Returning from being MIA

Hola, it's been a while since I have blogged about any of my adventures. Not to sound like a cliche pero everything and nothing has changed. One of life's perfect ironies I guess. 

One thing that seems to change is the colour I repaint the garden decorations and this year was a color that reminds me of the ocean.

Why don't you grab a coffee and come on through. 

First up is my recycled wood beach sign pointing to the pool aka beach.

This garden of orange daylilies will turn into 

this and stay until late Fall.

Both are such easy plants to have in the garden because they are low maintenance.

A win-win for everyone involved I say.

During the first lockdown I created this little trail by using the fallen trees cut into logs.

Which has become my favourite spot to wander about in and watch the sunrise peeking through the leaves.

The front garden bed has been converted into a vegetable garden.

It had the best location, and soil and was easiest to fence in.

An outer line of flowers was kept so it would blend into the garden.

This was the first pumpkin of the season.

The second pumpkin and every couple of days a new one would pop up.

On a side note, don't plant sunflowers alone on the edge of the fence as I found out the hard way. It not only blocked the sun but brought lots of birds.

Very pretty though!

I am always amazed by nature's beauty.

Hope y'all are too.

Stepping into Summer

One more day until the official start of the Summer solstice but the preparations for its arrival have been in the works for weeks now.

 Grab a coffee and come on through, to see how Greenacre is stepping into Summer.

We had alot of colder than usual days this Spring so I used them to update some furniture and DIY Summer projects. 

The first update was a wood cabinet that holds all our roller skates in the breezeway.

I had to sand it down because it had a very thick layer of varnish. 

Then painted the accents gold and proceeded to stain the rest of the cabinet.

Layering it with light blue paint to make it look weathered and aged like a fine wine.

Here is how it turned out after all that layering.

Still, have to locate some gold rope ties for the curtains I made out of the leftover fabric from the reupholstered wingback chair.

I recommend watching some of the tutorials on youtube to guide you. Stock up on some coffee, patience and invest in a good stapler.

Next came upcycling some old wooden children's puzzles into beach-themed signs for outside.

Again I layered the paint with light blue and some pale yellow to create a more textured background so the fish and seashells would stand out.

Maybe a little much but we LOVE the beach and all things associated with it.

The solar lamp post above was made from leftover wooden post pieces and boat rope. A small hole was drilled on the top to place the spike inside so that the lamps could be changed out.

A neighbor's cat destroyed my cushions which prompted me to make some new covers.

That gave me the idea to add a hula skirt to the canopy and grabbed some watermelon pillows to make it even juicier.

Of course, after falling in love with the tiki chair, I decided to grab some more hula grass skirts and hang them around the porch roof.

Looks really cool when your underneath them too. Gives you that vacation feel and you don't even have to leave your backyard.

With flowers like, why would you?

This chair was one of the first pieces of furniture I ever bought over 20 years ago. It was dark green but I used the blue stain from the cabinet to give it a facelift. Not very successful with the rope weaving but the lizards don't seem to mind.

 

Anyone up for a tour of the gardens?

These pair of cranes greet you as enter the forest.

While the blue crabs remind you of what you might need when going to the pool.

Mother Mary stands in the middle of it all.

This arch is all that is left of a gate that once used to guard the front walkway.

A walkway that leads you to the front garden that now resembles a meadow.

Something is always in bloom at Greenacre.

As Rudolph looks on.

Hope y'all enjoyed the tour and are stepping into Summer overflowing with joy!