NO MORE!! I moved the flower stuff to a work space in the garage, and bought a couch, a chair and ottoman, and an outdoor stand up lamp that has not blown down. And I am loving this space. I feel as tho we added another room to the house, and I love reading out there in the cool air. I can't wait to have some friends over.

But I think I have made my usual mistake. Too many greens! The table and chairs are a blue green, the couch material mostly a yellow green, the chair material is lime green, the other chair is a different green, and to top it off, the lampshade is "spring green."

What mostly catches my eye is the disparity of the blue green and the yellow greens. Do I paint the table and chairs? And what color- a brown, black (couldn't that get hot?), or what? And the door is dull and peeling on the other side. Do I paint that the same color, or maybe black? I have stared at this to the point where I don't know what to think. And we are going to need some roll down shades- what color for them?

Can these greens all live together peacefully, or do I need to do something?

OT, my flowers on the way to market. We are gradually painting the buckets, because the kitty litter doesn't seem to add to the ambiance of selling flowers!

A lovely porch, those brick floors and creamy white walls are a great combo with the furniture. Since you don't mind considering painting, I would paint the table and chairs either the muted brick red or the yellow (I think it's yellow, hard to tell on my laptop monitor) from your striped couch, that coupled with the brick, beautiful brown wicker and creamy white walls would be knock out.

Also, those peonies are stunning, I wish you sold at our farmer's market, we have good veggies and Amish baked goods, but no people selling cut flowers.

Good luck-

sandyponder

The black feels a bit harsh/stark. Trying some cushions:

Sandyponder, I have been drooling over the pics of your porch. Just beautiful! I really like your suggestion of painting the table and chairs a brick red as the door is that color, and the swatch of material on the couch, that is being made into pillows is that color too. It could look really good.

Jen9- I probably will lose the director's chair. I would love to find a narrow table to put in that space to set serving dishes on and stuff.

Justgotabme, thanks for the compliment on the flowers. The car does smell really nice when I am driving to the market.

SH, you are the best with your photoshopping! I agree, the black feels harsh. But I do like the darker brown that is similar to the tone of the wicker. It seems to go so much better than the blue green.That is what I had been thinking of doing and it is really great to be able to visualize it. And those aqua pillows look really nice too. I wouldn't have thought of that color.

So, I am definately going to paint the table and chairs. SH, is it possible to do them in a brick red to compare to the brown? I don't have any idea of how to do it, so if it isn't, I completely understand.

Also, how about a nice piece of artwork for over your settee?

Something floral, maybe? An unframed canvas?

Mclarke, you are absolutely right about something over the couch. I've just been concentrating all the greens, that my thinking just hasn't gotten that far.

Please show us when you're done!

With a bronze-y brown paint on the chairs.

Holleygarden, I wish all greens went together! But I think I am proving that they don't. I have made this same mistake in my LR: rug is blue green and curtains yellow green. I went through gazillions of material swatches to uphoster the couch with, and it was very difficult to find something. Finallly went with a yellow. The LR walls are yellow and I am afraid the couch will meld into the wall, but at that point, I had decided it would be easier to repaint then to find something different for the couch. Beware of the greens!