It has been so nice and warm down here in Sunny St. George (until today). So, my real purpose in this blog post is to make my South Jordan friends jealous of our nice weather. And to prove that I can actually finish a project. I have been working on my front porch for awhile... and I finally got it done!
Here is my (Southwest, St. George style) house. Not at all the style of house I would choose. But, I love my neighborhood and the friends I have here, so I'll take it for now. As you can see, there is a cave that goes back in to our front porch. The left front of the house is a Casita (mother-in-law apartment) that is 90% my craft room and 10% my husband's office. The right is the garage. And behind all of that is our house... the part we live in.
As you head back into the cave, you can start to see our front porch.
As you can see, there is space at the left for my bistro table. And not a lot of space at the right. It's not symmetrical... it would drive my mother crazy... and it drives me a little crazy too. But, I've had the bistro table for probably over 10 years and I don't want to get rid of it.
Here's a close up of the bistro table.
I picked up this green fabric at a yard sale and recovered some pillows. I made the fabric flowers so that they safety pin on (I would like to change things up a bit for fall and winter).
I've had the garden box forever... I'm thinking it may have been something I bought at Tai Pan. Its filled with flowers, garden tools, gloves and some styrofoam covered fabric balls.
I picked up this metal stand a few weeks ago at a yard sale for $10. I was so excited about it! It matches my bistro table perfectly. The plant pot was also something I picked up at a yard sale. My favorite igloo cooler was a vintage find from a yard sale as well. It's metal and I was so tortured as to weather I should paint it or not. But after talking to the paint department at Lowes, they told me that I would be able to remove the paint, so I went for it. And the rain boots were something my husband picked up for me at a rental house... and I spray painted them pink!
I've been loving all of the yard wrapped stuff on Pinterest, so I went ahead and make a wreath. It was a pain in the butt, but I love it!!! I added some flowers with pins in the middle so that I can take them off later. And I have some fabric letters clipped on with mini clothes pins so I can remove them too.
And even though today was one of the coldest days in awhile, I finally got all of my pots planted. I've had these pots for a few years, but they needed an update... turns out turquoise spray paint was perfect!
My goal is to finish some projects... most of my rooms are 90% done, but they need some finishing touches!
