This weekend, we took our back patio from this poor sight..
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| Dirty House...dingy, odd patio furniture... |
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| Scattered stuff...general yuck... |
To THIS!!!!
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| The Whole Patio! |
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| The gray blocks were spares :o) But we got new chairs, too! |
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| Our A-MAZING new Cinder Block Patio Sofa (and my spokesmodel) |
I'm WILDLY in love...and want to spend every waking minute out there! The sofa turned out so much better than I anticipated, and I'm just thrilled!
We spent much of about 5 days getting it together, and then Saturday I made the cushion and "staged" the rest of the patio. There are lots of details that I'm just thrilled about, and I may touch on some of them later.
The first, and dearest to my heart...the old coffee can of hens and chickens.
The hens and chickens are the "chicks" from an old tire my grandma kept that was FULL of chickens. The coffee can, weathered and worn, held a random collection of screws, nails, and scraps that we found in my grandpa's attic. Grandma's succulents, in Grandpa's coffee can? It just makes my heart skip a beat.
The can is TERRIBLY worn, and rusted. I need to find a way to preserve it in its crusty, rusty state it's now in. I fear that one good rain will have it rusted through.
Overall, I'm LOVING this change!!!
LOVE,LOVE,LOVE,...Kudos to you, looks great, I would want to spend my days there too. Try spraying the coffee can with a clear matte finish, may help it to last a little longer. Love Aunt Kay
ReplyDeleteThank you! I just love it!
DeleteI tried so hard, at first, to get a picture of the patio...WITHOUT the Tonka Construction crew. Then, I realized that 1) it will likely ALWAYS have them as part of the décor, so I better get used to them, and 2) Ben kept dragging ALL of his toys to the patio - so he could be there, too! He said, "it's so nice, Mumma...I'll just stay here all day!"
*grin*
Love you!