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The Dirty Little Secret Hiding in my Backyard

July 25, 2017 by Patti 30 Comments

I have a secret to share with you today.

I don’t share this secret with any ol’ Joe because, well, there are certain things that a blogger only shares with her beloved readers.  Dirty little secret things.

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Filed Under: DIY, Drop Cloth Projects, entertaining, Food, French Country, Garden Design, Outdoor Living, Southern Living, Summer Tagged With: DIY, Drop cloth projects, Entertaining, Food, French Country, Gardens, Outdoor Living, Porches, southern living, Summer

Pollen Proofing the Screened Porch!

April 6, 2016 by Patti 50 Comments

“You don’t know what pollen is until you live in the South.”  That’s what people told me when we were moving here but did I listen?  Of course not!  I used to think that Spring pollen was bad in the Pacific Northwest.  We had not only the yellow pollen that left a gauzy film on our cars but at times it looked like it was snowing outdoors with the cottonwood seed hairs drifting through the air.  HA!  That was amateur stuff compared to the insidious pollen grains that  seep right through the screens on the porch and blanket the furniture in a thick yellow veil.

Screened Porch Curtains 002

It isn’t easily dusted off either.  No, it takes a little elbow grease to remove.

A Pollen Free Screened Porch

That’s why Mr. OTN and I decided that this year we were going to POLLEN PROOF our screened porch.  Well . . . as pollen proof as you can get anyways.

Screened Porch Curtains 001bWe began by reading all the DIY outdoor curtain posts we could find on Pinterest and then set to work.

Screened Porch Curtains 002bWe purchased galvanized plumbing pipe and fittings and spray painted them with Rustoleum’s Oil Rubbed Bronze to prevent rust.  You can see in the above photos that the two types of fittings we used were straight and elbow fittings.  For the corners we installed decorative brackets for support.

Screened Porch Curtains 003bWe placed curtain clips on the rod before screwing the pipes together.  We wanted clips instead of rings for ease of laundering the curtains.

Screened Porch Curtains 002aThese are the painter’s drop cloths that we purchased at Home Depot . . . after purchasing another brand at Lowe’s and finding out that more than half of the drop cloths purchased had horizontal seams through them.  Not a good look.  In the end these cloths turned out to be a much nicer fabric too and this made me extremely happy.

Screened Porch Curtains 007And now some photos of my room with the drop cloths in place.  I haven’t hemmed or ironed them yet as I’m still trying to decide what length I want and also considering various ways to weight the bottom. 

Screened Porch Curtains 003I bought some lead weighted cord but it was extremely lightweight, more for sheers.  I also don’t want them so heavy that with a gust of wind they pull off the curtain clips. 

Screened Porch Curtains 004I’m leaning toward sewing in some simple chain from the hardware store to weight them or maybe nothing at all.  We don’t have a lot of heavy wind here and I don’t mind the gentle blowing of the curtains.  We did have a windstorm the other day and we simply set our furniture legs on the hems of the drapes.

 Screened Porch Curtains 009Once pollen season is over we will throw the drapes open wide and enjoy the full view of our backyard.

Screened Porch Curtains 010We may even take them down for the summer . . . if we don’t decide to sometimes use this as a sleeping porch.

Screened Porch Curtains 023 How fun would that be to camp out in our own backyard?

Screened Porch Curtains 014We might also find them useful in the chill of late Fall when we can close everything up and bring a heater out to the porch for a little afternoon reading . . .

Screened Porch Curtains 018 . . . or even a nap, like Cozy here is considering.

Screened Porch Curtains 019Our screened porch is our very favorite place to JUST BE.

 Screened Porch Curtains 027By the way, this is what I use to clip the curtains together when they are closed.

Screened Porch Curtains 028They hold well and are fairly unobtrusive.

Screened Porch Curtains 020And this is what I made to hold them open.  You can bet there will be a “how to” post on that later.

Where are you spending your time this Spring?  Do you have a favorite outdoor place to sit?  I know, many places are still experiencing winter so maybe your favorite Spring place right now is beside a fire in a warm den.

Wherever you are, I hope you’ll take the time to be still and experience being in the here and now.

Blessings,

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Links to products I used available on Amazon:

 

Links to products found at Home Depot:

Galvanized Pipe  (Home Depot will gladly custom cut to size)

Threaded Tee Fittings (make sure you buy the right size to fit your pipe)

Threaded Elbow Fittings (again, buy the right size to fit your pipe)

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I am Perfectly Imperfect Patti, daughter of the King, wife to the amazing Mr. OTN, mom to two grown daughters, a great son-in-law, and companion to two spoiled dogs. At Old Things New I share DIY’s, budget friendly home transformations, as well as posts about how God transforms our souls. I myself have been made new and I love to share what I’ve learned through WRITING and SPEAKING. To view a short Vimeo of “Our Story” (Mr. OTN and I) please follow the link at the top of the page.

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