Under lock & key.  Or at least under the influence of locks & keys.  Vintage and antique locks and keys, that  is – I just love them!  They’re perfect, rusty little tchotckes to give some character to a nook or crannie.

When we moved from California to Ohio, we found an antique mall somewhere on the prairie in Kansas that had some great treasures that now adorn my home.  An antique padlock with key dangling from some old string…

…and a whole bunch of padlocks and keys, from vintage to antique, on a homemade “key ring” made of wire, punctuated by a small, rusty star.   I can picture some farmer in Kansas bending up some wire to hold all of his locks and keys…

…I imagine that this ring of locks and keys probably hung on a hook in a prairie barn or tool shed.  Now it hangs on a narrow spot of wall in my kitchen, where I enjoy its rusty goodness every day.

Unlock your creativity and hang some unusual rusty treasures on empty little wall spaces in your home!

Showing off at the link party at Funky Junk Interiors.