Screened in Porch Reveal

I am so excited to finally share my finished (or nearly finished) screened in porch project with you. I put up posts of the porch before and after we painted the floor a couple of post ago. You can see them here
http://southernhomesweethome.blogspot.com/2011/04/porch-finds.html
and here
http://southernhomesweethome.blogspot.com/2011/04/porch-delima.html
I still have a few things I want to do, but for the most part it is finished. I am thrilled with the results. I have already spent hours out there. 

. I am in love with the pigeon and lamp shade I found at the thrift store for this project.

I didn't even notice when I was taking pics that I was missing a pillow.. it is in my car to find paint to match. I found the curtains at Wally world.. only $28 for all of them! See Gidgette? She is making sure I don't make a move to leave. It goes on all day.

I love the curtains in this color.. It really gives a peaceful feeling .. Also cuts down on noise and cools the porch. The sign on the bakers rack is going to get a little redo also.. I painted it a flat black... it was hunter green.. anybody else remember hunter green?  My daughter gave me the  duck casserole dish, she went and got him after I mentioned I wish I had picked him up at the thrift store.  

I have to cover the stool cushion yet I couldn't find a stool cover in the same fabric. I think I will look for the blue to pick up some pop of color.  

I can still get a good view of the fountain.

I went out to take some pics of some flowers 

and guess who was greeting me at the door?.. or making sure I didn't go somewhere without her.
She doesn't like to get her feet on the ground.. boy is that a pain.. if it rains forget getting her outside.

I hope you enjoyed visiting my little screened in porch. We are expecting rain tomorrow but I still will make it out to enjoy some fresh air. I feel blessed to be able to enjoy my home.. on Saturday tornadoes tore through our state..they believe as many as 93 tornadoes came through! Many people have lost their homes and sadly 23 lives were lost. 

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Frame Redo

A little break from the porch redo while the paint dries. Hubby won't let me bring a thing on it until tommorow. So, I wanted to show you a follow up to a thrift store picture I bought last month. I paid $10 for the frame and picture. 
Here it is before

Beautiful frame but the gold had to go. The beautiful details didn't stand out. Plus, the gold did nothing for the picture.

First I cleaned it and used kilz as a primer.

More pics of details before

 Next I painted it an Ivory color

Then I got out my acrylic paints and used a Raw Umber color mixed w/ glazing medium

I add a little water to dilute the color a little. 

Kind of yucky but I wanted you to see the consistency

I cover every space w/ the mixture

Wiped until I got the results I wanted.. I used q-tips to get excess out of the small spaces, and held my breath that it would turn out ok. 

I worked with small sections at a time.

 And in the end this is how it looks.. I am so excited about how pretty it turned out.

So much better for the picture, don't you think?

The color is a little off on this pic.. couldn't seem to get it right, but you can see the details really well.  

I always try to be very careful on the inside corners.. if not it will end up looking a little messy.

A tricky area.

I think the new color shows off the details so much more now. Hope you think so too.

Thank you for stopping by. I am going to start putting the porch together tommorow, can't wait. Part of the curtains are hung and I love them. Also time to get back out in the yard.

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Bunnies and Gifts

I wanted to take a break from the porch redo to show you what came on the UPS truck yesterday from my friend Kim over at
http://cheapchichome.blogspot.com/. Kim recently had a giveaway and boy was I was surprised to find out I had won. Hooray, my second win in a month. Wow, I have never been lucky at winning anything and all the sudden two wins. I should have bought a lottery ticket. (Just kidding). 
 Is that not adorable? The bunny is a creamer and the cabbage is a sugar bowl. Kim has a great blog, I hope you can hop over and see her. Just in time for Easter. Won't they make a cute addition to the Easter table? The kids will love them!

Thanks so much for all your support.. I have been busy with grand babies and getting a new job this week. I just passed my 100th follower.   

Porch Redo Part 2

I showed you pictures of my porch and as promised I would update you on the progress. I have gotten some really good ideas and have been on the hunt all weekend for things for my new makeover. We decided on ach  porch paint color, "Light Rattan" by Beher. Wow did things brighten up!

This is the first coat w/ no touch ups.. I think the dark furniture and the light brown rug will look great with this color.. I love how light and airy the space feels now. I think the red was weighting it down.

You can see last post here

http://southernhomesweethome.blogspot.com/2011/04/porch-delima.html

Much better, don't you think?

I decided to go with this accent color. Blue was a great suggestion, but I wanted to incorporate some green because my living areas have green.. I wanted it to flow easily from indoor to outdoor. 

I found these pillows at Home Depot for $12 a piece... not a bad price.

Love the colors.. fits the bill perfectly. 

Then guess what I found at the thrift store today? He was $6 a bit pricey for a thrift find but glad I bought him..

Isn't he fabulous? I think so.. it is a vintage piece.

Perfect for the pillows. I love the chips and all. It turns out he is vintage which is all the better to me.

and I found this at Home Depot.. it is all metal for a price of $29, a pretty good price for all metal outdoor clocks.

and the perfect lamp shade for $3 at the thrift store. 

Thrift store white planter. $2.50

  maybe a pic, what do you think

I found this at Mom's house.. kinda did a trade out.. I found her a huge pic for above her couch of the hunt scene.. she is in love with it.. pics for later. It was a great find. I see I don't have it straight now. It is a kind of

plastic  which is perfect for outdoor and it was free, well kind of. Her pic cost me but it was only $17 w/ custom mat and it is a 30 x 30. Can you believe that.

A basket from the thrift store for $4.. not quite as large as I wanted but it will work somewhere.

I found some drapes I think will work, they are a little darker.. but that is all I am giving away right now. Definately will get the pvc cut for rods... thanks Allison. 

I can't move anything back to the porch for two three days.. so the wait is on. I think things are coming together nicely.. what do you think? Thinking about all of your suggestions, they are really good ones.. it gets me going!

Thanks for stopping by. At 99 followers.. Hoping to get past 100 by tommorow.. got a couple of things in mind for a giveaway I think you would like.

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