All Cherubs on Deck!

You might have noticed that there is a couple of cherubs on my deck? I thought I might as well give you a tour of those too 😀 (All photos in this post are clickable, if you want to zoom in on the details!) Zaz hovers under the roof of my canopy. She is the oldest…

The Deck Reveal: Part II – After

For those of you who read my posts regularly, you will know that the last few weeks (months!) I have been crafting for my deck. I am so happy now to finally reveal my revamped deck to ya'll! Yesterday we looked at the BEFORE pictures, and today we are ready for the AFTER pictures! July…

The Deck Reveal: Part I – Before

For those of you who read my posts regularly, you will know that the last few weeks (months!) I have been crafting for my deck. I am so happy now to finally reveal my revamped deck to ya'll! We'll start out today with some BEFORE images! May 18th, the empty deck, cleaned and ready to…

DIY Glamping Canopy – Part II

Another must in a Glamping Canopy is of course lights! I dressed up my LED party lights with little lamp shades: (Glamping = glamorous camping) (All photos in this post are clickable, if you want to zoom in on the details!) Here is the how-to: Use big clear plastic cups for the shades, I bought…

DIY Glamping Canopy – Part I

A canopy is really just a big tent! So I decided I wanted to decorate my tent the glamping style, which of course includes generous flag bunting!!! (Glamping = glamorous camping) (All photos in this post are clickable, if you want to zoom in on the details!) I went totally overboard, and pimped my canopy…

DIY Lace Heart Bunting

A part of my deck is covered with clear acrylic roofing, which provides shelter from the rain AND maximum light. Since my house is red with white accents, I decided a Lace Heart Bunting would look good here: (All images in this post are clickable, if you want to zoom in on the details!) I…

DIY Garden Furniture Cushion Covers

Did you notice the "grain sack" cushions with my revamped garden furniture from yesterdays post? It is the original cushions with new fabric covers! I measured my cushions' height, length and thickness, and cut a piece of fabric to sew a "bag" for the cushion. The bag is 25cm longer than the cushion: I hemmed the…

DIY Chalk Painted Garden Furniture

My set of hard wood garden furniture were new the summer of 2003. And they have suffered tremendously from large neglect, bordering abuse...:-O The last couple of winters I did not even bother moving them under the small roof I have on my deck, they were left out during the terrible winter storms, and the…