Outdoor Fabric!

Sometimes it amazes me, what I can get excited about. I went to Huntsville yesterday , on a whim really, to get outdoor fabric to fix out back porch back up. The awning needed to be replaced and the cushions need to be recovered. I was tickled to find the deal that I did. I love how mellow the color is and the lightness will keep everything cool out back. I hope. The best part is that when I got up to the register, I found that it was over 50% off. It was marked $10 a yard with 50% off, but when the lady scanned it at the cutting table, it was $4.50 a yard. When you are buying 21 yards of fabric that is going to be left up to nature, you really don't want to invest a whole lot of money in it. I'd rather not worry about taking everything down, dragging the pillows in and out of the house all the time, it's easier to replace it every couple of years.


This is the new awning, we made last night. I hem the ends, but don't bother with the edges. Lee does the grommet work. He hung the wire 3 years ago. It still works just fine. I give him most of the credit for this...all I do is pick out the fabric and do some stitching.



I am an impatient person when it comes to projects, so we had to put it up as soon as we finished last night. I wanted to be able to see it when I woke up this morning. Gosh, I need to wipe down the pergola. I knew it before hand and I'll have to be careful not to get the cleaner on the fabric, but I'm pretty good at working around things and not messing anything up.



This is what the old fabric looked like when we first put it up. It was between the stripes and "tangerine monkeys", which I was in love with, but I didn't want Lee to hate it, so stripes it was. I left yesterday with the full intention of getting stripes again, but the striped fabric available that was on sale had lots of pink.



It can look very romantic at night. With a plant in the fire pit and candles. The awning can be drawn back against the house to expose the night sky.



This is the fabric I got to cover our seat cushion! I LOVE IT!!!!!! So much! I think this pattern is absolutely adorable. Lee isn't crazy about it, but he's not hating it either. I can't wait to get it all fixed up again. And that is what I am doing today, covering seat cushions and I'm waiting on the floor guy, too. There is a lot of work to be done out there. Like I said the white wash needs to be wiped down. I need to get some heat and drought tolerant plant to go in the window boxes and the fire pit. We've used the fire pit to hold ice cold beer and have even roasted marshmallows a couple of times, but I think the best use was as a planter. I noticed our chandelier has decided not to work last night, so I have to figure that mess out.