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Front Porch Fix-up by Monica Resinger Having a nice pretty front porch will make you feel good about your home and is a nice way to welcome guests. The first thing to do is clear away any clutter that doesn’t belong so you can have a clean canvas to work with. Here are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing: ~ Consider the time of year. Since summer’s on it’s way, maybe you can decorate your porch with a summer theme like sunflowers. Grow mini sunflowers in pots, make or buy a wreath or straw hat that includes silk or dried sunflowers, put up a welcome sign with painted sunflowers, get a sunflower welcome mat or paint rocks as sunflowers. You can use these same ideas with any other summer themes -- sail boating, the sun, the beach, shells -- the sky’s the limit. ~ Attach thin strips (6-10” or so) of lattice to the roof of your porch lengthwise with nails, then intertwine silk or real vines, leaves and flowers for a cute cottage look border. ~ To save money and also look for creative ideas, shop thrift stores and yard sales. You’ll find all sorts of neat stuff like baskets, old cans, silk flowers, plants, welcome signs, wreaths and other odds and ends that you can use in your porch fix-up. When shopping, keep in mind how you could fix up some of the things you find. For example, maybe you see a plain grapevine wreath you could attach your own silk flowers or pretty ribbon to later, or maybe you see a basket you like the shape of, but it needs a paint job so you could spray paint it later. This kind of thinking will save you money and can give you some unique decorations. I hope these ideas will give you inspiration to fix-up your front porch. For more outdoor decor tips, check out The Outdoor Decor E-book! Included are many fun tips for decorating your outdoor spaces like a homemade birdbath idea, a faux brick pathway, homemade stepping stone ideas, how to make a topiary, trash to treasure ideas and much more! Click here for details: http://homemakersjournal.com/outdoordecor.htm Get Monica's FREE e-zine for homemakers! Each issue includes a home & garden article, delicious recipes and more! To subscribe, just send a blank e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE USING ARTICLES POSTED ON THE GROUP: 1. Print the article in its entirety. Don't make any changes in the article . 2. Print the resource box with all articles in their entirety. 3. Send the Author a copy of the reprinted article or the URL where the articles was posted. Anything short of following these three rules is a violation of the Authors Copyright. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReprintArticles-Paradise/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
