porch swing

a year or two ago staal and i found a really great little porch swing at a yard sale.  the paint was peeling but structurally it was sound.  it's been sitting around our place since then waiting its turn to come up on one of our lists of millions of things.  staal hung it up outside the front door a couple of weeks ago to get it off the ground and seeing it hanging there with peeling paint got me inspired to do something with it.  staal helped me chip and sand off the worst of the old paint and after experimenting with mixing some paint colors for it i gave it a fresh coat of paint.

before:

after:

it's now a cheery place to enjoy some morning coffee and by late afternoon it's a great spot to sit in the shade and cooling breeze as the heat of the day starts to break.