October is as close to heaven as you can get in my corner of Louisiana. The blazing heat of summer has abated, the weather has cooled, and I decide I’m going to make it, after all. We just started pulling together a project that has been in the works for a long time,redoing and enclosing our patio. We still intend to put down a tile floor, put glass doors across the opening, and paint the ceilings ng
All the furniture you see here is an amalgamation of Goodwill, thrift shop, repurposed, and utilization of materials on hand except for a few dollars worth of supplies. Bud is wonderful and loves a project, so all I have to do is come up with an idea he likes and we’re on it. The big wicker rocker to the left cost $50 at Goodwill a couple of years ago with a broken rocker. It retailed for $650, but with wood and paint Bud had on hand, he repaired and painted it. The rocker on the left upper center was a relative’s castoff, and was spray painted for less than $2.00. The yellow wicker on the right cost $20 in a thrift shop, paint $2.00 for cost of $22. One sister gave me the green chair frame, and I covered it in fabric another sister gave me. The only thing it cost was the seat cushion, and paint on hand, so it cost less than $10.
Now the ceramic top table took $6.24 in new tile and utilized leftover tile from another project. We had the grout and ceramic glue on hand. Bud also had to buy the screen-door stripping for less than $10. He did have to buy half a sheet of plywood to make the table surface. He built the pedestal for another table more than twenty-five years ago, so this is it’s second incarnation. He estimates total costs of table, $80 to $100 if he had had to purchase all the materials today.
The chairs at the table are from a thrift shop. Total cost, including purchase price of chairs, paint and pine for the seats and the polyurethane finish was less than $40 a chair. Together the table and chair set might have cost $120, but we still have paint and polyurethane left.
A dear friend built the potting stand in the corner from a decrepit screen door and salvaged materials from a barn demo and materials she had on hand. I love it.
The fountain came from a friend and has been on my patio more than twenty-five years. Best of all is the view I am so grateful for, as I sit in my patio writing. It is priceless and free, like all the best things. I am so blessed.
love that and you did great on the budget! enjoy!
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Thanks
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I respond to every idea in this post. It is possible to have so much for so little with a some imagination and work – and work like that is all fun, because you get the benefit of seeing your ideas come together and getting to enjoy them afterwards.
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Thanks it was a good time doing it
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You and your husband remind me of my mother, who could take broken-down things no one else wanted and make things of beauty and usefulness from them. Unfortunately, I didn’t inherit her ability, but I do appreciate the skill involved when I see works of art like your patio. What a beautiful spot you have created, and the view is, indeed, lovely.
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A friend had a patio like mine built. She paid $4500. All I had to buy were stones. Already had sand. Just had to shovel and wheel over to spot.
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Nice job Linda, and wonderful that your hubby is so handy and creative. Things are always so special when we make them ourselves, satisfaction is such a wonderful feeling. Have a glass of sweet tea for me while sitting on your beautiful creation enjoying the great view. xo
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Wish I could share it with you.
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I just read this post today. Your house and your DIYs are beautiful. I wish I had a husband like Bud, economical, frugal. I have one who is willing to spend tons of money to get what he wants and what he wants is usually not what he wants by the time it reached home.
Susie
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It’s so good to have simple needs.
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Good value 😊
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Very nice!
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Thank you. Wish I were out there right now. Painting my guest Room!
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Is this your summer home or weekend get-a-way home?
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This is my only home in North Louisiana.
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Oh, when you said you wish you were there so I thought maybe it was a summer home. You live next to some beautiful country!
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Thanks. We do have great weather. Only a few cold days, but July and August roast us.
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Many years ago I went with my inlaws to New Orleans in August and the humidity and heat almost killed me. LOL! In the Southwest, we have little to no humidity.
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It’s awful.
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Yes it was and especially when you’re not use to it. But Louisiana is really beautiful!
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It is.
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Aren’t you worried about alligators sneaking up on you while having a nap?
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People around here do make a point not to feed alligators. Little dogs have been snatched.
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Very welcoming and cosy 🙂
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Thanks. Just love it.
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Nice new patio 🙂
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Thanks
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Very nice! I love the wicker chairs.
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Thanks. I loved the price!
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Hi Ibeth, nicely done! Are you still getting any strawberries?
Leslie
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Very few. Thanks.
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We are still finding a few under the leaves.
Leslie
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I get a couple now and then.
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A sweet reminder of the summer.
Leslie
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Oh yes!
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Nice work…it all looks great, and what a beautiful view from there! Enjoy it. ☺☺
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Wish you could visit.
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Some day. ☺
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I love it, what a wonderful place to write and relax. Beautiful view!
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Thanks.
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Jealous of that view
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Thanks. Love the trees and critters.
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It all looks very welcoming and relaxing.
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Thanks. I sat out ther all afternoon and wrot.
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Sorry, but i was getting sad because there was nothing on your cute porch from me till i saw the yellow towel/tool holder on your potting table. Now i feel all better. 😊
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You bet, and I love it, sister!
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