Everything you need to know in order to build simple, affordable, and stylish modern patio benches.

We’ve already painted our home’s exterior to help the ORC project reveal photos have more oomph. After doing that, though, it occurred to me that our patio-facing windows are two different sizes. The solution? Create an optical illusion using DIY shutters to make them appear to be the same size.

Isn’t it funny how when you begin a project knowing you have a full seven weeks to complete it, you feel like you have more than enough time? Then, suddenly, it’s week three and you’re like, “Oh ****! We only have four weekends left to finish this!”

In my last post, I alluded to my most expensive “When You Give a Mouse a Cookie” moment, and that is what I’m going to tell you about today! I’ll summarize my train of thought. It was this: “What’s the point of putting all of this time, energy, and money into the patio/pergola area if the house (the backdrop to this space) remains puke-pink?”

I registered for the Spring/Summer 2020 One Room Challenge, and it starts… NOW. Pappas patio, get ready to be beautified, and just in time for warmer weather!

We’ve had such a crazy start to 2020, haven’t we? As if home renovation projects weren’t already hard enough, let’s see how this one goes as we’re now in the thick of a global pandemic.