Screened Porch Decorating

I started straightening up my screened porch over the weekend now that the horrible yellow pollen isn’t everywhere.

My porch is divided into a dining area and a seating area so I started working on the seating area first.

I bought this blue scrolly rug at TJMaxx because my husband didn’t like the beach matty one I got at Cost Plus World Market last year (you can see it here) but it’s really too small. I think I’m going to move it under the dining table since that rug has seen better days anyway and look for a better size for this area.

This is my seat – I get the chaise!

I painted the fleurs many years ago. I like to keep some ball jars in it and fill it with flowers or bits of plants that I’m rooting.

I bought two new pillows at Target. Outdoor pillows get so dirty! Even in a more or less protected area like this porch. I’ve never been able to really get them clean so I wind up tossing them every few years and starting over.

This is the birdcage I found at Goodwill last year. It has driftwood, starfish and shells in it at the moment.

I’m going to work on the dining side this week I don’t really have too much to do – just getting rid of a piece of furniture and  I found two chippy shutters that I want to use somehow. One of them is VERY chippy so I’m going to have to do something about that before I can hang them.

Originally posted on A Cultivated Nest.