So, Memorial Day was coming up in my husband decides to invite over family from out of town plus friends over to our house. For real Dude!? When is the last time you to the good look at our patio??
Okay so here’s our current situation. We have patio furniture that has been around since we bought the house. Some of it had rips and tears in fading from years of usage and sunlight, these ugly pillows which we have tried to make work, and other monstrosities such as a faded umbrella, and this weird globe glass thing.
Don’t even get me started on the grill…
I had a budget of $2000 and approx 300 sqft of patio space to work with. That’s a really big area with really small coinage for what I needed to have done.
We needed a new grill, dining area, lounging furniture, chairs, an umbrella, area rug, plus landscaping (i.e. plants and flowers). My thought – this is not going to happen.
We decided that the only plan was to keep and repaint most of what we had. We started with the dining table and chairs. As it stood, they were a Home Depot Putty Color. Basically it looked like nude stockings stretched over a metal frame.
So being cash poor and we decided to repaint the set black and white.
We used Black All Purpose/Universal Spray Paint by Rustoleum to do the nylon/metal chairs. Much better, if i do say so myself!
Next up that damn gril…. remember it….?
I have always, always loved the color grills found by Weber. Especially the green one I found at Crate and Barrel
Umm – yeah. we got only 2K and we are not about to add any more to the budget than needed. So again being green and saving green we repainted it white, and even tricked out the wheels in chrome! LOL!
We were warned, but ignored that painting it white we would see the burn marks from the cooking. Me being me, I ignored the warning. I used the grill spray paint for high heat found again at Rustoleum. I found the rest of the furniture at Ikea, World Market, Pier 1, and Menards. I got the Applaro seating set from Ikea and decided to recover the cushions. I am so over beige.
While we were there we picked up these cute lounge chairs!
Bam! We repainted the hell out of our current stuff, added flowers, planters, and updated our rug! We even updated an old fire pit by surrounding it with brick to make it look like a part of the patio! Here is what things were looking like as of yesterday.
The best part…. I was under budget!
Bam!
Your Interior Designer & HGTV Host
Tiffany
Categories: Before and After, Crate and Barrel, Design Donts, Outdoor Rooms, Outdoor Spaces, Pieces, Spaces I love, Tiffany Brooks
Wow! What a lovely transformation! 🙂
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Wow! Just lovely. Grest job. Enjoy.
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Tiffany, your outdoor space is beautiful!! I love the white grill.
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Awesome job Tiffany!!!!! It looks amazing 😍
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So cute, I love it! I am just wondering why you didn’t do a mini makeover for my visit?!
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Hey Tiffany,
You did a great job. I’ll have to get busy and do something to my disaster area. You’re a great inspiration.
Leslie
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Tiff… I cant wait to go there and see it all in person!! I love it! Best part is… Colour!
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You are just the BOMB.com!!!! What an inspiration! Yall totally rocked it.
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So cute! love the colorful throw pillows
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What a genius makeover! I love what you did with the IKEA seating, the black and white stripes cushions and the colorful pillows look great together!
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DUDE! That looks amazing! The white BBQ is the bomb.
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Woah girl! You’re a redecorating menace! The face lift looks great and I am such a fan of re-purposing what you already have. May have to go attack our patio furniture with some bold colours.
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Love your work!
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Very clever! I love the seating. The pillows are amazing!
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Gorgeous!
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