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| The screened porch when we toured the house -- with a little staging furniture |
When we purchased and closed on our house, the staging furniture was removed, and I was left with a completely empty canvas.
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| Only one family member enjoyed the completely empty and unfinished room. |
Sounds divine, right?
Actually -- I was completely overwhelmed. Too many possibilities. I had decoration paralyzation.
Luckily, we were so focused on finishing the interior of our home that I didn't have to pay to much attention to it. When spring rolled around though, I knew it was time to tackle it. No more ignoring the empty room.
We started first by switching out the fan globes, which was an inexpensive fix that made a big impact. Grandma globes, be gone!
Next, we decided to purchase a picnic table. Our family lakehouse has a picnic table on the screened porch, and I just love the rustic look and feel of it. We decided to give ours a nice coat of paint to make it a little funky.
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| Working on the table and evening out his (ahem) farmer's tan. Love ya babe. |
And then we added a few more porch accessories -- an outdoors rug, teal metal chairs (which are great for extra seating when put at either end of the picnic table), some hanging plants, a beverage stand, and a reading chair.
And the lights you see above are my favorite addition -- Ian strung cafe lights all around the perimeter of the porch.
It looks so great at night, and we don't even have to use the overhead lights on the fan!
One last touch that we added to the screened porch is that we painted the ceiling a very light robin's egg blue. We were inspired by all of the great "haint blue" porch ceilings we spotted in New Orleans for our anniversary trip.
We've used this room a lot already this summer, including last night when Ian suggested that we eat our dinner together outdoors.
So there she is ... our screened porch in all of her glory!
I love your porch! Makes me want one!
ReplyDeletei've always wanted a screened porch! (though i think people don't have these as much on the west coast.) i love the lights, they are a great touch.
ReplyDeletei love screened porches too! they are my fav. it looks wonderful and i love the painted ceiling!! happppppppppppy fri at 5
ReplyDeleteLooks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so great!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so good! I love the colors & the lights are my favorite!! I'd love to make our patio bigger and screen part of it in one day...I'll have to come back to this post for inspiration! :)
ReplyDeleteYour porch looks great! I would spend all my time out there with a book and an iced tea! How perfect!
ReplyDeleteWhen Brian and I are ready to buy a house a porch is the one thing that I would really like.
Lauren
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looks great! Enjoy your dance partay tonight and have a great weekend love!
ReplyDeletexo, Emily
Love it! Looks GREAT!!
ReplyDeleteI want this porch SO badly!!! Love the lights!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE it, April! I'm so jealous that you have it all set up. We have a really nice deck at our new apt, but no table, so we can't eat outdoors when it's cooler. Oh well... Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute little space April. I can see why it was a selling point! The lights make it feel really cozy too :)
ReplyDeleteIt turned out so nice! I love the pop of color you used on the table!
ReplyDeleteSo great! I grew up with a screened porch as well and it is SUCH a necessity for someone like me whose blood apparently calls to mosquitoes...
ReplyDeleteIt looks so cute! What a great spot to spend your summer evenings enjoying :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing! I love the picnic table - and that will look great even as it weathers.
ReplyDeleteLove this! What a great space and I'm a huge fan of picnic tables!
ReplyDeleteso jealous of your porch! The lights, oh my, the LIGHTS are amazing!!!! And I love that you painted the picnic table. Everything came together so wonderfully!
ReplyDeleteSo when I come visit, you'll have me over for drinks on your awesome screened porch right? haha! Y'all did a great job with the space! Love the colors.
ReplyDeleteVery nice. I love my screen porch and its one of my favorite rooms! Erica
ReplyDeleteOne day I WILL have a screened in porch. Your porch is fantastic, and it looks big. I love that you painted the table such a fun color. Everything is perfect, and the lighting makes it all look so cozy. Enjoy it! I'm jealous. :)
ReplyDeleteLove it! Our screened porch has come in handy so much more than I imagined when we were looking for houses. I can't imagine life without one! Your decorations are fab!
ReplyDeleteYou did such a great job! You made the porch truly another room of the house.
ReplyDeleteAww, it looks so cute! I would live in that room in the summer. And haint blue ceilings really help with reflecting heat and bugs off the porch. They also help open up an enclosed porch, too, I think!
ReplyDeleteI'm really empress on the details of it... It's really a great work of Art! I may put some of that on my Houston screened in porch.
ReplyDeleteWow, your new porch looks great! The place wide enough to held outdoor parties. Perhaps you could add more designs to it? Maybe a fireplace or a skylight for natural illumination.
ReplyDeleteAngelina Garcia @ Archadeck.com
What's good about your porch is that it's spacious. You can execute a lot of great ideas there. Anyhow, I like what you did with the space. You kept it plain and simple, while creating a soothing atmosphere. Putting a picnic table on your porch is quite unique too. Others usually have big and comfy couches, but you chose to have this. That's very awesome!
ReplyDeleteBarrett Elmore @ Nehemiah ReConstruction