Courtyard Planters and French Daybed

Sprucing up the courtyard after the long winter has been underway for several weeks.

 A fresh coat of black paint was needed for a few scuff marks on the French doors,

and I decided to paint the iron urns, as they have been in their original rust

form ever since I got them.

 One on the left just painted, the one on the right still in ancient rust finish.

I was loving the look of the fresh black paint!

Valspar Duramax in Kettle Black was what I used for both the wooden doors and the iron urns. 

It is made for the outdoors and it was really nice to work with. (Not a sponsored post)

Look at how nice everything looked with a fresh coat of paint!

Pretty Piper and Sylvia posed for my Memorial Day flag Instagram post here.

 After trying to install a greenhouse in the courtyard and enduring an epic fail,

I was left with the wood landscape timber platform that was supposed to be the 

base for the greenhouse.  

The platform built for the briefly existing greenhouse....

Because it was chintzy and the wind took it away!!
Anyway,  instead of ripping it apart and removing all the stone,

the solution was to turn it into a destination spot~

 a raised platform for the French daybed and a pair of bistro chairs.

In the meantime the vegetable garden is underway up above in front of

the garden shed and I have to figure out how to get the water up there

in a more attractive manner.  In the meantime the new courtyard layout

is actually pretty nice, and we can have a number of people and still 

be able to practice social distancing easily!

The daybed  is decorated in a French bohemian style.

A mosaic birdhouse in pink adorns the ironwork.

We really enjoy gathering outdoors, and the weather has finally turned for 

the better.  This courtyard is really an entertaining solution right now

during this Covid 19 pandemic.  It hasn't been easy to isolate,

and we are looking forward to seeing loved ones in a safe way out here

during the summer months ahead.