Decorating, Tablescaping, Before and Afters, Thrifty Finds, and Gardening
Welcome to the 225th Metamorphosis Monday! Greetings! Hope your weekend was fabulous! Mine was relaxing, spent with good friends. Unfortunately, my son lives too far away for us to spend Mother's Day together but at least we were able to talk on the phone. I really should check into skyping, that would be better than just the phone. Do you Skype and if so, do you like it? Max Update: I've been … [Read more...]
Exhausted! That describes me today. Every year or two I have a company come out to pressure wash the decks and screened-in porch. The process is exhausting but everything always looks great once it's done. I had to take the sheers back down. I also covered up the outdoor speakers and the table since it was too large to really move anywhere. The outdoor wicker was moved onto the … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 222nd Metamorphosis Monday! How was your weekend? We had nice weather here and I decided it was time to get to work on priming the new screened door out of the porch. While I was priming it, I had a "uh-duh" moment. I wish it had been an "Ah-ha" moment, but unfortunately it wasn't. No, it was definitely an "uh-duh" moment. I suddenly realized in the midst of priming, there … [Read more...]
I couldn't stand it. It was a gorgeous day yesterday and the porch was calling, begging me to come out and play. Pollen, you are not the boss of me! I was feeling sooo good after having felt so bad, so it was a joy to work and clean away that old yellow pollen from the porch. I liked Lisa's idea from yesterday's post of just covering the seating areas with sheets during this high pollen season. … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 221st Metamorphosis Monday! Thanks so much for all the wonderful comments you left on Friday's post. I'm so grateful for all your well wishes and prayers...please know that. I'm way behind in responding to e-mails so if you e-mailed me in the last week or so and haven't heard back, I hope to get caught up on my e-mail correspondence over the next few days. Each day I'm getting stronger and … [Read more...]
One of the most commonly "Googled" phrases or topics bringing readers to the Between Naps on the Porch blog is, "How much does it cost to build a screened in porch." Lately I've been getting a few e-mails asking for this information, too. You know what that means...spring is not far off! Almost porch time again! Today I thought I'd share the nitty gritty facts and figures of just how much it cost … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 195th Metamorphosis Monday! Right after I added a front porch onto my home around 4 years ago, I bought some faux topiaries from a local store here in Atlanta. I would have loved real topiaries on the porch, but I knew I'd never remember to keep them watered and they probably wouldn't survive in the shade of the porch. The faux topiaries turned out to be an expensive mistake. They … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 193rd Metamorphosis Monday! Greetings! How was your weekend? If you follow BNOTP on Facebook, you know what I was up to this weekend and WOW, am I tired! It's a good tired, though. I spent much of the weekend decorating the porches for fall and Halloween. For this Met Monday, I'm sharing some fun changes I made to my favorite "room" in the house, the screened-in porch. It was … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 182nd Metamorphosis Monday! How was your weekend? Hope it was relaxing and fun! I attended an outdoor concert/dinner with friends...I have a funny picture to share soon. In the meantime, I'm excited to share a fabulous porch makeover. Lori, a reader of BNOTP knows how much this girl loves a great porch. She sent some pictures of her beautiful home with its fabulous wrap-around … [Read more...]
I love lamp lighting. Actually, I'm pretty obsessed over lighting in general. I never use overhead lighting, unless I'm just turning it on for a few seconds to find something I've dropped. One exception is a chandelier on a dimmer switch...those can really create a nice mood in a room. Pretty early on in the process of decorating/furnishing the rooms in my home, I discovered how lamp lighting … [Read more...]
