The Gym full of Salvaged Wood!

For some reason, it was months after I started working at Southern Accents before I made it out to the gym. I had heard about it. Garlan and Kolby had taken many customers out there while I was left behind to “answer the phone and greet customers”. I guess this was before I knew very much! Wait, I still am clueless on a lot of things! It’s ok, that’s part of the fun! Learning something new is one of my favorite things to do! Since then, I go ALL the time! Not really, but I have been more than once or twice.

You will not believe it when you see the pictures I took. There is 15,000 square feet of wood, doors, bathtubs, saws, and buckling gym floors! “OH MY WORD!!”, is exactly what I said when I went in! It’s fantastic! I could spend hours out there! I need a tour guide, though. I need someone to tell me what kind of wood each and every piece is. I also want to know where it came from…..it all has a story! There are hand hewn beams, skins from beams, 20ft. long beams! There is pine, maple, oak, cedar, cypress, hickory…some are harder to come by than others. Of course, this makes them even more special!

I have had red barn wood on my mind for a couple of years to make frames. Guess what?? We got in some from a barn in Germantown, Ohio. I couldn’t WAIT to see it! I went out there this week and took some pictures. We’ve already sold some for an interior wall. How cool is that? I hope she sends us pictures when she’s finished with it! I would love to do that in my little boy’s room. So fun.

Next time you are in Cullman, come by Southern Accents and get someone to take you to the gym. You might be building a house from the ground up and need flooring or something cool on your walls or ceiling. You might be adding on to an older home and need to match up your floors. Or maybe you just want to make something cool from wood from the 1800′s. Whatever your reason, we have over 20,000 square feet of lumber….all of it salvaged from another life. Just ask, we usually know the story behind all of it!

Don’t forget if you want to see more samples of the wood at the gym, you can look on our website or our facebook page! We try to keep both of those updated! Call the store if you want to make an appointment to “browse” through the gym!

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308 Second Ave. SE – Cullman, Alabama 35055
Showroom Assistance: 877-737-0554

Hours: Mon – Fri 9 to 5, Sat 10 to 4 cst

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Having fun with doors!

How much fun are these? We are always finding colorful doors! These are fun for different projects. We have been making chalkboards out of them. I love having something to write all of our “goings on” all in one place! You can hang it horizontally or stand it against the wall vertically.  I am about to work on 2 panels for someone that are a little smaller, but will hang together for a chalkboard.

I have 2 doors that I have in my home “just because I love them”! One I bought for the color and the other for the texture. I’m not sure what it is about doors, but I can’t get enough of them!

Let us know if you are interested in a door of your own or maybe you need a chalkboard!

SOUTHERN ACCENTS ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUES
308 Second Ave. SE
Cullman, Alabama 35055
Showroom Assistance: 877-737-0554
Hours: Mon – Fri, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturdays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm CST
E-Mail info@sa1969.com

Month of Mantels

HUGE Mantel Sale for January!

I’ve had so much fun getting inspiration from all over the web for mantels. Since Southern Accents Architectural Antiques is having a fantastic sale this month on, you guessed it, mantels, I have been immersed in all that is mantel.

I wanted to do a little recap of all the links that I’ve found over the last few weeks. It’s been super cold here in the south. We are NOT used to this much cold nor are we used to this much snow people! It’s crazy here. SA was closed for 3 days last week! That’s crazy and messes up the sale when you can’t open the store for the sale, hellooooo!

So, here are all the fabulous decorating ideas I’ve found. If you have more, please add in the comments. I would love to check them out AND I’m sure everyone else would like to see, too! Oh wait, wait, wait….let’s do a linky party! I’ve always wanted to do one and this is a great place to start! I don’t have a button for you to post….let me see if I can figure out how to do that! edited: can’t figure it out! I need to call a couple of my expert blogger friends and get a lesson! Send your link in the contacts, if you want to share!!

ehow.com gives you great overall info on mantels and the different types.

flickr.com this is a gorgeous mantel. the whole room is very crisp and I’m loving antlers mounted! I just got some from a deer my son killed this season!

decorallure’s blog is a great place for inspiration on many things! She was redoing a mantel and added lots of cool pictures for inspiration!

One of my favorite uses of a mantel is as a headboard. I really want to do this. I found a tutorial at Apartment Therapy.

I found so many pictures for inspiration for the mantel headboard….check out these:

Apartment Therapy’s finished project

More inspiration from The Stories from A to Z! Beth is always doing linky parties. You will find some really cute inspiration from her blog!

The Old Painted Cottage shows you her before and after photos of her bedroom. Major transformation! It turned out gorgeous! One of my favorites! Her images are copyright protected and I didn’t want to share without her permission. I guess you will have to click on the link to check them out!

I hope you’ve enjoyed all the decorating ideas. We would love to help you with any projects you have planned.

