Happy Easter…

Taking a few days off of projects and posts to enjoy our friends and family over the Easter Holiday.

Hope you are able to do the same…

Have a wonderful weekend!

See you next week…

vintage Easter postcards

Spotlight…Screen Doors

As the weather warms up during Spring, I love being able to open up the house to let in the breeze and fresh outdoor air.

What better way to do just that…

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As I was growing up, we always had a screen door on our front door, and on our sliding doors to the backyard. I loved being able to open both, and let the fresh air flow through the entire house.

After browsing the internet, I have found some beautiful doors available and some stylish new ways to use screen doors that I have never seen before…

via Traditional Home

Better Homes & Gardens

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Castle Homes

Besides the beautiful Northern California weather, the other inspiration for this post was found along the curb on my nightly walk…

Can you believe someone was throwing this beautiful door out?! Can you also believe that I made my son drive me over in his truck to pick it up and “save” it? Yes, of course you can. It has obviously been sitting in their yard for a while…and there is a small tear in the screen…but look at all of the beautiful detail...

It is made of solid wood, and still has the brass knob and self closing hinges attached. I love the sound of a screen door that bangs shut! I am not even sure if it will work on any of my door openings…perhaps I can use it at my lake cabin. For now, it rests in my garage while we all patiently navigate around it (not my husbands strongest suit – thank you Gary!). No matter, it will definitely find a new home somewhere!

Now, I need to figure out just what to do with this beauty…any ideas?

Front Porch Bench…

In my last post about Garden Benches seen here, I showed you a little sneak peek at a bench I was working on for my front porch…

I have had this wrought iron bench for many years. I purchased it at a flea market when I lived near Dallas, Texas -  back in 2003. I always liked the curved lines and it is the perfect size for a front porch bench.

 

Although it has always been under cover of the porch, the iron has started to age and look a little too rustic for my current tastes. So, I decided to give it a fresh coat of paint to clean it up and add a pop of color to the front porch…

I love the color of Krylon spray paint in Mountain View. It is a nice shade of blue that adds the perfect accent color to my porch. I also painted the hanging wall basket to match the bench.

All I did was give the bench a very light sanding, then put on a coat of primer with Krylon indoor/outdoor Primer in Gray…

This is the only “in progress” shot I took…for a couple of reasons. I was working between rain showers over multiple days and was so eager to get it done I did not stop to take step by step shots. Pretty basic stuff…lightly sand, wipe down, prime, then paint. Yes, there is another little project getting a new color too!

Doesn’t everybody's side yard look like this?

I am very happy with the results! I collected some fresh flowers from around my yard to fill the wall basket, added a wood stump side table, and a fun pillow to make it pretty…

How are you sprucing up your porch for Spring? Have you been spray painting any projects lately?

Please do share!

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