Barn-Shaped Old Handmade Wood and Wire Birdcage good luck owl and caramel brown

and caramel brown

though it is so distinctive and beautifully decorated I think I'd be more inclined to treat it as a design object than to drink out of it--I  might put it to use as a small planter

Signed by a Linda Hyda and dating to the 1930s-1940s

How nice to throw this lovely pair of antique French Traveler’s clothes brushes into one's suitcase atop a pile of carefully folded clothes when setting off on a long trip

but these moccasins are just fantastic

Barn-Shaped Old Handmade Wood and Wire Birdcage good luck owl and caramel brownThis wonderful old barn shaped wood and wire bird cage was clearly made with a lot of love and care, and it is wonderfully wonky, with no right angles to be found! To me it's like a three dimensional drawing, a beautiful interplay of lines in space. My favorite thing about it, though, may be its tension mounted door, which takes a strong pull to open, then closes with a very satisfying thwack! Definitely this could still be used to house a little