Don't Tread on Me (the paint's not dry)!

The weather has been pleasant and it's time to get the porch opened up for the year! Let's get BUSY!

First I decided to put a finish coat of paint on the fireplace. I primed it last summer, but never got around to finish coating it. Can you tell which part is primed and which part has finish coat?

Top 1/4 of the fireplace is finish coated.

Next, on to the floor! Despite a thorough cleaning, a dingy grey floor remains. I want something that will look better suited to my furniture and decor. Red? Brown?

Here the floor is in the process of being primed.

Initially I was leaning towards the same shade of red as the pillows I made for the porch last summer. A quick mock-up in PhotoShop proved that that was the wrong decision! I decided to go with a sand color that echoed the color of my porch's rug.

I'm too lazy to remove all of this stuff from the porch to paint. Instead I painted a third, waited for it to dry, and moved things around. Took me longer to do it this way, but I don't care.

And here's a sneak peak of what it looks like together! More pics to come once I get everything situated...

Need to dig those pillows out of the basement!