Spray painting and re-freshing the back porch

I hope every one had a wonderful Easter!

Ours was very hectic, but also, very nice.

We took advantage of our long weekend and the beautiful weather 

we have been having and took care of a few outdoor projects

that we have been wanting to finish.

We started with cleaning our wooden planters and updating them with

a little spray paint. After the high temperatures we had last summer

and all the rain we got this winter, they were starting to look a little "run down".

We have several of these planters, on the front porch, in between the 

two garage doors and on the back porch.

Since we had the paint out, we decided to just paint them all.

This is their new look for Spring 

You can't really tell on the pictures, but, in person, they were looking pretty bad.

The more I scrubbed them, the worst they looked

I used Krylon Satin Almond for this project

Before and after

While we were waiting for the paint to dry, we gave the back porch 

a good cleaning with the pressure washer and added a few pillows I made a couple of weeks ago and some Spring touches.

I added new pillows, placemats, flowers and candles to the table area

From the same material, I made some table mats for my small side tables

And also added some blue candles to the wall sconces

The porch will stay decorated like this until June, when I start decorating

 our outdoor spaces for summer

Thank you for coming by to visit and always taking the time to

 leave me a sweet comment.

Have a great week!

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Chandelier makeover

Well, here I go, another spray paint project! LOL

I seem to be doing a lot of that lately, actually it has been months since 
I picked up a brush!

This is the newly updated chandelier, in my soon to be, craft room.

I used  Rust-Oleum Satin Heirloom White.

 Remember the chandelier I bought at the

Habitat center for $5.00?

I finally had the time this last weekend to finish it.

I found the red lampshades at Tuesday Morning for

just $2.99 each.

I also added a small red tassel

I think it goes well with the theme in that room and

with the small window balance I made a few weeks ago

Before and after

What do you guys think?

Is it a keeper?

Total cost for this project was $20.00 plus change.
I am still working on decorating the top shelves my husband built
for me and also on getting cabinets and counter tops.

I hope everybody is having a great week!

I appreciate you taking the time to visit.

Weekend Project

It is Monday!

Where did the weekend go?

Ours went by too fast!

We had several projects to keep us very busy and I will share those

with you through out the week.

Today, I am sharing the project that took my poor husband 

almost all Saturday to complete!

Seems simple, but it was very hard to do.

A couple of weeks ago, one of my husband's coworkers and old friend

of ours, offered us a pot rack that he just had taken down from his kitchen.

His wife didn't want it anymore and he said he was offering it to me, free of charge, 

before he took it to GW.

Are you kidding me?????????????????????

I have wanted one of these racks for ever and ever and ever!!!!

OOOOOH! I was so happy!!!

We made a few changes on it and, although, I still need to buy some 

pretty pots and pans, ( I am thinking copper), I think my husband deserves an A

for this project! He did an awesome job!

This is what my new rack looks like 

This is what the rack looked like when we received it.

As you can see, there was no way to put any decor up there

So, we bought two of these.

 And after almost all day of cutting, measuring and installing,

this is what he came up with.

When he was finished, we sprayed painted it with 

Rust-Oleum Metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze to match the kitchen lamp

I put up there my new rooster, a candle holder I had bought from Tuesday Morning and

one of the green jars from a set I had from Kirklands for a long time.

And here is the finished product!

I am sure I will change the decor on it as time goes by and I get some

 pretty pots, but, for now, this is what it looks like.

I am very pleased with the way it turned out.

I appreciate you guys taking the time to visit!

Happy Monday!

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