On The Deck

For quite a while I've been trying to spruce up the deck and not having much success finding a look that I liked. I couldn't even decide on colors and must have changed my mine 4 or 5 times. 
I finally decided to forget about cushions for the chairs and instead concentrate on the coffee table, baker's rack and potted plants.

Yesterday I was at a local antique mall and found a small garden cherub and thought maybe he would work on the coffee table.

He has that old weathered look I like, as if he'd been in the garden for many years.

When I was at Hobby Lobby the other day, I found this stone looking base... half price.. :) and decided to use it under my  hurricane candle holder.

I decided to use oak leaf hydrangeas in the vase. For some reason, certain colors look strange on the black granite, so I thought I'd  to stick with white for now. 

 Oh, let me show you the coffee table. I made it a couple of years ago, from a table that a neighbor had thrown out for the trash collector. lol  
My husband thought I was crazy dragging that old table home.

It had bronzey-goldish wrought iron legs and a wooden and plaster top. Well, it sat for almost a year while I tried to think of what to do with it. 

Finally I decided to go to a granite and tile shop to see what I could find. They had pieces that were left over and the only size that worked was the black. So I took off the top, painted the legs black and added the granite. Then I bought new black chairs and glider.

I know... I've jumped to a totally different tablescape but I wanted to offer you a snack and show you a different look. :)

Doesn't this Efferve' orangeade, from France, look yummy? Let's open it and see what how it tastes. Would you like a cookie?

Thanks for stopping by and letting me show you what I've been working on. There'll be more to come in later posts.
 I'm headed over to Kim's @ Savvy Southern Style  for

 See you there. 
                                                         Babs