A Front Porch Freshen-up and More

A Front Porch Freshen-up and More

Last weekend Rob and I worked so hard and accomplished so much. We did several major projects, and by Sunday night my whole body hurt. On Saturday morning I made a new little “patio” for our Atlanta Stove Works table-and-chair set to rest on. It’s 

New Improved Breezeway

New Improved Breezeway

This weekend we started redecorating our breezeway, attempting to turn it into a cozy open-air living room. We took everything out and washed the walls and the floor with buckets of warm soapy water. Then we drove up to Thomasville in search of some sort 

House Shots

House Shots

Here are some pictures I took of the house the other day:  In the lower left side of the cabinet, you can see our latest decoy, an eider with a mussel in its beak. I really like that little painted chair. That’s June Baxter on 

Garage Before and After

Garage Before and After

Finally, the garage is all painted! Doesn’t it look better? Before After

Barn Red

Barn Red

Here’s a sneak peek at our newly painted garage. Doesn’t it look great? I’ll post more pictures soon, with a few bales of hay arranged out front and some mini donkeys wearing bonnets and posing with small carts . . . in which our cats 

Pressure Washed

Pressure Washed

We got the house pressure washed a couple weeks ago, and on Sunday Rob went around and touched up the spots where the paint had chipped off during the process. The house looks so squeaky clean and perfect now. It’s snow white instead of mossy 

That’s Better

That’s Better

Here’s the front porch now, with the addition of poinsettias:

Quincy Green

Quincy Green

Last weekend we painted our white front porch rockers Black Forest Green, also known as Quincy Green. It’s the color that folks here in Quincy traditionally use to paint their shutters. You see, pretty much all the houses in town are snow white with black-green 

Some New Little Things

Some New Little Things

We went up to Havana the other day and found a few new treasures–four very old painted chairs and a floor lamp with a copper base. We got a mahogany plant stand too, with a marble top, but it’s not pictured because we don’t have