Remember this?

Do you remember this photo?

It was a sneak peek I gave you a while back on facebook.

Well this is what it was.....

Wondering why I painted a perfectly good terracotta pot??

Well, remember this rug???

(also showed you this on facebook)

It's the rug Sheila choose for her patio makeover.

Again, If you don't follow along on fb your probably wondering...

"Who's Sheila?"

Sheila is THE funniest, friendliest, most giving person I've ever met.

She is a single Mother, Grandmother of two, friend to many, full time employee, recent college graduate, world traveler and...

She's also my Mother's best friend.

                         Sheila has a full plate at all times!

That's why her yard looked like this....

this....

and this....

My Mother asked if I would help transform Sheila's patio into a peaceful place where she could go at the end of a long day and enjoy a nice glass of wine.

Of course I said YES!!

Ok all you "non" fb book friends, consider yourself briefed!

Carrying on...

Because of Sheila' busy lifestyle, the patio needed to be as low maintenance as possible.

This meant bringing in color with the decor rather than lots of flowers and plants.

Hence the brightly colored rug and the painting of the terracotta pots.

Now the small strip of dirt where the pots were going to be placed was visible from the house.

It needed to be more than just a few pots with some greenery.

I wanted it to be unique and intriguing while viewed form indoors.

So I decided to get some posts and well, see for yourself...

Mr. Treasures and I took three 2 x 4's and painted them a distressed brown.

Then we cemented them in the pots so they'd be nice and sturdy.

Once they cured we added some plant hangers and hung the lanterns I found at Pier one.

The patio desperately needed more ambient lighting so I picked up some bulb lights from Cost Plus World Market and once again Mr.Treasures to the rescue....

We attached them to the top of the posts and ran them back to the house.

It looks so amazing in person!!

This is the view Sheila sees from inside the house.

Wine anyone??

Now I haven't shown you everything.

There are a few items that need to be placed as well as a few details buttoned up.

What I'm not showing you....

This plant and

This lattice will be used to address the a/c unit

and this door...

already received one coat of chocolate brown chalkboard paint.

Sheila will be able to write down the menu for her dinner parties or

her grandchildren will have a spot to write her messages

and....

This fountain has gone up but it needs a little something else in this corner before I call it quits.

So tell me....

What do you think so far?

Angie

First week's over with...

Well I survived week one. Barely.  Four days in and I was already feeling like this....

Not because of the work,  more so just adjusting to the hours. I basically came home Friday night and went to bed.  I woke up this morning (if you can call it that) at 10:00 am.

This entire day I was like a zombie!!!

Here's to hoping I shake that feeling soon!

Anyhow, the real reason I decided to do a post tonight was to show you what the kiddos rescued from the pool tonight....

Can you see him? He's right there in the middle of the photo.

THE tiniest lizard ever!!!

and here's why......

He just hatched.

How cute is that??

Also don't hold your breath for a Makeover Monday.

It is entirely to HOT to paint anything!!!

I do still need to bring you up to speed on my NEVER ending patio makeover as well as my wardrobe updates including my FAVORITE Tracy Porter!!!!

So stay tuned,

Maybe I'll get to them soon!

Angie

Just incase...

Just in case you don't follow along on Facebook
( pssst, you SHOULD be following along on facebook!! I'm able to keep you in the loop quite a bit more about treasures, my life and all things decor!!)

I wanted to stop in and let you know how work has been so far!

It's now the end of day 3 and so far it's been a little slow going.

 Apparently it's a major process to get an Employee I.D. number and a new work station set up.

None of this has been taken care of yet. I've been bouncing around from desk to desk for the last three days.

As for my co workers well, I lucked out there.

 It's a small satellite office that holds around eight employees. 

Four of them I worked with for 10 years before I left to stay home with my kids the for the last 11. 

Out of those four, we were particularly close with two of them.

Mr. Treasures and the Lil' Man were in the "Sales Reps" wedding  many years ago.....

and the other, we'll call him the "Title Officer", became like a big bother to me. 

He actually walked me down the aisle at my wedding and handed me over to Mr. Treasures.

(wonder what I did with those photos...)

Crazy right?

We had formed such a special bond that even though we haven't seen much of each other over the years, we were able to pick right back up where we left off.

The rest of my co workers are very friendly which creates a great office atmosphere.

Anyhow,  day one was half way over when these arrived.....

One from Mr. Treasures and then about 15 minutes later one from Grandma Treasures.

Great minds think alike? ;)

Then Day two rolled around and I was asked to attend a meeting. I gathered my writing supplies and headed into the board room along with 3 other co workers and the Regional Manager.

He turned to the dry erase board and wrote.....

After he wrote the title I laughed and said....

"We're gonna need a bigger board"

HA!!!

Hope your weeks going great!!

Some furniture makeovers, along with the never ending patio makeover, will be coming soon

I promise!!

Angie