"She's A Beauty Clark"

Bought myself a beautiful new tall 2-person outdoor dining set!

It needed to be assembled and took a couple hours but I enjoyed it, like doing a puzzle.

It was on sale and I got a terrific price!  Looks great and SO comfy too.

If you're in the neighborhood stop in and have a seat and a cold beer.

These Are The "Breaks"...

By looking at this folding lawn chair wouldn't know I've lost about 25 pounds.

Was sitting in this chair, the last of a set of four chairs I've had for many years, and taking a break from yard work and BOOM!

The previous three chairs went in the exact same manner.  It's too bad as they were pretty comfortable and folded up nice to be stored out of the way.  Looks like I'll be sitting on a 5-gallon bucket for my breaks until I can find suitable replacements.

Use At Your Own Risk

The patio furniture was like WTF the other morning.

I pulled the items out of winter storage and gave them all a good scrubbing with soap and belch.  Nice, clean and happy I placed them up on the deck, signaling spring\summer has arrived.  However, woke up the other morning to it snowing!

Not funny Mother Nature, not funny at all... 

Patio Furniture Arrival

Another sign of Spring!

Our patio set has come out of hibernation to grace our deck.

All pieces got a complete soapy & bleachy scrub down too.

Wrought Iron Patio Furniture Refurbished

JoAnne and I joined forces and have refurbished the above wrought iron patio furniture.

They had been tucked away in the back of my folks shed for years. Since we're in the process of cleaning out the old shed these three pieces have found a new home here at the ole Lincoln Street homestead.

Since we're such prim and proper folk, we simply could not have dirty, rusty wrought iron patio furniture gracing our abode, hehehe...yeah right!

They've been sanded to remove the rust and blisters, then hit with a coat of RustOleum primer and finally two coats of RustOleum's Universal Black Hammered spay.

Looks good yeah!?!?

One of the chairs had a plywood seat that was cut to fit just right, however, it's in pretty rough condition. My plan is to use this seat as a pattern to make two new ones. What the final look we'll be, well, I'm gonna leave that up to JoAnne.

Wish my mom was around to see them all cleaned up. If I remember correctly, she had planned of doing the same but in the hustle and bustle she never got to it. Knowing that, and now being able to see just how nice they look all cleaned up it brings a smile to my face when I look at them - miss you mom!