Staining Furniture, versus painting, Phase II of the Outdoor Dream!

I am really going to spread this outdoor dream area out in my postings.
PHASE I HERE
 It is being done all in stages and it has been so much fun and a joy to see my vision all coming together!

These are our new outdoor Adirondack rockers.  Mike is so organized when he has a project to do.

Not me, I would have had every nut and bolt all over the place!

But they would have been together, not saying they would have stayed together!

Today Mike and I spread 11 bales of pine needles around the perimeter or our new deck.  I knew I could not do away entirely without them.

I am OK with it because it still looks rustic, yet I do not have to walk and slide all over them.

I mentioned I would be having lots of color out here.
Instead of traditionally painting our chairs, we went the staining route with color.

Spray painting I have found it chips and peels over time and just not easy to sand off when having to redo.
I am done spray painting outdoor chairs!

Finally a place for my Spanish rustic horse head!

Some people do not care for this horse head, I happen to like it, I just needed the right spot for it,

and now I do believe I found it!

We have plenty of wood for those Fall and Winter fires we plan on having!

Here is the stain brand and name of the color we used.

Mike says the chairs look like a dill pickle...

I love pickles!

After staining the chairs, we applied three coats of polyurethane.

Easy maintenance just wipe up, and perhaps yearly add a fresh coat of poly.

There is certainly more to come out here..but as you can see it is coming along nicely.
Perhaps some pretty plants and containers, mums for Fall, etc.
I can't wait to decorate!

I have a feeling we are going to make lots of fun memories out here to come...

Phase III coming soon.
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Stamped concrete, phase I of the dream...NEWBIE party started!

Coming along here, coming along!

Stamped concrete is an interesting process.

It is a lot cheaper than pavers or real stone, so we opted for that route.

Glad we did. It will give us room for a few other things we have been

dreaming of in the future.

If you recall this is was our outdoor area a few weeks ago...

I sure will not miss all that pinestraw...

 This was the first step after the poured concrete. 

 They then throw this powder coating on, that oxidized the color.  They take these rubber stamps and literally stamp them into the concrete. It is like a puzzle...

We love the color, the texture and the pattern!

 Soon our fireplace will go on the surface, along with some other fun outdoor goodies,

 furniture and decor..

I plan on bringing lots of color from the indoors out.

The total extra square footage is around 450 sq. ft.  Certainly wonderful for outdoor entertaining.

I can't wait to show you phase II, soon.

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