Thrifty Finds to Spruce up the Porch

I shared a couple weeks ago a little bit of our porch freshening.  Well, since then I have had a couple more thrifty finds, so I thought I would revisit the porch.  We have a Cape Cod style home with a wrap around porch.  There are two exterior doors on the porch- the side door that leads to the kitchen, and the front door.  We don't really actually use the front door since the driveway is closer to the side door.

As I shared last time, I had added a ladder with sap buckets by the side door, and brought out a bench where we can take off our shoes.  Well, I found a crate that fit perfectly under the bench at a barn sale last week, so that is now under the bench to store shoes.  And yes, those are my dumbbells.  I like to work out on the porch when the weather allows it.  And clearly I did not style this photo for you.

When my mother-in-law was here she pulled out a yellow bench I had in the garage to use as a table.  I loved that idea!  And it helps to hide the pipes that come up where our oil gets filled.  At the same barn sale I found the crate, I also found a pair of vintage shellback chairs for $25.  The blue adds a nice pop.

On top of the yellow bench I added some pots I had on hand and potted some impatiens- as you can see I still have more impatiens left!  I told Chris to get one flat of coral and red.  I meant mixed.  He came home with one flat of each.  Oh well.  Anyone need any impatiens?
The kids painted these pots a couple years ago.  I think I painted the blue and green one.

Of course, as you saw on Sunday, I also added the chair planter to the front door...

Also on the front of the porch, I have the yellow bistro set I bought last year to help sell my old house.  We potted a geranium and I added one of my clay toadstools to it.   The kids like to sit here and eat their lunch, dinner, or ice cream. :)

And finally, here is a view of the entire porch...

I have purchased a door color, so some changes will be coming soon!  And we have some fabulous things in the garden in front of the porch about to bloom.   I can't wait ti share!  It's been fun to see what pops up since this s our first Spring here.


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