
-- it was the inside. Even after having been away for an entire
year or more and the entire log cabin had been filled with dusts
and insects, I would immediately feel at home. The interior walls
that were not simply logs were very textured and tactile with bits
of hay peeking through. Homemade quilts covered every cozy bed.
Thick log headboards looked over and protected each bed. Twig chairs
sat evenly around a large, uneven wood table with knots and lines
of age.
Grandfather cooked all of our meals on a wood-burning stove that
also heated our small, two room log cabin. There was, of course,
no bathroom to speak of, but I never minded the trek out to the
outhouse, so long as somebody came with me.
I think that it is because of the wonderful, happy, and cozy times
that I spent in my grandfather’s cabin that I love rustic
furniture so much now. My house is not completely covered in rustic
furniture (although, I would love it if it were), but I have a few
pieces here and there that really make my home feel like I home.
However, there is one room in the house that is entirely rustic
– my daughter’s room, and although she’s young,
she loves it. I really wanted her to grow up with that happy feeling
that I felt whenever I went to Grandfather’s log cabin. In
fact, some of the furniture in Susy’s room is from the old
cabin – when Grandfather dies, we had to sell our special
home away from home.
Susy’s entire room seems to be wooden. We even found an old,
rustic, wooden rocking horse. We don’t have any handmade quilts
for her bed, but we did find some beautiful patterned quilts at
the store. The rustic furniture in her room includes a log bed,
a wooden set of drawers with beautifully carved handles, and an
armoire with wonderful ironwork accents that we bought from a local
artisan.
My Grandfather’s rustic log cabin may be gone, but we’ve
made quite a comfortable home for ourselves with some of our favorite
rustic furniture pieces, even in our living room.
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