Porch Decor

Sorry, Dear Friend!!!

 Mom and Dad decided to stop by on their route home from Carole's in Mobile, so instead of posting porch pictures I made them a pecan pie. 

Now, onto the porch!

It all started with the goose!

I had been planning on legitimate porch furniture, but discovered this goose planter in one of the antique shops downtown. Out the window flew the idea of grown-up 'real' patio furniture and we were off on a quest for dog hair and potato peelings décor.

Many of the furnishings came with us from Ruston, but had been in storage in one of the sheds. It was wonderful to have more of our old things around us again. 

We didn't have a table large enough for dining, so we found this one downtown and found six chairs for next to nothing in Natchez.

Of course, they were next to nothing because they didn't have bottoms! We cut these out, stained and stenciled them, and James attached them with the screws showing. 

Dog hair and potato peelings décor is so relaxed that anything goes and the more primitive and 'put together' the better.

 We enjoy our old swing being in the front yard, so a new swing had to be purchased for the back porch. And what says 'relaxed' more than cup holders on your swing!! Can't decide whether to paint it or let it weather....

We are still training the dogs not to run through the screen, hence the crime tape. So far, so good.

This morning it was 70 degrees outside and we were so glad to have the new porch to sit on while enjoying a hint of autumn.

Until tomorrow,

Shelli

I'm an old-fashioned guy...

 I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something. 

-Johnny Depp