Patio Perfect -- from a dog-scarred wreck.

When I purchased the house with this patio, it was rimmed in concrete blocks, adorned with a wretched old picnic table and the concrete pad was bare and unsightly.  Using three colors blended on the spot in various ways, and a 4" roller, I painted the fake bricks freehand on the concrete pad. Then I put on a sealer, but, as the paint ages, I repaint each spring with new shades blended on the old. 

Meanwhile I painted an old rocker a raspberry sherbet color.  The old water pump from 1883 I renewed with a hardware store product that renews old iron without painting -- ask your hardware store.   This little photo is a glimpse of the patio paint work, so just imagine it with pots of flowers, a wrought iron table and chairs, an umbrella, and a stash of books with a glass of lemonade.  Spring is here.

In my spare time as a teacher I've always loved low budget home fix-ups using paint.  In my store I always have several old painted pieces.  I love old pieces that still show many layers of paint from yesteryear and sometimes all they take is a scrub, light sand, and sealer.  Let me hear about your work to put together the gathered house, with paint and pluck.

Linda de Velder, at The Millstone Workshop, where we sell the old and the not so new, in traditional furniture and home décor.