Tropical, black and white striped porch

Today I’m sharing my tropical, black and white striped porch with you. The front porch is definitely a big hangout spot for us even though it is very small. It is covered and when it rains we can sit out here comfortably. Another reason why we hang out on our porch is the fact that all the kids play out front and we need to keep an eye on them. You can read my concrete stripe tutorial HERE.

I’m participating in a little outdoor blog hop hosted by my friend Katrina of Chic Little House.
And welcome to all of the visitors coming from her beautiful home. I’m really thrilled that she asked me to participate. It definitely gave me the needed little kick in the rear to get my front porch spruced up for the outdoor season.

Tropical, black and white striped porch

I also moved all our plants outside for the summer and since the large bird of paradise started getting burned leafs in the spot I had it last year on the back patio, I ended up moving them all to the front porch since it’s much shadier there and I’m hoping the plants will like it there.

The two items I ended up buying are the fire column and the outdoor floor pillow. I’ve wanted a fire element like that for a long time and have found the right small scale and price in this one HERE. I am actually still considering painting it something different. Lets see.

The pillow is just the right size and of course I was sold on the back and white right way too. You can find it HERE. And it happens to be super comfy too,

 

The rest are really just items I had and size it’s all covered and protected from the elements I didn’t worry about having just outdoor stuff on our porch.

If you don’t feel like painting your porch or deck then you could use an outdoor striped rug like THIS one or THIS one.

more sources:

bench HERE  | boxwood balls HERE or HERE | striped outdoor rug HERE  and HERE | black similar planters HERE  and HERE | lanterns HERE |
leopard pillow HERE | colorful pillow HERE | similar stool HERE or HERE (mine was from Goodwill but formerly Target | fire column HERE | floor pillow HERE | triangle pillow from Target last year find similar one HERE | hexagon pillow from H&M (sold out) | similar wood tray HERE or HERE | buddha candle HERE | black and white plate HERE |

{little ombre tassel HERE}

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The kids love hanging out on the front porch with the pillows, especially when their friends are around. And my little one is turning out to be quite the tomboy with all her soccer gear but she’s still loving her long hair. I’m so glad that she doesn’t want a tomboy haircut.

And I also took one of the kittens outside to take some photos and had to share these two with you:

Peonies and kittens, there is nothing better than that. Isn’t the little runt the cutest? My daughter renamed her and called her Penny. She is half the size of her brothers and has the sweetest personality. Gosh I hope the rescue will find her a loving home once she is put up for adoption. I should rephrase that… “gosh I wish we could afford to keep all three of them and we wouldn’t have to give them up because we are going away over the summer”

Check out my other outdoor posts:

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