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It’s Perfect Weather for a Sleeping Porch

April 30, 2017 by Patti 58 Comments

Has there ever been a time in your life when you were absolutely sure about something but you turned out to be wrong?  Maybe it was the lunch date you were supposed have with someone, only you got there a week early.  Maybe it was the directions to a place you know and have been before, but this time you got hopelessly lost.  Maybe it was as simple as laying your glasses down in a safe place and then, when they go missing, blaming someone else in the house for moving them!  Nope they were on your head all along. UGH!!!

Mr. OTN and I are quite alike in believing that we are right all most of the time so it often comes as a surprise when one or the other of us is proven wrong.  I say often because it seems the older we get, the more often it becomes.

Now I have a new motto:

Be a lifelong learner...What does all that have to do with a Sleeping Porch?  Well, I won’t go into details, or tell you who was in the wrong.  Suffice it to say that I’m thankful that Amazon accepts returns of BIG items and hubby is thankful that I have a sense of humor 😉 

Sometimes the best choice is to laugh! Click To Tweet

Today, since the weather is feeling a bit like Summer, I’m finally sharing pictures of our Sleeping Porch.  We actually started using it last Summer but I never got around to posting about it, other than on Instagram.  I’ll tell ya’, you are missing out on a lot of the day-to-day excitement of my life (tee hee) if you aren’t following along on IG.

 Here is a picture of our Screened Porch where we spend much of our time – Spring, Summer, and Fall.

We swapped out our love seat, and two chairs with ottomans for daybeds.  This created more floor space in the room and didn’t take away any seating.  What it did do was give Mr. OTN and I each our own spot to take a nap. 

NOTE:  I’ve included links at the end of this post to full enclosure mattress and pillow covers, similar to those I used on my porch as protection against moisture.

I recovered the old throw pillows we already had in this room with thrift store and drop cloth fabrics.

I really lucked out as our local Habitat store had huge bins of fabric samples, large enough to make pillow covers.

For back support I ordered large wedges of foam online and made washable drop cloth covers for them.

I purchased bed pillows to use in front of the bolsters and made envelope pillow covers for those too.   Here is link to post I did last year that tells how to make Envelope Pillows. 

They are super easy to do!

I covered the beds in fun quilts I found on sale at Stein Mart (they have the best prices on bedding and you can make purchases online) and added dust ruffles that I made from drop cloths.  The bed springs are high from the ground (15″) so I can hide storage bins beneath the beds.  I keep outdoor pillows and cushions here when we’re going to have a long stretch of rainy weather.

Here are a few other details of our screened porch/sleeping porch.  We found this old farm table when we first moved to SC and I added a drop cloth skirt around all four sides.  It hides dining supplies and other fun stuff under it’s skirt 😉

The dining table chairs have pillows to match those on the beds.

Maybe you remember these drop cloth curtains (Pollen Proofing the Screened Porch) from last year.  I also did a tutorial for Quick, Easy, & Affordable Drapery Tiebacks.

We’ve hung large candles on the porch for those nights when we like to sit in the dark watching the lightening flash.   We get a lot of thunder storms here in the Summer.

Since our porch is a warm weather room it has a Coastal theme going on.

Right outside the screened porch is a fountain by which we can lull ourselves to sleep.  😉

Thanks for coming along on the Sleeping Porch tour.  I hope to have plenty of guests this year that will be adventurous enough to have slumber parties in the woods with me. 

But for now, I do believe it’s time for a Sunday afternoon nap.

Blessings friends,

The following are links to total enclosure mattress and pillow protectors, similar to those that I purchased for my Screened Porch.  A good idea for humid climates.  They are not only 100% waterproof but also bed bug proof and hypoallergenic. 🙂

 

I’ve been known to link up to the following great parties!!!

Sunday:

TheDIYShowoff, LifeOnLakeshoreDrive, SilverPenniesSundays, RusticAndRefined, Spiritual Sundays, GiveMeGrace

Monday:

IShouldBeMoppingTheFloor, TheDedicatedHouse, Dwellings, ProjectInspired,  InspireMeMonday, BetweenNapsOnThePorch, CelebrateYourStory, Making Your Home Sing Mondays, What Joy is Mine/Monday Musings, Darling Downs Diaries, The Art of Homemaking, SmallWonder, MomentsOfHope, Glimpses, SittingAmongFriends

Tuesday:

TalkOfTheTown, HomeStoriesAtoZ, AStrollThruLife, CoastalCharm, CedarHillFarmhouse, TuesdaysAtOurHome, TheWinthropChronicles,  Rich Faith Rising Unite Linky, Testimony Tuesday,Cheerleaders of Faith,Tell His Story

Wednesday:

SavvySouthernStyle, Posed Perfection, A Wise Woman Builds Her Home, Woman to Woman Word Filled Wednesdays, ChristianBloggerLinkup, Mom’s Morning Coffee, Women with Intention, Coffee for Your Heart, MessyMarriage, ThreeWordWednesday

Thursday:

ShareYourStyle, ImpartingGrace, EmbracingChange, HaveADailyCupOfMrsOlson, MyRepurposedLife, ADelightsomeLife, KatherinesCorner,  I Choose Joy,   Thought Provoking Thursday, SincerelyPaulas, ThankfulThursdays, ThoughtfulThursday, Tune-inThursday

Friday:

FrenchCountryCottage, TheCharmOfHome, RootedInThyme,  TheDedicatedHouseAnythingBlueFriday, ShabbyliciousFriday, Sweet Inspiration,  Faith’nFriends, Missional Women Faith Filled Fridays, Dance With Jesus FreshMarketFriday

