OUTDOOR LIVING – REDECORATING MY DECK!

Photo: Russell Sadur Photography
For no apparent reason (except that I have an out-of-town guest coming this weekend and because I promised I would do it…meaning there are apparent reasons …1. fear 2. obligation/duty), I decided to totally revamp my deck this weekend. Way back in January I think…I had promised readers a spring time redecorate of my deck…of course, that did not happen. Well as luck should have it, I decided to redecorate the outdoor space of my little cottage in the Hollywood Hills last weekend…all prompted by the fact that I’ll be having a guest at my house… It is a work in progress but will be done tonight (or tomorrow or the next day…errr…). Hmmm….

Oh…so the point of this story…yes….the point of this story…

So after I had the deck refinished, painted furniture (or had furniture painted…operative word is “had”…other people did it for me), refinished teak furniture (again need to add the word “had” here too), bought fabric, ran back and forth to my upholsterer to have all new pillows made, bought new umbrellas, some new pots, a new outdoor rug and some other stuff…kind of willy nilly decorating…I found an inspiration photo on the interweb last night…after the fact.

The after-the-fact inspiration photo is the one above by photographer Russell Sadur. I kind of like this outdoor dining area. The blues are a little too “light blue” but I like the feel of the alfresco dining vignette. Nothing literal at all will go into my deck…I do have some stripes involved…but I thought this is a nice outdoor space…

Can one do that? Find an inspiration photo after they have already been inspired? Hmmmm… Well “one” may not be able to do that…but I did. Hee hee!

Here is a sneak peek of pictures of some of the planning I have done for my deck decorating…no final before and after reveal yet…just a mishmosh of the ideas to wet your design appetite. The photo above is the after-the-fact inspiration and the photos below are taken by me. The photos below are some of the elements that I’m working with for my deck redecorate.

My deck decor…a work in progress…revealed…

Photo by Coco of Cococozy

Photo by Coco of Cococozy

Photo by Coco of Cococozy

Photo by Coco of Cococozy

Will be sharing the final reveal with you later this week or early next after the holiday. Reminder, the above photos are just to wet your appetite…you’ll see what I edited in and edited out and what I painted and what I rethought…

In a nutshell, sorry I’ve been a little behind on posting…I’ve been doing my deck!

xo
Coco
P.S. Congratulations to Summer B. from Austin, TX for winning the COCOCOZY FACEBOOK PAGE only giveaway! Check on the Facebook page later today for a few more fab reader bath remodels too.