Dirt Road Adventures: March Madness

Happy Sunday, and welcome to Dirt Road Adventures: March Madness! This is where we review all the exciting events behind the scenes, on the website, and the sources of inspiration I discovered online during the past week. This weekly recap ensures you don’t miss any of our adventures.

I hope you had a good week. We spent most of the week catching up on projects related to our last beach trip and watching basketball.

Our daughter graduated from the University of North Carolina and Brad is an obsessed basketball fan. So the whole weekend revolved around game time. Thankfully, there were breaks in the action to get some projects completed.

Did you see the transformation of the roadside flower planters? I am so happy with the makeover and so glad we picked up those planters. If you missed the article, you can see the link below.

Do you have big plans for St. Patrick’s Day? We don’t have any at this point but may venture out to a brewery for some green beer. Doesn’t sound exciting at this point but we will see how we feel as the day progresses.

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In addition to bringing home the roadside planters, we picked up some old slate roofing shingles at Legacy Salvage in Wilmington.

We have been looking for an alternative awning for our outdoor kitchen bar. The current awning has to be replaced almost every two years. The wind damages the fabric so instead of replacing it, we wanted a more durable option.

While I was working on less strenuous projects, Brad replaced the awning. It went pretty quickly until he had to replace the area over the water.

I helped him as best I could and finally all the pieces were in place. It would have been better to wait for additional help holding the heavy tiles, but that’s not how we work. Once a project is underway, we are determined to finish. We only experienced a couple of injuries. One piece of slate slipped and cut Brad’s ear and another piece jabbed me in the wrist. Considering the precarious position we were in, we were lucky.

The minor injuries were worth it because we love the new look. Hopefully, we will not have to replace the awning for many years.

I’ll share more photo’s as we clean up this area for Spring and Summer entertaining.

Adventures On The Blog This Past Week

Adventures Off The Dirt Road

Why Didn’t I Think of That?

There are so many wonderful blog posts each week, and I’m sharing some of my favorites with you today.

There are so many creative ideas, and I’m always asking myself, “Why didn’t I think of that”? LOL

Yeah, for Spring beginning next week!! I’m so ready to get outdoors and plant flowers in my updated planters. I want lots of cut flowers this year and I’ve been devouring my friend Stacy’s new book.

You can get your copy of A Beautiful & Easy Care Flower Garden here.

• You’ll also enjoy Stacy’s article How To Keep Fresh Flowers Longer.

Here are some more of my favorite articles from last week.

• If you are a blue and white fan, you will love Molly’s Easter Tablescape.
• You’ll also love this simple but stunning Spring centerpiece that KariAnne shared.
• If you love soft pastels for Spring, wait until you see CoCo’s Home and Porch tour.
• I loved Heather’s ideas for Easter Baskets for Teens and Tween Girls
• You may also like these ideas for Friendship Easter Baskets.

What’s in my Cart

It’s been a slow shopping week but I want to share a few finds.

• These pillow covers just arrived and I love them. I plan to use them at the beach cottage. But they are so cute I may keep one here.
• I’m in love with Stone textured paint. I used it on the Faux Concrete Flower Pot Transformation and will be getting more for future projects.
• I saw these cute bunny slippers for kids and thought what a cute Easter Basket Filler.
• I wouldn’t mind finding these bunny slippers in my basket this Easter.

I hope you have a wonderful week ahead and I look forward to sharing my next adventures with you.