Tuesday Tip

Easy outdoor updates.  We have been blissfully enjoying several  days of glorious weather!!!  Around the A&A House, that can only mean one thing....move outside!  Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Card playing, lounging, listening to music, reading, napping.....blogging.....it all occurs outside!

We have a large deck that is perfect for our family, but can also accommodate a crowd.  Each year I try to do something different with my flower boxes, pots or pillows.  This year I really wanted to try and capture a bistro feeling combined with the cozy atmosphere of some of my favorite restaurants. The ones where dining is on a stone patio or old porch surrounded by lush plants, beautiful flowers and the shady canapy of trees!

So that meant some help from your favorite and my favorite little black can.  Hello spray gloss paint!

All of the items that got an update I've had for years.  The 2 tables are about a decade old...leftover from my shabby chic days.  The clay pots, are just as old.  Their orange color doesn't look good on our honey colored deck.  I used to have them down below in the yard, but they are bloody heavy and haven't made it out of the garage in a long while.  However, I've held onto all these items because they are versatile and sturdy.  Always two good questions when asking yourself  "should it stay or should it go?" 

Three makeovers for less than $10 of spray paint:

The pots....

The small table on casters....

The tall table that is the perfect serving height....

What went in the pots you ask?  Pink hibiscus topiaries!

Want to see how the rest of the deck is furnished?  You will....but for now here's a little peek of where we've been enjoying breakfast. Just the two of us, while our teenagers slept in unaware we were having something better than cereal!

Although it seems we must say farewell for awhile to the cool morning and evening breezes from the past several days. We are bracing  for a hideous heat wave to roll in this week. UGH!  Somehow, I don't think croissants and berries will taste as good indoors...