Holding onto Summer Florals

Spending the next 3 weeks on bed rest has made me reflect on the summer. A few months ago I photographed a beautiful bouquet of Ranunculus, which I absolutely love. Every time I head to the Ave & Dav flowers shops and they're available I always walk out with at least 3 bunches. Having flowers around the house (even if you have to buy them for yourself!!!) always makes a difference.

Patio Furniture Makeover

It’s only been 2 ½ years since I purchased my patio furniture but I finally found some time this to do a little facelift.  When I purchased the furniture not all the pieces had been painted the same colour and really needed to be updated from the odd blue grey. I guess I was waiting for the right product to come along. 

Well, along came Rust-Oleum Universal and as soon as I realized it covered ironwork and plastic I knew I found the perfect product.  The seat strapping is made of plastic but the rest of the furniture is ironwork, so I needed a product to work with both materials.  And to make this product stand out even more, it comes in a spray application so all it meant was a non-windy day and drop sheets over the lawn.

 

Within an hour and 4 bottles of Rust-oleum Universal later the job was complete. The clean spray application was perfect (no messy clean-up of brushes, etc.) and as long as you kept on moving the paint applied smoothly - I haven’t found a drip yet!

 

For approximately $55 I managed to transform my patio furniture.  I’m so happy with the results, now all I need to do is transform my backyard – inspiration below!

  

Joy von Tiedemann, as seen in the July 2009 issue of House & Home magazine