Hi everyone! If you aren’t from upstate New York, you might not know that we had quite the storms last week. Wowzer! Wednesday night I was at church in a meeting about our new Mom’s Group starting in the fall. We had just started the meeting and someone came in to let us know that there was a tornado warning and we all had to get to a room with no windows. Out we all went… you can tell we’re seasoned mommies because we continued with the meeting during a tornado warning with major chaos was going on around us. lol If you have kids and want a fun couple of hours out with adult interaction and childcare, send me a note and I’ll get you info on our Mom’s Group! I’m really excited about it!
Once the storm was over, we headed home and look at the site above our church on the way home!! God’s the best artist, hands down.
Thank you for the amazing picture, Veronica Smith!
We headed home and I thought I had picked the best way home. Oh nay nay! Here’s a bit of our trip.
First, a river on Route 9.
Round about we went and got to route 7… which also had parts that were like a river.
And huge trees uprooted! (look at the car next to it)
Downtown Troy didn’t look too great either…
We didn’t officially have a tornado in Troy, but Schenectady did. It was messy, but we’re are so thankful for God’s hand of protection on the ride home and for no damage at the house.
Speaking of our house… I thought I would share some recent small revamps to the outside of our home. I just bought pieces to add to the front porch, but wanted to change the door color. Not that I didn’t like the red, but I wanted to change it up a bit. Here it is before:
I went with a beautiful teal from Benjamin Moore. You’ll want to buy a high build exterior paint. The color is Meridian Blue and I glazed it after to give it a darker, antiqued finish. Thanks for helping me pick out the color, Jessica! :)
I picked up these two wrought iron chairs for free on trash day. Yup, I’m one of those. Move on! ;)
I’ve been wanting a new table for the front porch. Tricia gave me this table and I MELTED when I saw a good distressing done all on its own. So I cleaned it up and sealed it with a few coats of poly to keep it looking original. Then I repainted the metal base and chairs with black enamel paint. Mom came over and helped me re-upholster the chairs in burlap. It makes me happy to have natural textures and distressing together in a set. I don’t know why, but it does. :)
Here’s the porch before I added the new set.
Here’s the new set on the porch!
And look what I found last week in my hanging flower basket!!
A robins nest with eggs to match my door! Perfect, right??
I hope you were all safe from the storm and that this makeover gives you the motivation to make your porch a little prettier this summer. :)
Happy redesigns everyone,
Sarah
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