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Sunday, May 23, 2010

My Patio Furniture Conquest!

It's been a few months in the making, but thanks to you all for that last uphill push to help me conquer my HUGE patio project just in the nick of time!

A few months ago we became the excited owners of new patio furniture!
New to us that is.

By new to us, of course we really mean something like this...

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The price was right for this abandoned beauty, as you can imagine, and naturally, we had a vision to go with it.

A vision that started with a lot of this...











to cover all of this.





And a long and tedious revitalization for 12 of these...

...topped with the all important re-fashioning including custom-made (and quite elegant) red "robes."


After many, many late nights, more movie bribes than I care to admit, and (quite literally on all accounts) a lot of blood, sweat, and tears I conquered the biggest up-cycling project I've ever faced.


Are you ready to see it yet??

Ok....


Here! It! Is!



Sienna, of course, was the first to test it out.

I think she was as excited as we were :)


But the best test came after naptime...

when Mommy and Daddy finally had the perfect spot to celebrate their hard work with some nice, fresh and fruity margaritas!

A job well done and just in time to help us enjoy my baby brother's graduation as we welcomed nearly my entire extended family to our completed patio for 3 days of non-stop pool side delight!!

Thanks for such a wonderful time (all of you who are reading this)
and to my little brother- I'm so proud of you!!



It's been a great week to say the least, but I've missed my bloggy blog world and I'm excited to dive back in. I guess the best part about a break is all the great ideas that seem to just pop in your head without even trying... let's just say I have some work to do!!

10 comments:

  1. I just love it. I bought some cushions today so once again you have uped the anti. I bet you are really enjoying it. Even if you don't use it at least you can look at it and admire it. 2 thumbs up

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  3. Horray! Congrats on finally being done. Don't you love that feeling of accomplishment? So what's next?

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  4. Your patio set looks great! I just recovered my outdoor cushions (the chairs were in perfect shape, just the fabric had faded) and it was so much work! You did such a nice job on yours!

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  5. That looks amazing! Great job! I am hoping to find something I can do equally as well with. Patio furniture is SO expensive!

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  6. Nice choice, instead of buying new one, why not for those who where abandoned, it is so easy to make them look like new like what you did.

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  8. if my furniture can still be repair no need to buy a new one..i think its better to be wise enough..

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  9. Thanks you for this write, i m enjoyed thanks you, masko

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  10. I know it’s been a while now, but I love the transformation that you did! Gone were those dilapidated seat cushions that you had. And the color you chose is a knockout!

    Ian Hawkins

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