This weekend my family will be coming to visit for the Fourth of July. We’re so excited because my brother and sister-in-law are coming in for the holiday but the real the guest of honor is this little squishy cheeked boy. My boys are super excited to meet their West Coast cousin for the first time. We don’t have a lot planned for their visit other than hanging out and catching up so I’ve been trying to prep out outdoor space to make it a nice spot for all of us. At the beginning of the summer all we had was a concrete slab for our patio that held the baby pool and…not much else. My husband added some shrubs and we purchased some furniture. But we still needed a little more seating and some accessories (of course). This bench was a hand-me-down from my inlaws. They had painted it black to match their outside decor and I stripped and sanded it…and sanded it and sanded it…it took FOREVER. Then I stained it to match the furniture we’d bought. I made the cushion which included making the piping (NEVER again). The accent pillow is from TJMaxx (of course). As is […]
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