I started with an after picture. Because it makes me so happy! :-)
I didn't take a good before photo of the deck. It was last stained in a dark brown, more then half of which was peeling, and a good half the deck was green with mold and mildew - it's a fairly shaded area.
This is the "during" photo. This is after spraying it with a deck wash, and then hours of power washing. At this point I've just started spraying the railing
I didn't really choose the deck stain color. We went to Lowes for me to choose it, and in the "oops" pile was a huge can of deck stain. $30, for $150 worth of stain. Yes, that color will work just fine.. :-)
Next is the furniture I got free along the side of the road.
When I saw the price of replacement cushions, I knew why it was free. You can buy new furniture cheaper then you can buy new cushions! Thankfully, I can sew. :-)
A close up of one of the chairs, before -
First I stained all the wood - along with an adirondack love seat and a few tables that I'm using on the deck, using leftover stain from the last time we stained the deck. Then I went to my favorite outdoor fabric store - Surplus City, and bought outdoor fabric - $30 for 5 yards. 5 yards was almost exactly what I needed - I used the last scrap to make a pillow for on the swing/hammock.. so there is literally not a one inch scrap of this fabric left. Not bad for guessing how much I would need!
I'm so happy with the result. Here's the same chair, after -
I bought a flat of the flowers shown here, and added them to two old metal pans I had kept in the shed to use for something like this.
On the other side of the deck I added a new hammock/swing, and to the far right I am fixing my broken table (the glass shattered in one of our storms last year) and I got a pretty new umbrella.. I'll have more pics later.
Each morning I come out here with my coffee, open the canister of sunflower seeds I keep on a table, and sing to the peacock, peahen, and 5 peachicks.. who come running as soon as they hear me sing, knowing I'm going to toss them sunflower seeds. It's the favorite part of my day!
You think like me! The sale stain is perfect and what a score on the fabric!
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