SOUTHERN ACCENTS ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUES
308 Second Ave. SE
Cullman, Alabama 35055
Showroom Assistance: 877-737-0554
Hours: Mon – Fri, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturdays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm CST
E-Mail info@sa1969.com

Warehouse mantels are on sale for January!

Item of the Month!

All mantels are 20-50% off! Come by or call the store for more information. We have over 100 mantels in the warehouse!

Check out SA1969.com for more mantels and prices.

Entire store 25% off!!

25% OFF SALE!! 4 DAYS ONLY!!

Monday, December 20 – Thursday, December 23.

Discount applies to in stock showroom items only. Discount is not valid on custom work, special orders, or previously purchased merchandise.
Shop early for the very best selection!

Call 877-737-0554 for showroom assistance.

We will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Wishing you a blessed Christmas season!

SOUTHERN ACCENTS ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUES
308 Second Ave. SE Cullman, Alabama 35055
Showroom Assistance: 877-737-0554
Hours: Mon – Fri, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturdays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm CST
E-Mail info@sa1969.com

Christmas is around the corner!

Well, we are on the down stretch to Christmas! Only a few days left for shopping and then the festivities begin! We have had multiple photo shoots here at the store for Christmas cards. The very talented Audrey Land has been in a couple of times to take pictures of some beautiful families! Maybe you will get a card with a picture in the mail! I hope I do!

The wood shop has been busy, as well. They are working like santa’s elves to get some last minute gift ideas ready for those hard-to-buy people on your list. I know they are working on bead board frames from the Tuscaloosa County school that is being torn down. We are doing a huge project with the Alabama Alumni group for their scholarship fund….more on that later!

I have been using these little wood trees all over my house for decoration. On Tuesday, you can enter to win one of these trees on two different blogs! That’s right, there are two giveaways. Check in at Lucysinspired and 3qtguys for your chance to win!

They have so much character! Some are made from bead board, some from fluted trim pieces, then you have the ones made from the louvers from old shutters. I have one that has the fluted trim. I added nails to the tree to hang ornaments! These are in keeping with the vintage look. I have been collecting vintage glass ornaments and these cute little wood ornaments. They look like old toys. LOVE them!

You can also pick up ornaments made from bead board. How cute are these? They are the perfect hostess gift! Pick up one to tie to a bottle of wine or just wrap a couple together to take to Christmas parties this weekend!

Check out “The Garage” next time you are in the store. We have a section on the back of the store that will be our Garage Sale. You can find items that are marked down and items that we bought a big quantities of….so, they can be sold at a better price! You can drive around back and see “The Garage” from the street. On a pretty day, there will be cool items sitting on the sidewalk. Don’t forget to come inside. There’s always something fun to see!!

Price Punch

Have you ever heard of Price Punch? It’s a company that gives you a Deal of the Day in your inbox………EVERY DAY!!!

The good news for you is Southern Accents has partnered with them to give you today’s Deal of the Day!

A little information on Price punch…..All of their deals are at least 50% off!! That’s right, AT LEAST 50% off!!

We are offering $50 gift certificates for $25!

You have to buy this through the Price Punch website.

All you do is sign up for their email list to buy the gift certificate!

You will get receive your voucher via email….

Come shopping this weekend!!!

Act fast! This deal expires at midnight tonight!!

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308 Second Ave. SE Cullman, Alabama 35055

Showroom Assistance: 877-737-0554

Hours: Mon – Fri, 9:00am to 5:00pm

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Tuscaloosa County High School Demolition

Tuscaloosa County Highschool Demolition

Such a sad day in the history of this school. The demolition started on November 18th and is set to be complete by January 5, 2011. The school has been there since 1927. It was one of the oldest existing school facilities in the state of Alabama. There are generations and generations of families that went to school here. Many historical societies tried to save it, but were unsucessful. We managed to get into the school before too many things were torn up or destroyed. We have beadboard from the walls and even some paneling that is in good condition. We are making picture frames, framed chalkboards, and mirrors with the chipping beadboard as the frame. What a wonderful piece of history to own from this school. I’m sure there are so many memories in each piece. The framed pieces will be priced according to size. This is a sample of what a frame might look like.

These will go quickly! Get your gift of the Tuscaloosa County Highschool history while you can! The paneling is 2x8ft with a wood grain facade and is selling for $95 a piece.

SOUTHERN ACCENTS ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUES

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Christmas in Cullman

Last weekend was Christmas in Cullman. It’s the weekend to kick off Christmas! There is a parade and Santa Claus……loads of fun. The whole town gets involved and there are so many cool things to do. We were open all weekend. I know, right! Open on Sunday! It was great. There were people all over the streets of Downtown Cullman. Walking in and out, doing lots of shopping! We weren’t quite prepared for getting into the “Holiday Spirit”. Kolby was going out of town and there was some recent “BIG” news about Cullman County going Wet. Yes, they have been a dry county up until the last Election! November 2nd was a day to mark into the history books! I don’t know if you know, but Garlan, Jr., is the President of the City Council. So, needless to say, he had a lot on his plate! I decided to step in and work on what Southern Accents would be doing for the weekend’s festivities!

