I have been meaning to tell you guys about our covered patio forever!!  You see, we gave it a little makeover this past winter and spring and now it’s all ready for some summer lounging!

The list of changes we made is actually pretty long.

The first phase took place while we were still flipping the last house – we lured some of the trades over to our house to work their magic, staining and scoring our worse-for-wear concrete patio, patching the sagging sheetrock in the ceiling and painting it a bright white to match the bow window and doors (it was a dingy gray before), and installing 3 recessed lights for some nighttime ambiance.

Then it was my turn to brighten things up a bit with a new color scheme and some fun new pillows – the striped ones are sewn out of fabric I bought in a market during my trip to France last summer!

The last time you saw our patio it looked like this . . .

. . . and before that it looked like this . . .

. . . but because of the changes we made now it looks like this!

I liked the old patio but this version is much more “us” – it feels cheerful and fun, and I hope it feels welcoming.

Wanna come hang out?  :)