Going From Outside In

Going from inside to outside is a transition all over the world.  Some places though in the world have outside 365 days a year.  Since I am one of those, I can still relate to other parts of the country.  I lived in the Midwest all my life until 11 years ago.  I loved the springs, summers and fall.  I liked winter when I was younger and could enjoy the outside sports.

We have been talking about porches, lanai's in Florida  lately as we have been talking about the great buys out there.  Have you found any?  Today, I went to Jo-Ann Fabrics and bought a small bale of hay.  Can you imagine hay in Florida.  It is fall and Halloween is coming.  We do decorate down here too, even though it is supposed to be 88 tomorrow.

Yesterday I talked about a water closet, and here are some after pictures:

 

Here is a corner stand, and I just recently saw some at Hobby Lobby in different sizes.  Not exactly like this one, but similar.

 

Here are some accessories and one of my paintings added to it to give it warmth.

 

 

Here is an original Fritz Van Eeden acrylic above the commode.

 

 

 

The last thing I added is another painting across from the commode.  Look back on yesterday's blog to see how small this water closet really is.  That is a lot to put into one room, yet tastefully.  You will also notice in center bottom, a small piece of ceramic hanging on the wall.  It is an original piece of pottery.

 

Just to let you know, nothing is new.  The last picture was bought in the 70's, the vase is from Indiana and is in it's third home.  Remember I told you how to make floral arrangements last, that is what I do.

The hydrangeas are a giclee' of one of my paintings and the other is several years old and painted in a class I was taking.  The corner stand came from Tuesday Mornings about 9 years ago.  See how you can make do with what you have.  If I want to change it a around for a new look, I'll just pick things from other rooms, or paint or buy a new piece of art.

 

What will you do next?