It's not that much Fun Working on Old Bathroom Doors in Hot Muggy Weather

I's 4;30 p.m. and I have already taken two showers and I am ready for a third.

I am off work for four days this week. It's hot and humid, but I have to get my projects done while I am off. I seriously hate hot humid weather! Nonetheless, I cut down all the spent daisies and other dead stuff and moved some artemesia early this morning.

Then I started in on some other projects.

I am sure you remember the bright potting bench--who could forget it? hee hee

Well, now that I have it on the deck, I need to add a few more pieces in the same color to coordinate everything. Otherwise the potting bench just looks out of place.

So I have been trying to think of items that I could paint. After about a day of thinking, I remembered a set of louvered doors that we removed when we had the bathroom redone three years ago. I saved the doors because I thought that someday I would use them on the deck.

Today is someday.

I hauled out the saw horses that DH had just put away in the basement (he was napping so I had to do it all myself). Then I crawled under the house and found the shutters. I just wiped the dust off with a dry cloth and began painting. As soon as I started painting, I remembered that I need a picture so I could show all of you! So I ran inside and got the camera.

Here they are as I began painting.

Here they are freshly painted and in their new home:

I am loving it! It does need a hanging basket of flowers, but, as I told you before, I did not plant any hanging baskets this year. So what to do?

I remembered a whirly-gig that my father-in-law had made for us many years ago. I could not remember what the current color was because I repainted it so many times. Just about any bright color would work--anything but yellow. I went down to the basement to retrieve it.

Guess what color it was?

Yellow! No real problem. I used the last of my spray can of red paint and repainted it. I replaced the door knobs with wooden knobs that I painted the same red.
I can't tell you how excited I was when DH hung it up. I think it works perfectly!

You can't see the red knobs from a distance, but as you get to the glider you may see them.

If I move the doors to a different location, they may be visible, so I am glad that I paid attention to that little detail. Did you notice the new rug? This is the rug I had originally wanted to buy. I second guessed my decision and went for the blah neutral rug. I just did not like that rug with my vivid colors. I was very lucky that there was one rug left when I went back and it was this one. I think it's so much better!

I wanted to show you where this seating area is in relation to the whole deck. I can't get a full picture of the deck because it turns where the seating area is. This is one side as you come up the steps.

I know some of you are very perceptive and you may notice that I changed the umbrella on the table. I had a bright blue one that I thought worked better with the vivid new yellow color.

I still have one more item to paint. I want the new bright yellow to be in three different places and I want those places to form a triangle. So if you are sitting on the glider,which is way down at the end of the above pic, I will be adding a wooden table painted yellow to the area after you make the turn to the right.
See the area right against the white siding? I plan to put a yellow table there tomorrow and then I will be done with all the painting. It's been a ton of work, but also a lot of fun.

My only regret is that when I was moving all the planters, I pulled one about a foot forward and then dropped it.....

right on top of Mr. Froggy.

I felt so bad.