Saturday:

FunkyJunkInteriors, OneMoreTimeEvents,  SaturdaySparks, TheInspirationGallery, Make My Saturday Sweet

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Filed Under: Coastal Style, DIY, Drop Cloth Projects, Home decorating, My Home, Screened porch, Sewing, Southern Living, Spring, Summer Tagged With: Coastal Style, Decorating, DIY, Drop cloth projects, Home Decor, My Home, Screened Porch, Sewing, southern living, Spring, Summer

Perseverance Part 2 – In Recovery

April 25, 2017 by Patti 11 Comments

Four unique women, living varied lives, in different locales, drawn together by a joint passion for  writing.  Over the past couple of years we’ve shared hopes and dreams, joys and sorrows, as well as our very deepest heart needs.  And so, we have become friends.

I consider it a privilege to share in this eight-week series on Perseverance with three of my fellow writer friends, Mary Geisen, Holly Barrett and Debbie Kitterman.  This is WEEK 2 and today Holly will be sharing how she has Persevered in RECOVERY.

Holly begins with these words, “A beautiful smile hides an injured soul so that no one can really tell how broken you are.”  Please link to her website HERE to learn THREE THINGS she learned that made her recovery successful.

Please join @MaryGeisen, @HollySBarrett, and @Dare2Hear and me for Part 2 in our series on #Perseverance - #Recovery Click To Tweet

To read Part 1 in the series on Perseverance – Overcoming Fear, you can link right HERE.

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

I’ve been known to link up to the following great parties!!!

Sunday:

TheDIYShowoff, LifeOnLakeshoreDrive, SilverPenniesSundays, RusticAndRefined, Spiritual Sundays, GiveMeGrace

Monday:

IShouldBeMoppingTheFloor, TheDedicatedHouse, Dwellings, ProjectInspired,  InspireMeMonday, BetweenNapsOnThePorch, CelebrateYourStory, Making Your Home Sing Mondays, What Joy is Mine/Monday Musings, Darling Downs Diaries, The Art of Homemaking, SmallWonder, MomentsOfHope, Glimpses, SittingAmongFriends

Tuesday:

TalkOfTheTown, HomeStoriesAtoZ, AStrollThruLife, CoastalCharm, CedarHillFarmhouse, TuesdaysAtOurHome, TheWinthropChronicles,  Rich Faith Rising Unite Linky, Testimony Tuesday,Cheerleaders of Faith,Tell His Story

Wednesday:

SavvySouthernStyle, Posed Perfection, A Wise Woman Builds Her Home, Woman to Woman Word Filled Wednesdays, ChristianBloggerLinkup, Mom’s Morning Coffee, Women with Intention, Coffee for Your Heart, MessyMarriage, ThreeWordWednesday

Thursday:

ShareYourStyle, ImpartingGrace, EmbracingChange, HaveADailyCupOfMrsOlson, MyRepurposedLife, ADelightsomeLife, KatherinesCorner,  I Choose Joy,   Thought Provoking Thursday, SincerelyPaulas, ThankfulThursdays, ThoughtfulThursday, Tune-inThursday

Friday:

FrenchCountryCottage, TheCharmOfHome, RootedInThyme,  TheDedicatedHouseAnythingBlueFriday, ShabbyliciousFriday, Sweet Inspiration,  Faith’nFriends, Missional Women Faith Filled Fridays, Dance With Jesus FreshMarketFriday

Saturday:

FunkyJunkInteriors, OneMoreTimeEvents,  SaturdaySparks, TheInspirationGallery, Make My Saturday Sweet

 

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Filed Under: Addiction, Christianity, Friendship, Perseverance Tagged With: Addiction, Christianity, Friendship, Perseverance 2017, Recovery

The Secret to Growing Blooms like the Biltmore

April 22, 2017 by Patti 26 Comments

I hold in my hands, or head maybe, the secret to having Blooms like the Biltmore!  Long, long ago, when I lived in a land of rich loamy soil and mild summers, I was quite confident of my gardening skills.  In fact you can see one of the posts I shared in my Washington State gardens HERE.  Alas, since moving to the red clay land of Upstate South Carolina my green thumb has wilted.

Last year I did all the right things.  I brought in organic topsoil, mixed it with mushroom compost, and native clay (which they call soil), watered, fertilized, and planted beautiful plants from one of Greenville’s best nurseries.  Everything seemed to be doing fine until summer wore on, and the drought that came with it.  In spite of our watering system, I lost nearly one-third of everything I planted. 🙁

Well, because I inherited SISU from my Finnish mama, I’m here to tell ya’ that I’m not giving up, and I’m back at it this year, prepping, planting, and praying over every single thing I place in the ground.

Now, let me share with you my secret to having blooms like the Biltmore!

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Perseverance Part 1 – Bravely Overcoming Fear

April 18, 2017 by Patti 11 Comments

Friends.  Sharers of hopes and dreams, encouragers through trials, partakers in fun that includes much laughter . . . offerers of prayer when one is in need.

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The Ragman

April 13, 2017 by Patti 19 Comments

I saw a sight so strange and experienced something so amazing that it is hard for me to explain it. If you can give me a few minutes, I’ll do my best to describe it to you.

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Filed Under: Christianity, Death and Loss, Easter, Freedom, Friendship, God's Grace, Inspiration, Prayer Tagged With: Christianity, Death and Loss, Easter, Freedom, God's grace, Resurrection

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