We've Been BUSY!

Well, it's been nearly 3 weeks since my last post.  But, Billy and I have been quite busy in the back yard.  We have been spray painting everything!  If it stood still long enough we spray painted it!  But, now we have three nice little sitting areas around the house.

This set came from a neighbor.  It was his Mom's who has passed.  He told us this set was over 50 years old.  I think the orange looks great!  Behind it on the left is the sedum "Hen and Chicks" from the cast iron pot from my mom's place.  

I bought a bunch of plants at Lowe's from the clearance rack.  I've learned the regular petunias don't grow very well.  

This set was on the back porch where the orange set it now.  The wind chimes were on my mom's porch.

These great chairs are tractor seats we got from our friend Joyce.  Billy and I were at an antique store this weekend and saw just a seat for sale for $70.00 bucks!  WOW! 

I planted some okra in a pot...need to thin it a bit.

The "wave" petunias seem to grow pretty well.

This is the new set we bought to fill the spot where the hot tub was.  The cat likes to hang out here.

This is the sitting area outside the studio door.  These chairs and battles came from mothers porch too.  

Studio Updates

The DH (Darling Husband!) and I have been busy this past weekend.  We took this old Singer sewing machine treadle my mom had (she didn't sew, she put a glass top on it and used it as a table) and added wood to the top.  I then added Insulbrite, batting and fabric to make this ironing table.  

 I finally put up the "design wall" I made from sheets of Styrofoam insulation I bought from our Lowe's.  I covered these with batting using a spray on adhesive.  I stuck them to the wall with Command hooks (the Velcro kind).  I think they were for hanging pictures.

The strips on the board are some of the strips I made from Daddy's shirts to make quilts for my cousin Mickey, my daughter Heather, and me.  I worked on the project for a while the summer after he passed but, put it away and am just now getting back into it.  I'd like to have them finished (at least the tops) by end of summer.  I do need more FABRIC!!!  Woot!  I get to go shopping!!

I updated some metal plant holders for the back porch by just adding a little spray paint!  We had to get rid of our Adirondack bench...it was starting to rot a little in important spots.  But, we received a lovely table and four chairs from our neighbor.  It was his mother's and he inherited it when she passed.  They had no use for it.  I was glad to take it off their hands.  We are going to paint it orange like the bench.  I'll post pic's of this area when it is complete.

Happy Crafting!

Kim