Porch Makeover Completed

In the middle of May I was inspired by one of Alda Ellis' books to give our front porch a makeover.  It's been a process and I blogged about two stages of the process on May 17th and May 25th.

Today's post is the final stage and completion of the makeover.  I ordered a large rug for the porch that was supposed to be here the first part of June but now they're saying it won't arrive until the end of the month.  I didn't want to wait that long to finish this post.  If/when it arrives I'll post a picture separately.

Our jockey that holds our address, got a fresh new coat of paint.

Grass never grows successfully in the patch of dirt behind him.  My hubby thinks it's because there's too much cement in the ground left by the brick layers when our house was built.

So he filled it in with lava rocks and it looks so much better.

The wicker chair I purchased got a coat of white paint.

It looked lonely sitting in the corner by itself, so I ordered a wicker table from Wayfair to sit beside it.  I also purchased a red seat pad to match the swing.  One project always leads to ten more!

I had a teacup planter sitting in the garage not being used, so my hubby gave it a coat of red paint and I planted white geraniums in it.  It turned out cute.

A shepherd's hook was also put into use for a hanging planter of white geraniums.

A new wreath was hung on the front door.

The freshly painted and repaired swing was hung back up.

And the completed makeover.

We have been enjoying the porch now that it's had a makeover, but not the last couple of days during the heat wave!  So thankful for air conditioning.  My hubby is hoping I don't get any more home improvement ideas for awhile! ;-)