View from the street. Notice the one blue chair is visible while the other seems to melt away.

It was too hot to paint over the weekend, so my chairs and door still aren’t done.  I tried and the paint bubbled up like it was boiling, lol.  It looks like next Friday will be cool enough to paint again.

Before

After

I got up early enough to paint my new house numbers before it got over 100 degrees and they look so nice.  The trash is off the porch.  The new hanging baskets are in place  I had already bought them on sale before reading about the window boxes in your fantastic comments on the last post.  I think I would love the window box look next year, but for now this was an afforadable alternative.

We planted the hostas, which aren’t too happy about the heat.  Next year they will be showstoppers. 

 While running my errends I grabbed a new door mat monogrammed with a C.  Our old doormat was 10 years old.  I tried to throw it out, but DH moved it to a less visible door where he thought it could still trap some dirt.  Sometimes he thinks thriftier than I do, lol.

I also scrubbed the front of the house with a hose and soapy sponge.  The white areas really need a fresh coat of paint, but for now it’s a big improvement.  You are right, the porch needs painted.  We bought the stain last fall and still haven’t used it.  I’ve never done anything like that before, and I’m afraid I’ll make a mess of it.

So much better without the trash!  I had planned to recover the setee in the corner to use in my kitchen.  But now I think it may not be sturdy enough to go through the effort.  Some day soon you may drive by and find it at the curb.  It would be a relief from my mind to have the project off my plate.

The two rockers look lonely to me.  I’m having second thoughts about the table I found.  It’s more money than I was hoping to spend and doesn’t have much surface on the top.  I did some price shopping Saturday for cushions and tables and came up empty handed.  I may have waited too long to shop summer clearance…there wasn’t much left.  Now I’m deciding if I want to wait until next year, or look for some outdoor fabric to sew.   Since I still haven’t found a lot of extra time in my day apart from basic chores and holding Grant….I’m leaning towards next year, lol.