Porch Makeover

Glen and I spent Labor Day Weekend laboring...but well worth the effort. The porch makeover was #5 on my initial blog post for this blog The Start back in January, and I am SO happy that we did it! The porch has been a dumping ground for odds and ends for the 9 years that we have lived in this house. This year I finally had the vision and desire to change that and make it a "new" well loved space.

It started with moving my writing and computer space out to the porch. I love the openness and the view of the bird feeder, the ducks and the pond out in the  backyard. Whenever I was sitting here writing or typing I would look over at the west wall and I could envision a brown, curved arm, leather sofa sitting in that spot. In my vision I also see Scout curled up in one corner, but don't tell Glen :) So I stuck to my vision and found the sofa last week.  I dropped the painting bomb last week Tuesday and said "I think we should paint the porch this weekend".

Our marriage survived the painting and the porch looks fabulous...

My writing area...

Glen was a frustrated saint for putting up my new light over my writing table...

I still need artwork for the walls, but as I have stated before, I have a fear of commitment to putting things on the walls. The hunt begins for just the right things :)

I did find this adorable little Brownie Junior today at the Antique store, perfect for the top shelf of my bookcase.