Sometimes the most meaningful way to celebrate love is to look inside your love story for inspiration. I made our wedding frame out of our home. Here’s what I did.
About this wedding frame project
In our old house renovation we’re working on our home’s heart.
When I take stuff out–notably old lumber–I hold on to some. It won’t be used to re-build, but over the years I’ve felt there’s something in there, in that tree that grew several lifetimes ago and has sheltered generations, including ours. A story perhaps.
So I collected some old studs and boards from our various projects and waited.
Then, Theresa and I got married.
So I decided to use those old studs and boards
We took photos, of course. And when they came back–-with my bride radiant in her dress, fluttered ever so gently by the ocean breeze passing us like the current of our lives–-the story of the old trees told itself.
The lumber used to build our house was rough-sawn (not planed smooth like today’s). And for some reason the carpenters who built this house toe-nailed (drove nails at angles) just about every connection.
Click below to read more about this on OldHouseWeb. (And wallpaper is the previous homeowner’s decision.)
