Outdoor Room

I just love a covered porch + curtains. Instant outdoor room.

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Its going to be gorgeous here in Boston this weekend so I plan on taking full advantage of the lovely weather and moving on to some outdoor projects.  We have a covered porch that I plan on adding some curtains to.  I've had a bolt of an outdoor black and white awning stripe kicking around, and I found some super inexpensive mosquito netting at IKEA yesterday (a pair for $4.99, and they are over 100" wide!).  I'm a bug magnet, my husband doesn't understand my pain because they never touch him, so this made my day.  

Black mosquito netting... very chic!

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Or your standard white...

Simply beautiful...

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An old favorite...

domino

And a great look for the summer holiday...

Country Living

Hope your weekend is FABULOUS and you get a chance to get outside!

All wrapped up

I'm off to IKEA this morning to pick up some frames and cheap inspiration.  Hoping to find something along the lines of these...

I'm loving these from Pottery Barn.  They scream summer to me. The price doesn't. Like these  a lot too...

I did find a tutorial DIY in some hallow twine balls here that got me thinking. You might need to enlist the help of a boyscout  if you really want the knots.

This chandy had me spinning about all the ugly light fixtures in the world that would benefit from a recover.  (Strands of beading, yarn, strips of fabric... come on peeps I know you can think of plenty of other things.) Found a DIY tutorial for a twine covered lampshade here at Creative Little Daisy.  You people are creative and crafty so I'm sure you can figure out how to apply it to a chandelier.

Now slip on a pair of these for inspiration and get busy.

Burberry

Pink & Red

I hated this combo as a child.  In art class when you would add white to a color (red, orange and green in particular)  I would always despise how the pastel version would look next to its bolder half.  Well, a lot has changed I guess.

I've been having a hard time getting my red entry to "blend" and play nice with the rest of my house.  It was kind of a spur of the moment decision, like most things I do, and I didn't have red anywhere else in my house at the time.  It flows right into my living and dining area, and I figured I'd add red pops to tie it in. 

Not loving. 

So enter pink...

It never occurred to me because I live in a house of testosterone & a house of blues (my favorite color is aqua).  Three other males and  me.  Pink is never entertained as an option so out of sight, out of mind.

 I'm thinking it just might be the thing this space needs.  A happy punch of color, not too overwhelming.   I have plenty of areas to add color... need to paint the coffee table (most likely white), cover a lampshade with fabric, pillows, a huge mirror frame to paint, and two wicker barrel chairs I'm thinking might get a shot of pink. My only other contending color in that room is some turquoise that I think might play nice.  So here are my inspiration pics...

Miles Redd, Southern Accents, House to Your Home

Just don't expect pictures soon, both my camera and sewing machine died together on Monday.  They were overworked I guess.
And more more from Mother Nature...