Updating Outdoor Furniture and Accessories

We are in full summer mode here and that means spending time outside! Our furniture is a little hodge podge (sale, clearance, end of season- yeah that’s me). Updating outdoor furniture is easy with spray paint.

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Hello Friends! Time to think about summer fun and staycations! I don’t know about you but my outdoor furniture looks rough even after the mildest of winters. Updating outdoor furniture can be quick and fairly painless with a few tried and true supplies.

Umbrellas

This year we purchased two umbrellas from Costco – love them. As gorgeous as they were we had a problem… all that newness REALLY made my old umbrellas look incredibly sad. Overall the old umbrellas still had a season or two left in them. So…. what is a girl to do? She grabs her trusty can of spray paint!

You would almost think this umbrella was just beige...would you believe it was once navy blue? — You would almost think this umbrella was just beige…would you believe it was once navy blue?

See...I kid you not. The Texas sun is harsh! — See…I kid you not. The Texas sun is harsh!

Needs one more coat but it's soo much better! — Needs one more coat but it’s soo much better!

Mirror

Here is a great mirror I found at Home Goods in the clearance aisle that I thought would be a great option for outdoors. This summer I wanted a brighter gold finish and thanks to metallic paint- I got it! * I learned that the gold metallic fades outside so be sure to spray a non yellowing poly.

I seriously started gigling as I painted…not from the fumes, ha! Elated over this golden goodness my friends!

Chairs

These chairs received a facelift last year… thinking about adding a little gold accent to them.

Outdoor Cushions

And finally…. our little sectional needed freshening up badly. I used a hammered finish on the frame and used fabric spray paint for the cushions. HUGE change for little coinage. I did this project last season in hopes of getting two more years out of the cushions ($60 plus dollars a pop for each cushion is a no-go right now). So far they are holding up pretty well.