Concrete Area Before/After and a Shabby Old Boat

G'day to you all, well you'll be pleased to know I made it out of bed this morning before 9am, not much before though.  It is another beautiful day here in Australia, and the kids went for a surf this morning and then I have been pottering in the garden…I love doing that…

So, as you know, we came home with a boat strapped to the roof, as you do…I loved it, all shabby and weathered, heaps of peeling paint and chippy bits – for now I've put it with the bench (any ideas as to what else I can do with it, other of course than renovate it and go for a row at the lake around the corner in it), a perfect partnership to conceal a nasty bit of concrete to the back and left of the deck that was looking particularly ugly and is way down the end of the list for renovating.   Here's how it looked before and no I don't go round dropping oranges on the floor, those are from the orange tree…

Before 

After

here's what we've got to work with inside the boat…this may take a while

…now a nice place to sit with a magazine this spot gets the full-on Winter sunshine…although it needs a couple of pillows, it is a tad hard on the old behind (and yes I did give that lavender some water after this pic!)

Concealing is getting to be a new talent of mine since I came to this tatty old beach cottage (works for me!), quite amazing what one can do with an old boat, a couple of pillows and a forgotten bench  

and if you like the pillows I have a couple available – you can click here 

{ Beach House Pillow }

blogged for Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer – surf around all the outdoor spots!

and my Works for Me tip!