We just had a marathon DIY home improvement weekend at our place and it feels great to get so much done! My parents came in for the weekend to help us spruce up our patio (among many many other things) as an early anniversary present and we could not be more grateful or excited about the outcome. You can see the before and after pictures above. BIG difference!! We are looking forward to spending a lot of time out on our deck this summer. The only thing we have left to do is find something other than white metal chairs for the table.
Thank you, thank you, thank you Mom and Dad! You are THE BEST! My mom did a lot of the shopping and found great deals on fabric and our beautiful outdoor chandelier. We made all the pillows, curtains and the table cloth. I had been wanting to learn how to sew and my mom gave me some great lessons this weekend. She is an expert and I am never surprised at how well she can take a vision to reality when it comes to decorating. She really should start a business.
Duke and my Dad had the not so fun job of hanging up our outdoor 10 ft. long curtains which was a tough job considering there really was no easy way to secure them...we ended up with a metal rod and orange clamps. My mom and I made them paint the orange clamps black so the orange didn't ruin our "look". The curtains look fabulous!!
They also painted an old dresser that was my parents so we could replace the one in our bedroom. I love it!! It looks great and it really makes the "look" of our room come together. They hung up some roman shades in our room and the guest room and grouted the backsplash in our kitchen (which has been without grout for close to a year).
As you can see, we did A LOT over three days...with a lot of rain too! We ended the weekend with dinner out on our fabulous new deck last night talking about all the projects. It was such a fun weekend and I loved doing all of the work with my parents. It went by so fast and now they are leaving today. We'll just have to come up with some more projects we need help with so they can come back and do it again!!
Thanks again Mom and Dad. Love you!!!
4 comments:
Wowzers! Are the Mowreys available for hire?
Everything looks amazing! Can't wait to see it in person in a few weeks.
Holy cow! Like Laura, I would love to hire your mom to come "spruce up" our place. Maybe even a little help with the baby's room!!!
The deck looks amazing! I can't believe how different it looks. Great job!
I am officially inviting myself over to see the gorgeous deck in person!! Great job!
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