But today, I am dedicating this post to my husband Scott. He puts up with me and my crazy ideas. When we moved into our house, we were left with a completely blank slate in the back year. When I say blank slate, I mean BLANK SLATE! We had no trees, no bushes, no porch and the back of our house faces the west! Can I say HOT!
In the past 2 years, we have planted 2 trees (more next year for sure), a garden, a hydrangea bed, and plants along the fence. Scott and his dad, at 11:30 pm last summer put together a gazebo I found at Target for $98.00 (I love Target end of season sales). This gazebo doesn't replace the fact that we don't have a porch, but it sure does help to give shade along with our great black and white striped umbrella.
Under the gazebo, we have tried to make a sitting area. My parents gave me an old pier 1 wicker loveseat. I painted it lime green and got a new cushion. We also bought 2 turquoise plastic Adirondack chairs. But of course, that was not enough for me. It didn't feel homey enough. So yesterday I bombarded Scott with the idea, "Let's build a coffee table for outside."
To be honest, I expected Scott to not only say no, but "HELL NO," considering it was a cool 102 degrees outside with a heat index of almost 110 degrees. I don't know if he was delirious from the heat or just decided to go along with my craziness, but he said yes. We went to Home Depot bought the wood and an outdoor rug I saw on clearance.
Here is what we/he made. After a few oppsi-daisies while cutting wood, a couple squabbles and me being told I wasn't holding it still enough, this is what we came up with. I can't take any credit actually:
I think I am going to white-wash it. It looks great the way it is! I love it!
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