Monday, September 14, 2009

SUMMER PROJECT PHASE II

AND NOW HERE ARE THE "AFTER" PICTURES!!!!!!!!
The patio was expanded to include an area for my swing.
A new sitting area!





We also now have a nice place to keep all of our pits.


This was one of my old patio tables that was painted white. I just could not get rid of it as it has always been my favorite table. So, I painted it chocolate brown to match the new furniture. It really turned out well. I love Rustoleum spray paint!



SUMMER PROJECT

For our summer home improvement project, we decided to "re-do" our patio. As you can see, it really needed it.

Sonny says that these are not really "Before" pictures as we had already cleared off all of the old furniture and junk before we remembered to take pictures. For some reason, he refused to put it all back just for a picture!
This old patio served us well and there are lots of memories here, but it was time to update it. We spent alot of time trying to decide whether we should build a deck, tile it or go with concrete.

We decided to pour right over it and expand it. By the way, remember the drought that we were having? It had not rained in weeks and it rained the day we poured, of course.


This is the "during" picture.

BIRTHDAY GIRLS

Here are the July Birthday Girls having a birthday lunch at McCormick & Schmick's.


They really spoil you at this restaurant. Each of our menus were printed with our names and birth dates. They also served us this delicious dessert.