My Mom is coming to visit today from Wisconsin! She has never seen our house so it was good incentive for me to get some things done on my LIST over the weekend. Since moving in last fall I've had grand dreams of a beautiful deck filled with flowers and color, there has not been time for that so I came up with a quick fix over the weekend. I painted our $12 plastic adirondack deck chairs with Krylon Fusion Blue Hyacinth Spray Paint - not my favorite way to paint but the results were totally worth it. I had to go to the suburbs to get the paint - (no spray paint sold in Chicago city limits due to graffiti ordinance) and this color was hard to find as well. Ace Hardware in Glenview came through - what a great store, I also found some seat cushions for the chairs in the summer clearance section. I love a bargain...!
I picked up this kitchen table at a yard sale a few weeks back with plans to cut the legs and mosaic it for a deck coffee table. Couldn't find the tile I wanted - it's all glass these days and my glass was not as thick as my tile, I'll have to postpone that part. Quick fix with the Krylon paint.
Also mulched the front yard, and pulled lots of weeds..I'm still learning what is and isn't a weed and in the backyard Rich & I have decided to let the indigenous riff raff grow in specific section - paying homage to the prarie plants...or those that think they are! I won't go into my caulking expedition in the bathroom, lets just say it was another BIG job - and I'm definitely not a pro but it does look better. Okay...off to the train station to pick up Mom & Bill!