Round Up of Finished Projects

I finally got the shadow box up to the farm and hung:

I decided to place it above the chest of drawers as it is the most prominent place for it to be enjoyed:

Here's a picture of both the shadow box wall and the adjacent wall with the frame and plate:

I am really happy with how this project turned out and Mom would be thrilled.

I also worked on a small wood table I've had forever. It needed new paint so I decided to paint it to go with the front porch bench:

Although I liked the chippy-ness of the paint, the wood was in bad shape. It really needed a fresh coat.

I pulled out these three colors:

But after painting it, I wasn't thrilled with how it looked:

So I repainted the yellow and it now looks like this:

hm, not sure if I should of kept the green...it might be too dull. I'll live with it awhile. I do like the bright yellow however.

Here it is next to the bench all ready for a glass of iced tea:

Speaking of the front porch, painting the ceiling blue has not kept the swallows from nesting there so we had to resort to more drastic measures. Now if you're squeamish about snakes, you might want to skip the next two pictures:

Lovely plastic snakes....

 I have to admit, they startled me a time or two before I got used to them being there. I'm hoping we can find another solution so the snakes can go bye-bye. Really not a pleasant thing to have by your front door.

On a better note, we switched out the outside light to this:

It actually matches the two pendent lights over the bar and the light over the kitchen sink. I love these lights!

Lastly, let me leave you with some pictures from outside:

acorns are getting big

bachelor button - a favorite flower from childhood

Hummingbird Moth visiting the Lantana

Yellow butterfly on the Black and Blue Sage

I've been working on a couple of small projects in the Master bedroom too. I will share those soon.

Also, as you may or may not know, I have an art blog where I post less often. I just posted about moving my art space again. I know, I know...it hasn't been that long since I moved it all the last time. If you'd like, you can read about it here. I'm hoping this is the last time I have to move it before we move up here to the farm and I get to turn the barn into my dream studio. We'll see.

Hope you are having a great week so far!
Blessings,
Cecilia