One of my kids Chris Farley-ed one of the acapulco chairs on our backyard patio recently. The chair was ruined during the funny but destructive fall. A furniture shuffle began, one thing lead to another, and I decided to create a bigger seating area out here. I found this black and white target rug on sale and ran with a black/white/orange color scheme. Eventually I’d like to find more substantial furniture to fit this space, but I think I’m headed in a good direction and it’s a marked improvement, especially for only buying one item. Part of settling into middle-age is continually messing with your plants. I replanted this small bed with sansevieria once I got rolling on this patio thing. We used to have a prolific umbrella plant that needed major trimming every few months and dropped crap all over. In support of my low maintenance plant goals, I finally removed it (and relocated a neighboring dracaena that was beginning to block the gate). The sansevieria are a little dinky now, but will really pop once they grow.

SOURCES

B&W rug – Target | acapulco chairs – similar | spun fiberglass chair – vintage

coffee table – vintage | orange and iron table – Target (painted)

wall hanging – DIY | planters – vintage/Homegoods/Ikea

patio set – vintage | chair cushions – Amazon | bird house – similar

doormat – Target | orange screen door – info here