I dug through all of my Christmas decor and pulled out all things rustic and burlap, loaded up my car, picked up my friend, Daphney, and we headed north. We had some windows to decorate!

When I think of Christmas windows, I automatically think of New York City. The windows in New York are story telling! They all have such beautiful windows. I could walk up and down 5th avenue all day looking at them! One of my favorites is Bergdorf Goodman. The windows seem so real and do tell a story! I just read online where Saks Fifth Avenue would have bubbles added to their building for this holiday season. Bubbles? I mean, the snowflakes that are covering the outside of the building are breathtaking!I found this photo on Flickr.  I can’t wait to see how the bubbles and snowflakes turn out. Too bad it will be from my computer and not live and in person!

My windows at Southern Accents might not be this spectacular! I have a feeling, though, they will be spectacular for Southern Accents! There are many eclectic, one of a kind pieces that you can find here. One is this piano keyboard. Isn’t it gorgeous? I just love how it’s just the keyboard and there are many, many keys missing! Many thanks to Stacie Carter for this photo. We also had this set of Sunbeam doors. They are aluminum and have just enough wear to make them perfect! I wish this picture was a little bigger……not the same effect. You can see how great they look in the window…………

There are two windows to work with. They were both a lot more work than we bargained for. It is freakishly hot in those front windows! We only had 4 hours and got started immediately! The tree they had was only 4.5 ft. Seriously? Ok, we went next door to the florist and bought one of their old trees for $25! Awesome! We did have to take the old lights off…they didn’t work. A HUGE thank you to Shane! He worked on those lights for a couple of hours! The mantel with green shutters was the perfect backdrop for this window. I love how the burlap stockings turned out! We could’ve really done a lot more with that tree, but we ran out of precious time! I think the piano finishes it off nicely!

The second window, needed a bit more work. There was already a mantel inside. We just added garland and burlap ribbon to it and adorned the top with a few stars and red tiles from around the store. We did put an old industrial cart in that window. It isn’t on wheels. It’s the perfect table! The 4.5 ft. Christmas tree was perfect for this side! We added bead board ornaments to it. They are stamped with cute Christmas words like, Ho Ho Ho, Joy and Peace! They are adorable! We found red pieces from around the store to add to the window like the No Smoking sign….a little festive and quirky!

I was so thankful they thought to take pictures at night. They aren’t the best quality, but give it a certain aesthetic that just works, don’t you think? I love how they turned out. I could tell you all the things I didn’t get done…..but, if you never know, then you don’t know what you are missing!

Let us know if you have any questions!

SOUTHERN ACCENTS ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUES
308 Second Ave. SE
Cullman, Alabama 35055
Showroom Assistance: 877-737-0554
Hours: Mon – Fri, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturdays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm CST
E-Mail info@sa1969.com

Being green before green was cool

Southern Accents has been a green company from the beginning.  We started by recycling antiques! Dr. Gudger was way ahead of his time. We have grown the collection throughout the years. I love to go into the gym looking for just the right wood for a project.  The gym is a warehouse full of salvaged wood! It used to be the gym for Wallace State. They played their basketball games there. They actually rented the gym from a local monastery. After the school built their own gym, the nuns tried to rent it out again. With no luck finding renters, they found a buyer…….you guessed it, Southern Accents! If you are interested in looking at this vast collection of wood, you can make an appointment and someone will walk you through the inventory and help you find exactly what you’re looking for.

We have designers coming in all the time looking for the perfect wood for their project. Gayle Christopher is a furniture designer/builder from Birmingham. You have to go to her website and see her incredible work! Her company is Rustixs.

Gayle will come to the store looking for something in particular. A few years ago, she built a table for the Coastal Living Idea House. The table was featured in the November 2007 issue of Coastal Living.  She used a red oak wood that has circular saw marks. These marks give the table texture. Look on Rustixs.com for more tables and furniture pieces. Gayle also built a cabinet for the Birmingham Symphony Show House from the same oak timbers as the dining table. Lesson in wood: Circular Saw marks are the marks that are created on wood when it is milled in a saw mill. Saw mills became popular in the 1890′s. Before the saw mills, the logs were chopped with an axe leaving chopping marks on the wood. Hand hewn Marks are the marks on the made into the wood when cutting down a tree for log cabins. They would take an axe and make into square logs. Ahhhhh, I love a lesson! We should all learn something new everyday!

Let us know if you need anything! We will be open this Sunday from 12-6pm. Hope to see you then!

SOUTHERN ACCENTS ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUES
308 Second Ave. SE
Cullman, Alabama 35055
Showroom Assistance: 877-737-0554
Hours: Mon – Fri, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturdays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm CST
E-Mail info@sa1969.com