Category: Patio

Week One: the ORC and I’m Guest Participant!! What-What??

jackiecantblog@gmail.com April 8, 2018 2 Comments
Well, after more than two months of Radio silence here on the blog, I have signed up for the One Room Challenge, and I will be taking part as a Guest Participant. What??????? What is the ORC, you ask? It is a six-week design challenge featuring 20 interior designers and over 200 guest participants. Each one is challenged to makeover one room, collectively posting once a week over at the One Room...

Pretty Outdoor Spaces

jackiecantblog@gmail.com October 24, 2017 0 Comments
I take lots of photos. I take photos of pretty little vignette and spaces around the house and yard that I haver decorated. It fuels my creative side. The decorating, and then the photo taking. More and more I am trying to do the things that make me happy, and it makes me happy. But now what? Well, I collected a few of my favorite photos from the summer to show you. All together they don't tell a...

a Boho Black and White Tablescape

jackiecantblog@gmail.com October 18, 2017 0 Comments
This is my thrown together Black and White Bohemian Table scape. From start to finish, I think it was around 30 to 40 minutes to complete. You have to have a vision before you start. Then it is putting it all together that is the fun part! For the September photo a day challenge, one of the days themes was "tablescape". I really love to set the table and make a pretty tablescape. I think it is a...

Our Summer Patio and Yard

jackiecantblog@gmail.com October 13, 2017 0 Comments
The Summer is over, and the Fall is here. But I have so many photos of how lovely our yard looked this year. I thought today it would be fun if I shared a few of my favorites. We had such lovely weather all summer that we were able to really enjoy it. We had a couple of parties, had about half of our meals on the patio, and started countless days in the yard with a cup of coffee. You should be...

A Super Simple DIY(ish) Potting Bench

jackiecantblog@gmail.com October 8, 2017 0 Comments
Hello There! I've decided to put in some more time here. My plan is to post at least 3 to 4 times a week. In order for me to make this a success, I will need to do the work. Makes sense, right? Let's get to it ;)   At the start of the summer, I had a half day of work. I was at home alone and puttering around the yard. The weather was nice and we had just gotten some annuals for the patio. I...

A Quick Peek at the Patio, and new to me Thrifted Chairs

jackiecantblog@gmail.com May 26, 2017 0 Comments
Hi there! I am so glad you're here! Today, I have for you a super quick sneak peek at our back patio. It is far from done, and I have lots of plans to complete it. But for today, here is where we are. The last couple of years that we have lived here in our little rental house, I have decorated with lot of different colors. Red, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow, White, Black,... a lot of colors. This...

Plants, Flowers, and More! Oh, my…

Jackie Hill September 12, 2016 0 Comments
Hello. I have been having a hard time lately, but there has been a small amount of sunshine through the clouds. We will wait and see what is to come. It is exciting to have hope again. Maybe this is the start of the big change I have envisioned for myself. Todays post is a collection of photos of all of the pretty flowers, plants and accessories I have used on the Back yard Patio this Summer....

Is Summer Over?

Jackie Hill September 8, 2016 0 Comments
Hello. It is past Labor Day, is the Summer over? I hope not! We are still having 85+ degree weather here in Michigan. It feels like Summer, that is for sure! Today I am back with another look at the Back yard. I have been showing snippets of the Back yard and Patio decorated on a budget for the Summer. This is another sitting area on the Patio. I wanted a bright, colorful, collected Bohemian...

Patio Sitting Area

Jackie Hill August 28, 2016 0 Comments
Good Afternoon! I have been showing bits and pieces of the back yard before the summer is over. I decorated the Patio months ago, and we have been enjoying it so much this summer. It is bright and colorful, and most of all comfortable. Today I am showing the sitting area. This is where I go to most when I am on the patio. It is where I sit and have a drink and watch the puppies play in the yard....

Plastic Flamingos? Love them? Hate them?

Jackie Hill August 21, 2016 0 Comments
Hi There! Thank you so much for stopping by. I have been sharing pretty little spots in the back yard that I have decorated on the cheap. Lets look at another little spot... I love Flamingos. My first car had a pink Flamingo in the back seat window. At my old house, I put plastic Flamingos around my daughter's playhouse. I love Flamingos. I know many people HATE Flamingos. They think they are...