{"id":30797,"date":"2016-04-03T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=30797"},"modified":"2016-04-04T06:50:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T11:50:09","slug":"bring-your-indoors-to-your-outdoors-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=30797","title":{"rendered":"Bring Your Indoors to Your Outdoors – Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings friends. It’s so nice to be back home in Lexington for a few days.\u00a0 I spent a week at Jordan’s helping her paint the kitchen cabinets.\u00a0 From there I drove to my parents’ home to help out while my dad recovered from surgery.\u00a0 Then I headed to Cleveland and met up with Mr. Right, our son, his wife, and her parents and had an amazing week-end.\u00a0 Our daughter-in-law is a documentary film maker.\u00a0 (She has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won an Emmy Award.)\u00a0 Her latest feature documentary, which she and her company worked on for over three years, premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival Saturday night.\u00a0 We know how much love and labor went into the project, and we are so proud of Josie.\u00a0 Not only was she the director and producer, but she was also the narrator.\u00a0 Afterwards, we along with her parents, some of the film crew, and friends all went out for a celebration dinner at Butcher and the Brewer<\/a>, which I highly recommend if you live in Cleveland or are visiting there. (And I’m not even a meat eater.)<\/h3>\n

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Since the first day of April fell on a Friday which is our recipe day, we decided to hold off on our blog post revisit from last April till today.\u00a0 We are going to revisit a post that’s loaded with great outdoor information.\u00a0 We hope you enjoy seeing it again.<\/h3>\n

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In most of the country it’s porch weather, and we all want to take advantage of those precious moments we get to spend outdoors.\u00a0 Since we are on our porches, decks, patios, or courtyards so much in the warm months, we also want them to be as comfortable as possible.\u00a0 We have some great tips for how you can bring some of the comforts of your indoors to your outdoors.\u00a0 They are simple and might just require you to do a little moving around of furniture or accessories to make your outdoor space work better for you.<\/h3>\n

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(Note – All photos were taken with an iphone so excuse the quality.)<\/p>\n

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Our first suggestion is to hang curtains outside.\u00a0 Look how cozy the curtains make the double porches on this historic horse farm house look here in Kentucky.<\/h3>\n

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The curtains can be as fancy as you want them to be.\u00a0 These are made of a neutral colored burlap and trimmed with the same fabric in black.\u00a0 You could also use painters’ drop cloths, or buy sheers or drapes.\u00a0 Many on-line sources have ready-made outdoor curtains<\/a> that are reasonably priced.\u00a0 The curtains can provide privacy, protection from the sun, hold in the heat on a cool evening, or just soften the space a little.<\/h3>\n

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Our second suggestion is to bring the look of indoor fabrics outdoors.\u00a0 This is a typical old porch style wicker chair, but it would fit in any room of the house dressed up in this beautiful equestrian toile.\u00a0 Of course, if you need to be concerned with rain, mildew, and dampness, then you might want to select one of the really nice indoor\/outdoor fabrics that are available.\u00a0 You can also bring your indoor throws out so you can be warm if the temps drop.\u00a0 They also are a way to add another color to your space.<\/h3>\n

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Suggestion number three is to use beautiful pillows in your outdoor space.\u00a0 Again, if you are concerned with mildew and dampness, use indoor\/outdoor fabrics for them.\u00a0 You can easily make them following this technique<\/a> or buy them ready-made.\u00a0 We have a trunk in our sunroom<\/a> similar to this one, and it’s a great place to store our pillows when we don’t want them out.<\/h3>\n

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If you do a lot of outdoor entertaining, you might want to set up a bar area that everyone can get to easily.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We have a similar baker’s rack <\/a>in our courtyard that doubles as a potting table.\u00a0 When it’s party time, there is space for beverages, ice buckets, mixers, napkins, nuts, etc.<\/h3>\n

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Our last suggestion is to bring some of your art outdoors.\u00a0 Again, if you are concerned with exposing it to the elements, hang inexpensive prints……..<\/h3>\n

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…..or use items that might not be art but look great hanging on your wall.\u00a0 I’m looking for an old rusty metal gate to use as art in our courtyard, and I think I found it last week.\u00a0 Plus, I have an old French park bench hanging on one of our sunroom walls.\u00a0 It’s a great place to store it, it’s a conversation piece, and it’s sculpture.\u00a0 We call that a trifecta here in horse country.<\/h3>\n

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You could even hang plates in your outdoor eating area.\u00a0 These are displayed on a shelf rather than hanging directly on the wall, and I really like this look.<\/h3>\n

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We hope you found these tips helpful and useful and will be able to incorporate at least one of them into your outdoor space.\u00a0 We would love to know what you do to bring your indoors out.<\/h3>\n

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If you didn’t see Jordan’s Syracuse steps featured in Emily A. Clark’s Saturday 6, check it out here<\/a>.\u00a0 Emily was just selected as Reader’s Favorite Design Blog in a Better Homes and Gardens.<\/h3>\n

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Thanks so much for stopping in.\u00a0 We are excited about what we have to share with you this week.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n

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Greetings friends. It’s so nice to be back home in Lexington for a few days.\u00a0 I spent a week at Jordan’s helping her paint the kitchen cabinets.\u00a0 From there I drove to my parents’ home to help out while my dad recovered from surgery.\u00a0 Then I headed to Cleveland and met up with Mr. Right, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30797"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30797"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30851,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30797\/revisions\/30851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}