My New Happy Place

My husband says I read too many decorating magazines :)  but then again he is usually pleased with the outcome.  We have a nice screened-in porch on the side of our house that had become rather junky over the last few years.  I never seemed to have time to devote to improving it.  The year however I decided to tackle it.  My son and I took care of repairing screens and rehanging the door, which was the victim of a windy storm last year. 

I wanted the porch to be a cheerful place, so I painted the porch swing a bright color (all those decorating magazines have been showing this). 

BEFORE

 AFTER spraying two cans of white primer and 2 cans of green topcoat (and a very stiff right hand and wrist today).

Here is the view of the other end of the porch, where I am sitting right now writing this blog on my laptop.

Of course, I couldn't forget the cats since they actually run the household--a new cat tree for playing and napping.

I am not the only one in a new happy place.