Wednesday, April 18, 2012

In the pursuit of a sun porch

I've been collecting for my sun porch since I saw our house on the Multi-List Server we moved into our house. The day we closed, we hit up an auction in my home town.

I already had some wicker furniture that came with the house but was looking for a small stool/low chair/something besides the side table on which to prop my feet.

Look what I found! And only $11!!!
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Bright sun shine makes it difficult to take a decent picture.
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A little on the ugly side but I can see potential with a little paint and some fabric!

I got this wild idea to paint the bottom of it yellow. This yellow:
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Boy is it bright!!!
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Ok, part of that might be the sun but...
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A little Sun Yellow to the rescue!

I was drawing from this inspiration picture:
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I lost the source...sorry. I pinned it before I realized I was sometimes losing the source.

Anyway, I still need to cover the top. I think I'm going to use dropcloth...but I'm not sure. I'm also not sure the yellow is staying...

What do you think??

I'll show you it IN my porch soon. I think I am almost done out there...for now.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Laura,
    I recently painted a basket with yellow spray paint. I thought it was a bit bright, so I took a softer yellow and painted over the bright yellow with a brush. It turned out great because the the brighter yellow was still down inside the wicker, but the top was toned down. Your stool is really cute!

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