February 17, 2012

Patio Inspiration

With our first run in with snow (a whole 1/4 inch...that's a lot for us here at the Beach!) this past weekend you would think my mind would be in winter mode.  But, no...I am already gearing up for Spring (and crossing my fingers that the weather goes along with me).
Our back, screened-in porch has been my favorite "room" in our house ever since the day we laid eyes on it, but I have never given it the attention it deserved.  One of my goals for this year was to get it decorated and fully functional, though, and I have decided it is time to start!
So, with snow on the ground quickly melting away, I began perusing the web for inspiration.  To jog your memory, this is what our porch looks like now (well, that was a year ago, but it's close enough):
                              
The first step was to come up with a color scheme, and this is what I've landed on:
                                    coral, robins egg blue, yellow, lime green: dining room colors
I have always loved the turquoise/green/coral (maybe even a little yellow) combo because it just looks so beachy.  I've never really used it in our house, but I figured there is no where better to give it a go than a porch, right?  Plus, it allows us to utilize some of the green that's already out there.
In fact, I am loving that blue console table so much that I am now scouring Craigslist and thrift stores for one that I can paint blue to add to our porch.
To go along with our color scheme, I found these pillows at Crate and Barrel that I'm loving:
                              SanibelPlw20inBatikLvsS12
At $35 a pop, that's a bit more than I want to spend, so hopefully I can find something similar elsewhere...or maybe even DIY some???
Speaking of pillows, we will definitely be keeping the seating that is already out there.  But I would also like to add some comfy porch swing or hammock out there sorta like this:
                                  swing! #porch #swing
Aaahhh...I'm already dreaming of warm spring days laying out there reading a book (of course we are temporarily ignoring the fact that I have a toddler and infant that will probably make that impossible, but a girl can dream right?).
As for decorations, we are going to stick with the beach theme.
Maybe a couple fabric canvases in something like this?
                                          coral fabric from completely coastal
Probably some sort of capiz hanging like this (but without it being a light):
                                         DIY Capiz Chandelier
And I already have something up my sleeve with toilet paper rolls...I know you're curious now, huh?!?
So, there's the beginnings of our porch makeover.  I would really love to have it done in time for Colton's birthday party at the end of March.  Hopefully, it will be nice enough that day that people can take advantage of the porch (although last year it was a balmy 40ish and raining...we can't have that kind of bad luck 2 years in a row, right?).
Now, off to get started...

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