Hey there! When we first found our home 6 years ago, I was absolutely in love with this side porch off the kitchen. At the time of course, it looked awful because it was in the middle of being renovated, but, I saw what it could be. I pictured pots of delicious herbs just waiting to be harvested for cooking, a cozy table to enjoy lunch or a morning cup of tea or coffee, or just a place to sit and read. Funny thing was, it wasnt until now, 6 years later, that I finally filled the porch with those things. I have no idea why.
We have a large vegetable garden in our backyard, complete with herbs, so, it never occurred to me to also have some on the porch. My hubby came home the other day with a crate that he found beside the road that I just loved. I had it sitting on the porch for a few days waiting until I decided what to do with it when I realized how much I loved it on the porch. And an idea was born; fill it with unique herbs that I dont have in my vegetable garden, but that I would like to experiment with in the kitchen.
I like to keep the decor on this porch simple, so, heres what I did.
We have a large vegetable garden in our backyard, complete with herbs, so, it never occurred to me to also have some on the porch. My hubby came home the other day with a crate that he found beside the road that I just loved. I had it sitting on the porch for a few days waiting until I decided what to do with it when I realized how much I loved it on the porch. And an idea was born; fill it with unique herbs that I dont have in my vegetable garden, but that I would like to experiment with in the kitchen.
I like to keep the decor on this porch simple, so, heres what I did.
Last year when I made these porch curtains, I just hung them with rope instead of going to the trouble of installing a rod, very rustic and easy. This year, after seeing industrial copper pipe curtain rods everywhere, I just had to try making some, so, I went to Lowes and priced copper. Uh....yeah, way too expensive. So I stood in Lowes for an hour trying to come up with a cheaper way. Total cost, $25 for two 4 feet long rods. Heres what I came up with.
I used PVC pipe and spray painted it with the best metallic copper spray paint. The quick tutorial will be at the end of this post.
I love how they turned out! Its like a little surprise inside the porch.
Heres the crate my hubby found.
I filled it with italian parsley, purple basil, chamomile, dill and cinnamon basil.
The hand carved oar is vintage and was found by hubby.
I painted these stripes on our back porch last summer. They match our front porch, as well.
I painted these stripes on our back porch last summer. They match our front porch, as well.
Hubby also found this metal garden planter. I didnt care for the brown color, so, I spray painted it with the extra copper spray paint. The vintage faucet towel rack I made a couple months ago, click here for the tutorial. It will be the perfect thing to hold my kiddos wet towels this summer from swimming, instead of piling them on the floor. And is the perfect pop of color.
And thats it for the back porch!
Best thing is its exactly like I pictured it 6 years ago. :) Finally....
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