Blue And Brown Patio Redo-
Hi! Welcome to The little brown house!
This week I want to show you a couple of things I did to update
our back patio. It started when I got the Pottery Barn catalog, and
realized I would have to get a 2nd (3rd) mortgage to get everything I wanted!
I saw these copper chargers, and really wished I had something like them.
I have a dozen gold chargers that I got at an after Christmas sale one year for $1 apiece.
I decided to take some ORB (oil rubbed bronze) to a couple of them.
Yeah that’s pretty gold huh!
Anyway – I sprayed it and set it out to dry while I sprayed another one -
Then all of a sudden the can of paint went postal on me.
Nice nails don’t you think? – It just spit paint all over the charger, big globs of it.
And obviously also all over my hand!
Now – Quick Topic Change-
A week ago my daughter called and told me she had seen some outdoor chairs
at the thrift store by my office. They were out in the back of the store and had just
been donated. She thought I might like them. She was right….
There were 4 of them – and I really liked the color.
I got them for $4 apiece.
I already had patio furniture that was brown, so I decided I needed to see if I could
find something that would tie the blue and brown together.
I went looking for outdoor chair pads, and there was no summer stuff
left in our town! There was, however, an abundant stock of school supplies..
which was not helpful.. but I was able to find
some pillow shams in the home section that did the trick!
I decided to put them over some old chair pads I had -
What do you think?
Now back to the charger redo!
Gotta love that ORB – when it works right anyway! With the sun shining right
on it, it even looks a little coppery!
I really like it! And yes, there is still gold around the edge – I kind of liked that too!
I bought some more ORB but haven’t had time to do more chargers
So here is my photo shoot of the patio with just one place setting out there-
But it would be a nice soothing lunch spot for one, and sometimes that is just what I need!
That is my favorite water bottle in the shot – I just thought it matched so well I should include it!
And this is the charger that the ORB went crazy on -
And sitting on it is one of my Blue Bottle Jar expeirments
You can check that out here:
We are still adding more of the gray bricks to the patio to expand it. Well, I should
say my husband, not we.. although I can always be counted on to sit back with
my ice tea and watch him use his muscles!! I am really helpful like that!
So with some paint and fabric and a couple of thrift store items,
I freshened up a whole area for hardly any money. Oh, and the woven placemats
are from the dollar store!
Hope you liked it – And thanks so much for stopping by!
Come back on Tuesday when I will do a gluten-free sweet treat recipe, I promise loads more exclamation points!!
Karie Jackson
664 days ago
I love your blog. Follow it all the time. Brown and Blue I love the color combo. You do such cute things. Thanks for sharing. karie @ karieschiccreations
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Melissa
664 days ago
Looks great!! Too bad we couldn’t sit outside to enjoy it last night!
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Linda@Coastal Charm
664 days ago
Those chairs for $4 each….soooo NIFTY THRIFTY…hop over and show them off at my party…hope to see you there:) Hope you have a FUN weekend!
Blessings,
Linda
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DeniseMarie
663 days ago
it all looks great! I bet it makes you smile to go out there.
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Debbie
663 days ago
I just love all of your blue and brown beauties!
It is such a great color combination!
Debbie
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Carolyn
663 days ago
I love the blue and brown combo, and those chairs were a steal! Way to go!!
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Sandy@Life Began in a Garden
662 days ago
Blue/brown are one of my fav color combinations, this turned out fabulous. Can’t beat $4 per chair either!
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The Lumberjack's Wife
661 days ago
I love blue and brown together! Nice job!
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Cindy Conner
656 days ago
Oh girl I love your new patio redo! Love the chargers…after all that they still turned out great! I need to paint my old gold chargers now! Love what you did. Beautiful! Be blessed. Cindy
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Laurel
653 days ago
It looks like a fabulous place to hang out – you made it look so special!
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Melissa's Heart & Home
652 days ago
Beautifully done patio! The dishes and colors are gorgeous.
I just found your blog and it is wonderful. I’ll be back.
Warmly, ~Melissa
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