Short on time (much gardening and more painting to do), this is the Cole's Notes version of my deck make-over:
Dull and in dire need of some sprucing up, I set out to brighten and whiten with what felt like forty coats of paint with a solid stain and one (yes one!) coat of a beigey stain on the deck floor. Why? Sheer laziness and nothing the purchase of a great outdoor rug (on sale for $31 at Zellers!) won't mask...
The handyman took the old top off his original table (and employing old Singer sewing machine legs he found in the woods many years ago). I spray-painted the legs silver for a change and he built a new table, which I promptly painted.
He also built new space-saving benches to replace our bulkier metal chairs and I picked up some great bright yellow chairs at Winners ( = T.J. Maxx/HomeGoods).
Moved everything around, bought a new barbecue cover for our start-of-season-new-purchase of one and re-used the stripey umbrella, now five years old.
Other details: cork placemats from Walmart, vintage blue vase from the Meads, and tulips bought for myself from the grocery store.
And that's that!
Home owners in Chatham, MA seem to really pay attention to the details. Love this scallop house number.
