Happy Monday! How many of you are heading back to work today after a long July 4th weekend? Just remember, there’s only five days until another two days off. {smile}
Within a ten minute drive of where I live is a nursery with the best shrubs and flowers. It’s called the Plant Shack and is only open in the Spring and Summer every year. The prices seem reasonable and its run by two ladies and a gentleman.
I finally got my pots done for the front porch and thought I would share with you.
This pot is one that I spray painted with Rustolem blue last year and it’s held up well. I’m hoping the leaf white begonia, snowflake trailer and fuchsia fill in nicely. I keep moving the blue pot from the walkway to the porch because when watering the lawn it was getting to much water.
I think this is one of my most favorite plant combinations I’ve done ever. The Plant Shack had beautiful coleus in a variety of colors. I decided to keep with the blue, orange, green theme and chose the Rustic Orange and Wasabi coleus. I added some Margarita Sweet Potato Vine for trailer on each side of the pot and some fuchsia and white snowflake trailer in the middle section. The container is one I found on the curb for free last year and I spray painted it just like the pot. Don’t you just love all the shades of green?
I also rescued this gold pot from death before the garbage truck picked it up. I wanted to keep the old look. I spray painted it using a combination of bronze and copper color. I added Safari Scarlet marigolds {French Dwarf} and a couple of petunia plants. I had never seen the Orange Flash color before and fell in love with it. It was nice to get away from the standard color.
I gave the bench a much needed coat of stain earlier this Spring. More on that at a later date. Oh, and did you notice the cute orange watering can? I scored that at Ace. I decided to use the pillows and seat cushion from last summer because I’m simply still really liking them.
The front porch is one of the coolest spots to sit in the evening and I enjoy sitting out there with a magazine and other amenities.
Instructions for the orange striped tray can be found here. For other ideas for your outside decorating check out my project gallery.
So what have you been doing outside? Have you updated / decorated your porch for the warm weather?
-renee
Looks so warm and inviting.