We are so excited to be joining nine other bloggers as part of the "10 days 10 patios" tour sponsored by
Joss & Main and featured on
Country Living's website!
We have shared our porch and patio area several times before so we thought it would be fun to work on a new space - our sister Jamie's new house! They moved in this winter and set some of their existing furniture out here but hadn't started playing around with any of it yet. Jamie had already done the tedious part of painting the walls and some of the trim when we found out we were going to be doing this project so here is the before shot of what it looked like after she had painted but before starting the fun part!
And here is what it looks like now:
And here is the patio area before:
And here it is now:
The original plan was to get everything put together while I was up visiting in April but due to a couple of hiccups (including snow, yes we actually got fresh snow, in April!) although we were able to pretty much get everything figured out we couldn't add the finishing touches or photograph the spaces thanks to the weather. Because of that we waited a couple more weeks and then Jamie worked like crazy to add all the finishing touches and get everything photographed.
They already had a table that they have had for several years out here but needed some chairs. We loved these
Annabelle Side Chairs in the Galvanized Finish. They are the perfect chairs for a family - they wipe down so easily which is great for their two little girls!
This wall seemed like a great place to add this
Gwen Sideboard to help with the functionality out here. It works wonderfully both as a great place to set items for regular summer evening dinners and for special occasions to set up a beautiful display like Jamie did for her daughter's first birthday last month! It's such a beautiful and functional piece. And we love the height this
Garden Sphere adds to the sideboard.
The boat on the table is one of my absolute favorite finds from
Joss and Main several years ago.
We love the way the pattern and color of these
Anita Napkins looks at each place setting.
Over in this corner we love the addition of this
reading lamp and how nicely it looks with the chaise.
And if you step through the doors behind the chaise you will be out onto the patio:
I love the way the navy color flows from the porch out onto the patio and gives the two spaces a cohesive feel.
These pillows were the perfect addition to the chairs they already owned.
And you can't beat a fire in a
firepit and
string lights hanging from above on a beautiful summer evening. (Although clearly it's not summer quite yet in New England - ha!)
And we love this
slate tray which makes it easy to transport food back and forth from the kitchen to the porch and patio.
And here's what it looks like as evening starts to fall...
