Jordon and I have been looking at redoing our front porch at the cabin. We have debated adding a front deck but instead are thinking of adding a small patio that may eventually be fenced in. We had thought about putting a bistro table set out front as a place where him and I start the morning drinking some coffee and just reading. We then saw these Bear Chairs at Costco and thought about adding one of these.
While we really liked the look of the chairs and they were comfortable, the joining table at Costco was already coming apart. While Jordon figured he could fix it, if I am going to shell out over $140 for some chairs, I don’t want to have to fix what I am purchasing right away.
After thinking it over, we kept looking and found a simple metal and glass outdoor table at Wal-Mart that I really liked. It is heavy enough that it won’t blow away during the frequent summer storms but was only $20. We have some resin Adirondack chairs at the lake which have lasted for years and are incredibly comfortable but they are two light to handle the wind and would be blown down the lane a couple of times a year. We looked at some chairs at Canadian Tire that Jordon liked but I didn’t and we stopped by Wal-Mart today and I saw these two chairs that I was quite fond of.
I am partial to the stacking chair on the right while Jordon likes the higher back folding chair on the left. The stacking chair is only $20 while the folding chair is only $30. With the glass end table and two chairs, we get the look and feel we want for about $80. We saw some bistro tables and chairs for that price but they don’t look nearly so comfortable.
For only $160 we also noticed the Haylea Patio Set
While we like it a lot, it’s a little too big for the space we have. That and we wanted to create a bit of a nook for Jordon and I, not the entire family. We have the gazebo in the back for family times and for entertaining friends but this is just for drinking coffee and tea in the morning.
This is kind of cool. It’s the Coughlan’s Mosquito Coil Holder. The first thing we do when Jordon and I do when we go up to the lake is light a mosquito coil. While the cabin is a lot more air tight than it was when we bought it, there is still a lot of mosquitoes that get in. Anyone who has tried to sleep while hearing the drone of a mosquito knows how annoying it can be. Plus with the risk of West Nile Virus always present, I would prefer to keep the bugs outside the cabin.
