Flag Day and Potting Bench

While visiting the blog of  
Bab's @ Upstairs Downstairs 
and seeing her posting about her potting bench I was prompted to go ahead and show mine.  

See the lattice...yep I need that to make mine look a little cuter and to give it more clarity against my bland unfinished garage wall!

 Warning.. mine is not as cute and charming but I did get an idea to add to mine from hers.

I did warn you!! LOL.... I was going to go for a more muted look but when I went to the garage with paint samples I felt I needed something charged up with color!

 This past weekend Dan offered to paint the old bench for me.  It had been pale blue for years and was stained and marked up.  Of course I said yes!

 Didn't he do a great job! It's called "crushed berries" by Valspar from Lowe's.  I think we could safely call it "fuschia"

 Backing up to before he painted it, this is what it looked like.

Hopefully you can see some improvement here!

I even bought a vinyl runner to put on the newly painted surface so it won't get scratched and soiled as easily.  Our bird seed is kept in the metal containers that you see on the right.

I invested in some plastic containers to store the myriad of things I have which include parts for hoses, string, fertilizers, and craft/fairy garden related items!

The ring binder/book is my catalog of things I have in the garden and yard.  I find it safer to keep information on the plants and trees I've bought rather than relying on my swiss cheese brain!

 I was trying to arrange the shelf area in a sort of  country store look....the flags are in a mason jar that I set inside the pot.

The cocker spaniel was a gift some years ago when I still had a cocker spaniel.  My heart still aches a bit and I miss my little Dolly.   The picture set on the terracotta piece is one of a pair I printed and put in a couple of inexpensive frames.  One is of a potting bench and the other is of a shed with a wheel barrow 

called "Old Friend"

When I get the lattice up I will use it to hang these pictures...

 Some pieces I picked up at T.J. Maxx and still haven't given them a purpose.  They at empty inside and could be used for a plant, or candle I suppose!  I did stick on in there but that's as far as I got!

I have old garden art and new, sometimes I keep things out of sentiment...

It's not beautiful by any  means, but it's real functional and that's what I need.  Truthfully though I end up potting things outside because I have some rather large pots that I fill.  I put my dirt in a wheel barrow and move around to each spot to plant. 

I would love it if you stopped by my Garden blog- Sit With Me In My Garden

and paid a visit too! I just did a feature on a friend's garden that is amazing! 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day on this beautiful summer like Flag Day!