Outdoor color schemes and styles

Replacing outdoor cushions can be a costly decision, especially if you don't want to buy new ones every year. Picking the right color (if your like me and change with the wind all the time) is a whole other ball game!



Last summer we decided to do with the Ballard Designs bright green sunbrella. We purchased. Great patio dining set and side chairs in a brown iron over 7 years ago that still look amazing! But the worn out brown striped cushions needed to GO! Ballard designs made all the green and white look so appealing that 326$ later...I still am on the fence! No turning back now, waaay past my return time, so now I'm picking pillows and a rug.

The Preppy Lime Green Look

                                                                    The Modern Lime Green Look

                                                                The Cottage Look with touches of green





Modern from Etsy







Traditional Black and White Ballard Designs



Transitional from Amazon

What outdoor color and style options are you going for this year? Do you change with the wind or are you pretty set in your ways? Never hurts to mix it up a bit from year to year. After all, there are outdoor fabrics from the super cheap to the outrageous, Sunbrella being in between. But all of those need to be replaced every few years!









A dog and design

After many years of convincing, and the pressure of my entire family, we adopted a puppy. I found him on an adoption site 4 treturous  not so long months ago. His beautiful blue eyes and short coat, his wet nose snuggling on my neck when we went to "see" him, sealed the deal. So a few weeks befor Christmas, we got a dog. Atticus, he was already named as part of the mocking bird book characters and we liked it!

Here he is a few weeks ago with my daughter Sophia. (Notice our son Jordan who the dog was mainly for is not any where around!)

Which brings me to my next series of photos. I had a nice coffee in the morning sitting area we used instead of a breakfast area, with these fabulous chairs from Z gallerie and bench from Ballard Designs.  Notice it looks fairly peaceful, until now...

Before...

Notice the lovely gate and old rug

And the destroyed chair.....

Not only has that roomed changed but pretty much the whole first floor! Thank goodness for the trusty old brown leather sofa, for once I'm not ready to throw it out. All pillows removed of course. Aluminum foil so he doesn't think he's king of the hill and lays on the couch. And of course a missing Pottery Barn Rug, due to frequent marking.....

Just lovely

Love to know anyone if else has shared in this decorating misery....