JUNE IS HALFWAY GONE!!! WHERE'D TIME GO???

It's the middle of June already!  Half of 2019 is already gone - time flies so fast you wonder what have you done all those months?  At least that's how I felt.  So we've been in this house half a year already.  We have done little work here and there, have done un-tangling the poor rose bushes in the front from a lot of invasive choke weeds, uncovered some hostas from under that jungle.  I did a little landscaping in the front and with the rain constantly pouring on the poor annuals I planted, I didn't think I'd see the fruits of my labor but lo and behold, they survived.  I'm glad the sun finally is here to stay (crossing my fingers here).  Little by little we managed to add our personal touches to the front of the house making it feel like our home now.  I'm painting the window trim white and I hope I'll get it done this week.

The poor white rose bushes were under the choke weeds I am so happy to see them bloom.  The hostas are the same, I know they're glad to be rid of those nasty weeds all over them.  They, too, are starting to bloom.

Then we have a bedroom that needs furnishings.  We have the headboard and foot board that we used at the apartment as well as the bed frame.  I started scouting for a box spring and mattress once garage sale season started.  I found one that's almost new and although I only need the bed, I end up buying the whole ensemble: headboard/foot board, box spring and mattress, dresser with mirror and night stand.  Mike wanted to take the headboard and foot board that was already in the spare room to the curb for anyone who might need one, but I want sell it at our garage sale and maybe get a couple of bucks.  This was the one I bought through the Marketplace that we used at the apartment for our bed.

I took it outside to the back porch and one day while I was looking at it, I thought why not make it into a day bed for the back porch or even a swing.  And of course we have been wanting a swing in the back and had been scouting for one since the start of the garage sale season.  So I told Michael rather than selling the headboard/foot board at our garage sale, I'd like to make it into a nice comfy daybed with cushions and pillows.  And he went to work, cutting the foot board into two for the sides and he also cut the metal frame to size as the base for the wood slats.  He bore holes on the wood and the metal frame and assembled it using screws.

Here is our finished daybed/swing:

Michael used heavy duty chains to secure and hung it up.  For now it is a swing, if we get tired of it as a swing it can easily be converted into a daybed just by unhooking the chains.

I asked Michael not to chop the legs off so that it can also be converted into a patio daybed.  The "S" links on the sides are pretty easy to slip off in case we want to use it as a daybed

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To reinforce the ceiling Michael added a 2x6 piece of wood on the rafters and attached the chain that hold the swing to spread the weight around:

Well, I'll park for now.  JJ is going to church camp today and I need to take him to church or he'll miss the bus :).  This will be his first being away from us for a longer time.

I hope this article gave you an inspiration for your front or back porch.  Maybe you have a headboard and foot board collecting dust in your storage, this will be a good project to do.  We used a full size headboard, by the way.   A twin size bed will be a smaller version and the queen/king will be a longer version.

Thank you all for following.  Love you all and God bless!