![]() I also have some cilantro and oregano planted out there. I planted sweet basil in one and rosemary in the other. I wasn’t kidding when I told you I searched high and low for decor. Some of my other favorite features include my new Down Under pots that I found at Durbin Farms in Clanton. It’s removable, so we can use it as a tray or sit it on the ground and prop our feet up on the ottoman underneath. I think the option that I like best is using this little divided tray to hold my drinks, snacks, magazines, flowers that I cut to stage my photo shoot in hopes that Southern Living will come to my house and feature me in the magazine, and whatever random dog treat Garrett finds to put in the other holes. We can stick the extra cushions inside and get them out if we need them. The good part about this little ottoman is the dual purpose storage. Then I tried it naked, and it’s just, well, naked. So then I tried this rectangular pillow, and it’s still not working for me. Originally I thought I would use this cushion on top, but my friend Angela pointed out that it looked kinda off since it’s not the same size. The other thing I cannot decide what to do with is the ottoman. With or without? Vote in the poll over on the right hand side bar! So, I’ll put it to a vote and let you tell me… should it stay or should it go? ![]() Yesterday I purchased this piece of abstract art from Hobby Lobby to add some color behind the flowers.īut I am thinking it is TOO much, so I edited it out.Īnd now I can’t decide if I like it there or not. The green citronella candle came from Big Lots, and the terra cotta candles are made by Swan Creek Candle company. The butterfly planter came from Lowes a few years back. I found this cute little brown planter box at Homegoods, and used a wrought iron basket that I had lying around in my basement for some height. The trash can in the corner came with our patio set that we bought at Sam’s club when we got married. We found this at Homegoods along with the 8×10 rug. Here is one of my favorite things– a new countertop height table that holds all sorts of baskets for miscellany, dog gear and watering cans. I wanted to avoid punching holes into the vinyl siding to hang things, so I hung this wire basket on the door for some height. The inside of the deck is mostly screen and vinyl siding. I added some new potted plants that will most likely get tipped over and turned into a big mud pit within a few weeks. In this corner we have the dog’s bowls on the stand that J made for them. I got a few extra pillows and didn’t know what to do with them, so I made him a little seat over beside his play pit. We kept Garrett’s Sand and Water More Sand table in the corner that is most shaded. J asked me to bring some color in, so after a week of searching for nearly every store in a 30 mile radius I found these pillows at World Market. Well speaking of drawers, hold onto yours! Remember the BEFORE photo, right? Drab, grey, drab, beige, blah… No storage or drawers so we have to use a plastic bin for the dog toys. And from there, as usual, things snowballed into a much larger project. I decided to put up some curtains to block the sun. Trouble is, the back deck faces due West, so in the afternoon that heat is unbearable. When we get home in the afternoon he will stand at the backdoor and whine to go outside with “Woof” and “Sit” – his words for Woodrow and Gus. Once Garrett came along, though, that all changed. We added it onto the house after we moved in so we could have a place to hang out with the dogs and not get eaten alive by the hungry Alabama skeeters that migrate by the busload out of the mosquito maternity wards around our house. Our screened-in back porch has never been anything spectacular. ![]() Remember my little teaser post last week about Project Patio Oasis? Well, drumroll please, it’s time for the big reveal! I am excited to show you the drop cloth curtains for the screened in patio, but first some back story.
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