My bright white porch and redone garden pots!

Meet Sir Lancelot!

I shared before how this place was an explosion of just the one paint pot (peachy cream) when we moved in and I revolted in shades of whites, blues, plums and yellows...



The same went for the courtyard/porch area. The porch was ALSO painted this peachy cream... and I hated it. Wanted to move away from the poorly designed mediteranean feel...

My "new" porch

So a fortnight ago the in laws descended on our place... for a break. So a fortnight later, I have a new bright white porch! :) It makes the laserlight cleaner and whiter somehow... (even though we didn't clean the top of the laserlight... the translucent hard plastic roofing for the porch).

This is my father in law painting the first coat.

This is about a fortnight before he went to task.

The white glory.

And this is Hannah playing with mud, grass and water... better than her bugging us by her sweet offers of "help"!


So nice to sit outside now and eat and work... the white of the porch really sets off the white blossoms at the end of the porch. And the place is so much lighter and brighter. I wish I could just slap some paint down on the not-favourite orange brick tiles too.

The mother in law thought she could do a better job at my newly laid out courtyard after cleaning out monster spiky plants in April.

And of course, she did! We scoured the city for old bricks... cleaned them, and then the dedicated woman spent all day making sure the line of bricks was perfect. PERFECT. Stamps all facing up and out... And then made us pick up my pebbles, clean them and put them down again...

Before

After

And the last thing... I found out I'd been spending 5 months watering a DEAD plant! We replanted a weeping tree outside next to my front door in April... and it's been DEAD for months. I just thought it was WINTER!!! Hehehe...



My mother in law pronounced it dead on sight (I'm a NEW gardener)... and then we scored a sweet little crabapple blossom tree for $60 (normally $90-120) which apparently "loves the spot" :)



Then I painted the eaves and post... and am considering doing the dividing wall and gate next (behind my crabapple).

See the shining painted eaves!??

Then after the in laws left, the work continued... upon suggestion of the father in law, I used leftover tiles on the property to create a "bin" area for my rubbish, recycle and green waste. I'm very happy with the outcome!



Nice huh? I love my in laws visiting ;) Things get done around the place!