The chairs and table on the porch of my apartment are over 11 years old. I know this because they were put there at least 11 years ago by a previous tenant I know. Apparently they have never been moved. The furniture outlasted a lot of tenants before me.

The wood was faded and grayed out so I wanted to give the set a fresher look. It’s the first thing you see when you get to my house so I wanted something that better represented us and made me happy to look at.

I cleaned the chairs and table and then let them dry outside. I laid down a tarp and tape to protect the porch (well I  Then I started with the color yellow and decided to do both chairs with yellow spray paint.

From there I debated the color of the table. I almost went with red then purple then green. I finally settled on a rich blue. I thought the blue and yellow would look good together and with any future plants or plates or flowers I put on the table once spring rolled around.

I ended up loving the blue and yellow combination.

We now have the brightest porch on the block! I finished this DIY months ago and it still makes me happy to see the bright furniture on my porch every night. Now that it’s porch season with lovely weather we can sit out there and enjoy the evening on our colorful, fun furniture!

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