Basically, when I got the furniture for the guest room/future nursery--there were a couple things I didnt need! Like these two:
a luggage rack, and blanket holder.
Claire actually told me about a project Young House Love did using a luggage rack,http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/02/the-guest-room-done-for-now/and tray to make a bedside table. I thought I could do the same thing with my own twist on it!
I HATE our screened in porch right now! BUT theres not a ton I can without spending mucho dollars. We ARE getting it tiled soon (woo!) which will be SO MUCH nicer than the concrete slab, more comfy to walk on barefoot, and way easier to clean.
Currently it looks like this:
BORING...and UGLY! That furniture has a umbrella that goes with it- at the old house we had it on the back deck (oh how I miss that deck) with the grill and everything.
And lets me honest- the furniture does NOT fit that room!
SO, I'm going to move the table out and keep the chairs.
Then comes the fun part! I'm going to paint the luggage rack, and these cool 'trays' I found at Hobby Lobby. I decided to do two smaller trays rather than one big one to give it a different twist. Also got a matching little guy to hold small random junk (not pictured here)
Painting the luggage rack and trays took all of 25 minutes, very quick and very easy! So far it looks really good! These trays I got at HobLob were very inexpensive (especially after printing a coupon off their website!) and are made of a light weight wood kinda material. The paint took right to it!
Next on my list is this project (again from Young House Love-they rock) http://www.younghouselove.com/2010/04/build-it-with-ana-floating-shelves/
I want to make these floating shelves to put over the toilet in the guestbathroom- so I can remove the shelf thats in there now (that everyone hates!)
Before picture of the guest bath:
you may be wondering what the heck this has to do with the patio? Why I jumped from making a table for the patio, to shelves for the bathroom? WELL! As soon as I make these shelves for the bathroom, I'm going to remove the shelf everyone loves to hate and put it on the patio! Its already a nickel color but for good measure Im going to paint it with the same paint I used for the luggage rack table so it all matches. I'm going to stick it on the other side of the patio between two chairs, to hold potted plants, planters, and other random fun stuff!
May sound off the wall for now, but once its all put together I think itll look really good- or at least, ALOT better than it does right now!
I'm excited to see it all come together :)
When I get home from work today, I'll finish painting the second tray and then attach them to the luggage rack (Using Command Strips like YHL did in their project!)- will post some after pictures soon! Next up is the floating shelves in the bathroom, so I can move on to my next lil project for the patio. Still waiting on the tile floors- I DID pick up the tile yesterday at work, just gotta get some grout and install!
Stay tuned!
*Cheers!*
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