Furniture for the garden shed!

My parents have been storing the porch furniture that once belong to my beloved Aunt Jean (and formally my grandparents).

Although the garden shed is tiny, we were pleased to see that the couch fits.  If you missed the partial tour earlier last week, see this post. 

The cushions have seen better days, but one of my estate sale chenille bedspreads makes it look pretty again.

A few of my favorite craft room pillows have also found their way onto the couch.

My  pink bird cage has also found its way outside from my craft room.  The framed bird print was a gift from my dear friend, Viv.

The fabric bunting from Heather (Vintage Grey) now includes a few empty seed packets from our garden.

The nest picture was a gift from Donna (My Shabby Chateau) and fits perfectly in this special space.  The trellis shelf was a birthday gift to myself from my recent trip to South Haven.

The plant stand was also a birthday gift to myself from Murphy's Antique mall in South Haven.  The ivy style  matches my Aunt's porch furniture.

I also brought out my childhood rocking chair for Josie.  It's almost too small for her now.

A barrel sits next to the couch and makes a great stand for fresh flowers (or a glass of wine).

At night, the glow from my bunting lights up the room.  

Monday afternoon, Josie and I took a break from working in our vegetable garden.  I found myself asleep on the couch.

Thank you, Aunt Jean (and Grandma/Grandpa).  

I know you'd love this special sanctuary.
 

Estate sale finds and decorating updates on our gardening/door structure!

Last August, Chris put the final construction touches on his 13 door structure which resides under the girls treehouse.  It doesn't officially have a name, but I'm thinking of it as a fancy gardening shed.

 With the return to our busy school/work schedules and the plotting of our Halloween party festivities, decorating the interior of this special structure was put on hold.

Now that estate sale season is officially underway, it's been fun looking for special treasures to put in this unique space.

This porcelain table was one of a few things that came home from a recent farmhouse estate sale.

I also found a few more camp stools and this fabulous plaid umbrella with a fun plastic green handle.

Sunday afternoon, I started digging through my craft room and garage for things to add to this space.

A wreath and gardening trowel hangs on one of the walls.

A paper bird-theme bunting and a pair of childhood prints hangs across another set of doors looking into the backyard.

A Kim K. rabbit planter, vintage miniature wheelbarrow, along with one of my oldest (and very loved/stained) garden gnomes and a few seed packets are on the corner of the table.

The chair, birdhouse, whisk broom and rug beater were a mix of estate sale finds and items from my grandparents home.

Only one side of the room is decorated at this point.  Emma spent Sunday afternoon in this new room studying chemistry and math. 

She said the sunshine and privacy from her little sister was wonderful. 

Stayed tuned for more outdoor decorating adventures.

XOXO

Door Potting/Storage Shed Construction Updates...

The clock is ticking as Chris prepares to head back to his elementary schools. 

Like with all construction projects, the door potting/storage shed has taken a bit longer than he anticipated. 

It's really close to being done.

The insulation is in place, but the ceiling isn't finished.

He's allowed me to share a few pictures before the ENTIRE reveal.

As you can see, I managed to sneak some feminine touches into the interior.

We enjoyed a glass of wine in our special structure Saturday night.

Cheers to a busy summer!
 

Meet the newest member of the painting crew...

 There is a new member on the painting crew of our future potting/storage shed.

If you join this crew, you get to experiment with BIG paint brushes, mini paint rollers and mixing your own paint colors.

Be prepared though, this paint crew keeps late night hours.  

Hopefully, the construction crew works equally as hard.

Playing with paint...

When I got home from work Thursday night, I  headed straight to the woods behind the tree house.  

This is where I found my hubby, busy  at work with his collection of doors.

Leftover paint is finding a new purpose.

This potting/storage shed is going to be very colorful.

XOXO
 

13 doors later...

Back the first part of May, my husband came home with a van full of free vintage doors from a coworker.

Since May, he's collected an additional 5 more doors from various estate sales.  The doors are being incorporated into a structure in the underside of our tree house for a storage/potting shed.

Over the last week, he's been busy getting the land prepped under the tree house for flooring.   The floor sits on two 8 foot posts in a bed of gravel (which had to be leveled...which meant lots of digging).  He then built an 8 by 8 box using treated 2 by 4s.

The floor top is treated plywood.
 

Now, the fun begins!

He's been laying out designs and plotting how the pieces will come together.

A vapor barrier will separate between the ceiling of the new structure and the tree house.  Additional wood will be cut to make the doors all the same height.  

The doors will also be treated and then painted all different colors.  We haven't picked out paint yet.

We were originally going to have sliding doors on one side, but now we're going to have sliding doors on both sides to allow air flow (this was Emma's idea and it's brilliant).  

Chris has claimed stake on this structure, but now that it's going up, we 3 girls have been thinking we might want to ALSO take over this new area too (hee hee).