Wishes

I have been wanting to transform our little side patio area (ever since we moved in) into a place where we could go out and relax.  Have a little outdoor couch, or a hammock or something.  I can see this little outdoor sanctuary in my head and it's killing me that I haven't been able to create it in real life.  Today I'm living in this haven I have created in my head and I'm decorating it.  I found some SUPER cute things that I absolutely LOVE!  They are so fun and whimsical and I wanted to share how cute my patio looks in my head. :)

This is my couch that I will someday have.

I will probably never be able to buy it from Pottery Barn because it is a bajillion dollars, so my plan is to somehow get Jared to construct it for me and then I will make all the cushions and pillows.

This is the coffee table I need want to have.

I have a little lantern like the one on the table already and then I will add this cute little guy.

and this ( I love Kirklands!)

I have some cabinet storage that Jared built for me over the chest freezer last fall.

This weekend we are going to paint those cabinets.  I'm thinking about maybe painting them white and then distressing them a little... not sure yet, but I bought some cute little glass nobs for the doors.

This is what our patio looked like when we moved into this house.

This is what it looks like now.

As you can see... there's still lots to be done.  We want to run electrical so we actually have lighting out here and then put up siding so that you don't see all of the studs.  We want to board up the ceiling as well because we think it will help keep it a cooler place and it will look way way nicer PLUS it will hid all of the electrical wires that we're going to run.  Oh  yeah... and something HAS to be done about those awful cinderblock spacers!!!  Ideally we'd like to just pour concrete, but that tends to be a bit expensive so we'll see.

Hopefully in the sometime near future we'll get this baby turned into a sanctuary so we can enjoy it next spring.