Today I started painting the patio
furniture. This time, they will be all in black.
Black paint offers a better coverage, and to me, it always speaks of elegance. New cushions will add the color they need.
The fence got a new staining too.
I worked on the chairs while the Fisherman worked on the fence!
I worked on the chairs while the Fisherman worked on the fence!
A little bit darker than what we originally
had there,
...and I like it so much better!
Can't hardly wait to see those trees covered in green!
Can't hardly wait to see those trees covered in green!
03-12-18
We were supposed to have our new carpet
installed in our living room today, but it didn’t happen. We got all the way to the padding part and
when the carpet was finally unrolled, what a total disappointment it was. This carpet was supposed to be one of the
finest, but the Home Depot guys never told me how thin it was, or that because of
the way it is weaved, how the seams were going to be shown, no matter where they
cut it. All in all, it wasn’t what I’d
expected it to be, and thus it had to be returned.
Walter was such a nice guy... very polite and such a professional. He's been installing carpet for 42 years. Can you imagine!
Now my floors are bare and fill with exposed nails. Until I can order a new carpet.
03-13-18
The wind—that awful wind of the North. And it was so despicably windy today that I
wasn’t able to go outside for much, even when the temperatures were in the high 40s. What I did was work on my other garden
chairs… those same ones which sits I covered using a pretty summer dress. Remember them?
The idea of covering those chair with an
old summer dress sounded fantastic at that time. And they looked so pretty too, but what a
total failure that was… because the fabric was so thin and because the chairs were
exposed to outside environment and temperatures fluctuation, it just didn’t work. The fabric faded pretty quickly, and by the
end of that summer, they were looking pretty bad.
So, this time I decided to try something
else… to begin with, I chose a magenta paint color instead of black. I wanted something livelier, and happier for
these smaller chairs, so this hot pink is looking pretty cool to me!
For the sits I wanted to use something I already had at home, plus I didn’t want to buy expensive fabric for this project anyways. So, I decided to use an old patio tablecloth this time and see what happens! 😉 Made for outside, and easy-to-clean fabric. I’ll give it a month or two! Oh, but it looks so pretty!
For the sits I wanted to use something I already had at home, plus I didn’t want to buy expensive fabric for this project anyways. So, I decided to use an old patio tablecloth this time and see what happens! 😉 Made for outside, and easy-to-clean fabric. I’ll give it a month or two! Oh, but it looks so pretty!
It was such a cold mid March day today. Tomorrow we are bound for more snow again, and all those delphinium seeds and shade bulbs I bought will have to wait some more before they can be planted. I'm seeing some bare root roses being sold at some stores already, and that makes me so very happy!