Flower's in Your Seat - FINISHED PRODUCT

Here is a quick pic of my new garden chair that I talked about in a previous post.  Thought you all my like to see a picture of the finished product!!

Sidewalk View

We purchased our home nearly four years ago and until recently have not had a chance to touch our landscaping (I suppose we thought the need for a functioning bathroom, laundry and other amenities was much more important!).  Needless to say the 'curb appeal' of our sidewalk has been anything but inviting.  After a previous summer of pulling up dead and mismatched bushes, a harsh winter and a new puppy using our flower bed as her personal running pad, the view from our sidewalk was far from pleasant.  So this weekend my husband finally had enough and began the massive task of re-doing all of our landscaping (grant you this will be an on-going project for many weeks).  After a trip to the local nursery and a quick stop to pick up some landscaping rock the project was under way.  Below are pictures showing the changes so far.

BEFORE

AFTER                                                                                                                                                       

 

Progress to come....... stay tuned!!        

Flowers in Your Seat

I’ve always loved rustic old country landscaping pieces and for over a year now I’ve been eyeing old half dilapidated chairs at a local flea market (usually priced between $20 - $30).  Being as frugal as I am, I couldn’t come to terms with paying that much money for something that would probably fall apart with the next big windstorm.  You can only imagine how ecstatic I was to find this beauty tagged on a yard sale for $5.

In the midst of my excitement and my husband’s continued begging of me not to buy another project (I currently have 5 or 6 things stacked neatly in our garage awaiting some attention) I managed to contain my overjoyed expression and bargain the owner down to $3.  Yes $3, grant you a tag still placed on the chair showed it had been originally tagged $24 in a flea market!!  SCORE

Still being cheap, I refused to pay $10 or $15 for a pan or pot for the center of the chair that still would not fit perfectly.  After a little creativity and hard work from my wonderful husband, a custom planter box was made to fit the chair for under $6.  Below is the finished product, now all that waits is potting soil, flowers and a resting place next to my shed in the backyard.