Wicker Table

My Latest Craigslist Find

I came across this table the other day on Craigslist.

(all these photos are from the listing)

Actually, I saw it a couple of weeks ago and kept going back and looking at it.

 I wasn't sure I needed it ...but it spoke to me. 

And since it hadn't sold I guess it was not speaking to anyone else.

Seems it was meant for me.

 So Tuesday night I emailed the seller and went and picked it up after work last night.

Thanks! Barbara!

I always meet the nicest people when out and about and Barbara was one of the nicest. 

I ended up coming home with another wicker item too. 

(I have no idea what I'll do with it but it was too cute to leave) photo to come

I think this table going in the living room by the front door. 

That is the intention...we'll see how it works out.

But I've always liked tables like this and it is in a color I love.

 I still have not repainted my last Craigslist find although it looks better than this.

I've got a nice cushion and pillows on it. I'll show after I buy some ferns for the front porch.

 I also bought another area rug for the front porch.

This one bit the dust. But I bought another just like it...soon my front porch will be dressed for spring.

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Let's see...what is up with me?

Well, Violet is not well. She had a seizure about a week and a half ago.

The vet said to watch her and see how she is.

She has been very good since then.

But she had another tonight.

She is 14 now.

(very very scary and makes me so upset)

Her sister Daisy died three weeks ago. All of her illness started with a seizure back last summer.

Blood tests showed she was in kidney failure.

But tests on Violet came back saying she is in good health.

So that leads the vet to think it's neurological. 

He said if she has one more seizure, we'll put her on meds for it.

I'm just wondering...have any of your dogs developed seizures later in life?

On to better news...

Last Sunday I went on a Craigslist run after work and snagged this wicker settee for the front porch.

This is it just plopped down as is.

It needs a paint job but is in good shape other than that.

I've been wanting a wicker loveseat for the front porch for a long time but new

weather proof ones were out of my price range. Cause I'm like trying to spend no money.

I should be spending no money.

They were asking $45 for it and I got it for $35...which makes me very happy.

(I really should not have been even spending $35)

I already have a cushion for it and pillows.

I just need to paint it. 

My porch is totally covered so it not being weather proof is ok. 

No rain or snow gets in here.

The guy that sold it to me was super nice and met me half way between his place and mine.

Hi! David!

(he said he'd start reading my blog)

It was a great Craigslist experience.

Remember that scary one I had?

You can read it here.

So until I can paint this thing I went ahead and put the cushion on it and pillows.

I won't show until I've painted and got plants out for spring.

Now I keep driving by my house and admiring how welcoming it looks with this wicker

loveseat on it. I had an iron one before and I really liked it but it wasn't nearly as inviting.

 See? That is my iron one. I had way too much iron going on.

I don't know what I was thinking when I kept buying all these matching things!

The iron settee will show up somewhere else in the yard this spring.

 I'm so ready for spring...aren't you?

I searched through my Pinterest files looking for wicker ideas.

I'm trying to decide what color to paint it.

I've loved that photo above with that old wicker for a long time.

I may just give it another coat of black paint.

 Or I might go the same color as the trim on my house only a couple of shades darker.

 My cushion is similar to that color above.

 I have to say dark dark brown looks pretty perfect and that is what I'm leaning toward.

I love those huge urns...tonight I saw a similar one for a really great price.

Too bad I'm too poor to buy anything...especially with Violet being ill.

So it most likely will not come home with me.

 I love that porch above.

All of these photos came from my Pinterest board... Patio Wicker.

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Spring Front Porch

Not Perfect....but it will do for now.

I must say it seems pretty frivolous to be fluffing my porch when many here have lost 

not only their porches but their homes. 

But....I am.

The weather was very nice this afternoon so I got out a few new things I'd bought

for the front porch.

Alas, when I cleaned the porch the other day my outdoor rug literally 

fell apart. I'd had it outside for three years.

It was looking worn on the side nearest the street where it got walked on the most.

I thought I'd turn it around and use the other side that was less worn..but when I did,

it just started splitting all over. It just came apart.

Now I'll be on the hunt for a new one. 

My porch looks bare without it.

I added a new pillow to the mix of pillows on my settee.

It's from Pier 1, of course. I bought it recently on clearance.

A couple of lanterns from Pier 1 too.

Hmmm in these photos they look way bluer than the window paint but in person 

they are very similar or at least I thought they were.

See it needs a rug again to pull the area together. 

Or I'm thinking I need a wicker settee out here instead of the iron one.

I have too much iron going on...I know that...but it will have to do for now.

This is the same space with a rug in place.

Better with a rug I think.

Bought the lanterns just because of the color.

Franklin watched every move I made from the window.

The porch still needs a few more ferns.

I love the view from the porch into my house. It always looks so warm and inviting.

The ivy around the porch is doing really well this spring.

But, at least my front porch looks better with the addition of a few ferns.

But I still need to tweak it.

I have all summer.....

or at least that is what I tell myself.

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