Back Porch Makeover In Progress

Do you have that one space in your home that no matter what you do you just can not seem to pull it together and make it work? For me it is our back porch. When we were building we  choose to upgrade to a 550 sq ft outdoor living area since we always spent time outback at our old house. No, we do not have a pool here...yet (insert wishful thinking)... like we did at the last house but even before the pool we spent a lot of time out there. I had high hopes for the same here and well that just has not happened which is a shame because it is a great space.

Farmhouse Back Porch

I have shared a ton about our front porch and well our back porch was/is feeling slightly neglected to say the least. I have not quite figured out what I want to do with the space just yet but recently I did decided to spruce up the backdoor area.

Back Porch Project

Today I should change my blog name to "From My Back Porch To Yours"!;)

I have been slowly trying to pull our back porch together. It honestly is nothing to write home about but eventually it will all come together.

I was having a hard time coming up with a color scheme for out here. I was on the hunt for umbrellas and since they last a few years I knew I would be stuck with whatever I picked. The Hubster said hey "why don't ya buy one blue and one green because those are the boys favorite colors". I thought what a great idea so when I saw this rug I knew I had to order it from O.co. 

We also ordered some new furniture. Our previous set for back here had cushions and they were worn way out. The puppy took advantage of that by finishing them off for us. For fear that she would take liberty and chew on new cushions I decided it was best to stay clear of cushions as much as possible. Though this set does not have any cushions it is actually quite comfy.

We needed an area to put food when cooking out so I decided to pull this sofa table out from the back of my stash. I am thinking it will be painted a grey with a white wash effect. The mini fridge may or may not stay. The Hubster brought it down from his man cave when we had friends over recently.

This light MUST go and I keep trying to talk The Hubster into making over the ceiling as well. It needs really does need help. The builder installed the light before the paint was dry and thus the light was permanently affixed to the ceiling  making it almost impossible to remove to change out the light bulb hence the torn drywall.

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This is the type of ceiling I have envisioned. We shall see if I can get him on board with it.

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I also am thinking an orb light like this would be fabulous. Of course not this one because it is well over $3,000!;) The Hubster is wanting a ceiling fan so we shall see. 

While I am battling those two things out I decided to focus on something I could change myself. This is our backdoor. It is just kinda there and needed some freshening up.

Even the casing around the door needed to be loved so out came the paint brush. 

This project took all of an hour and half to do in part because I used AS chalk paint for the door itself. I needed something that would dry relatively fast since we go in and out of the door so often and because it was soooo hot out that leaving the door open was not an option. The color is a mixture of Old White and Duck Egg.

It was an easy project that makes a much more pleasing welcome into our home.

So that is where I am at so far on our backyard makeover. Slowly but surely it will all come together.

Hope everybody is having a great weekend. See ya back here tomorrow for "How I Found My Style Sundays".

Outdoor Living

 I was just thinking that I have quite a few pals that have been with me for sometime now and that they have already seen our dining room on several occasions. I know yawn. Thus seeing as I worked on some sewing and then came outside to freshen things up after a trip to Lowes I thought that I would share our patio transformation to keep my long time bloggy pals from being bored.

This is the view of the back of our home when we purchased it last summer. That lil' porch was just not going to do. The first thing we did after we moved in was extend the patio. 

 We loved it! This is a pic taken back in January. 

It was our most expensive purchase after we moved in but well worth it in our book.

This was our patio set that I was in the process of revamping.

Here it is after a fresh coat ...okay several fresh coats...of oil rubbed bronze. You may be wondering why it is sitting over here in the grass. Well it was waiting for it's new owner to come and pick it up. I ended up selling it on the local yard sale site. Why you may be wondering??

Because a few months back we wondered thru the garden section at WM and found this set at 65% off! It was love at first site! I also fell in love with that solar lantern there that we purchased at Costco. I loved it so much we bought two!;)

The glass is just divine.

I love how bright it shines at night. I had my doubts and almost put them back till a lady in line next to us was reading my mind and knew my doubt. She said that she had some and that they were just wonderful and bright. 

This is our patio today after I freshened things up a bit. I was able to purchase the umbrella with the money from our old patio set with some extra left over. I love it when things work out that way!;)

This was the view from the breakfast room door back in January. 

This is the view today! I found this rug today at Lowes.  It was outside on clearance for $30 and is an inside rug. The gal out there guarding all the sidewalk sale items saw me eyeing it and said if I wanted it I could have it for $20. SOLD! I had no idea what I would do with it. Thought maybe I would use it in the living room but it was too large of a print for in there. The Hubster said to use to in the movie room but I said it was too feminine. I then decided that it would look lovely back here even though it is an inside only rug since it cost just $20. It is amazing what just a little punch of color can do. Now I can just change out the rugs whenever I want!

Pic from January after my first dumpster dive! You can read abt that here!;)

The view today!

 I finally hung up our lantern. I can not wait to see what it looks like this evening. Where I have it hanging you can see it all the way at the front door when coming in the house. All we need now is a fan. I know if I wait long enough I will score a great deal. It is all about being patient and not settling. Patience being the key word!;)

This is the view from our love seat. Pure bliss! Well it will be once we tackle some landscaping. Still looking for that money tree.

What were the boys doing while I was freshening up and taken pics? They were making a movie with my phone!:)
Hope you enjoyed the tour and feel free to come by and chill on the back porch with us anytime! When I started my blog we had an absolute wonderful front porch with a lil' bistro set and everything thus the name of my blog. I just loved it and missed it terribly. Now I am in love with our back porch but no worries my name will stay the same. One day I hope we are lucky enough to have a front and back porch to enjoy life on.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend! It is just lovely here!

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