Your hard work paid off. Looks great, and a nice burst of color, besides your flowers, for your back yard.

That is beyond amazing! Fabulous job.

Oooh, my favorite color! They look awesome.

Looks so fantastic! Your hard work is certainly worth it -- your whole patio has a happy glow!

Jan

Just lovely! Great work, trail--when there's a will there's a way :)

That looks like a brand new set! Great job!

I almost didn't open your post. Thought it would be something about a paint color that turned purple on you, lol.

What a great job!

Every garden need a punch of purple.

Great job!! You can add an umbrella to the set too. Maybe even a lit umbrella so it makes for some evening relaxation.

Very nice. What a great spot for morning coffee and so nice that you and DH have that time together in the morning.

That's a very flowery shade of purple - perfect next to the garden! Nice!

(And who knew you could get from those ugly, rusted-out hunks of junk to a set that looks like flowers??? Amazing!!!)

Absolutely outstanding and so very charming. I have to tell you this story, it concerns purple.

I think you know I am the crazy rose lady. Anyway, I recruited one of my architect son's friends who is an artist to tell me what I needed to do in my backyard. One of the things he said, "you need some kind of purple folly. Not eggplant but medium purple, big, that attracts attention. How about your garden shed." So after seeing your beautiful table and chairs, maybe I can get brave and do something purple. He was also quick to remind me that if you use purple in the garden, you can mix orange, yellow and red and that purple will serve as a medium by which to neutralize the mismatched colors.

just gorgeous! they look awesome in your garden - congrats on a job well done.

Wow, do they ever look nice! What a quaint area you've got back there. I've got a set with some rust that I've been groaning about since last summer, and now I am excited to fix them up. Thanks!

Just for fun .......

a very happy-colored umbrella too .....

Here is a link that might be useful: Happy Umbrella

trailrunner....what a fabulous job you did!!
I LOVE purple, but never seem to be able to incorporate it into anything in my house. I have a set of two antique shell metal chairs that might just have to be purple now!!!!
Good work!

I can not believe it is the same set. If it was April 1st I would think you were pulling an April fools joke! Ha!It is beautiful and I love the color. It looks so inviting out on your patio with all of your beautiful flowers. Your hard work paid off and I bet you love the price! I agree an umbrella would look great!

Just love it!!! Now I'm going to be on the hunt for a small set to use in my yard - what an inspiration.

Gorgeous! Nice work! You're inspiring me too...

Looks great! It is so cool that you took something so beat up and reused it.
Diane

THANK YOU !! I just knew you all would appreciate this set !! I wish I had a bunch of them to share.

I found a glider and 2 chairs...they are old old old...just like my Grandmother had...she has them for 30% off too if they are still there. My DIL and DS1 ( the chef) are moving to Montgomery in a couple weeks and have a screened porch so we are going to go look at it and I will help DIL finish it...I need more to do LOL.

I hope everyone will post pics of their chairs/sets and the before and after....HOW FUN this is....c

They're wonderful!!! Your Before pics showed what a major job that was just getting them ready to paint, let alone the painting itself . . . OMG! I love the perk they add to your pretty garden area, too. It must make you smile just sitting there. Now you've got me thinking about my own patios and what I can do out there!
Lynn

Sweeeeet! What a charming and happy set you have turned it into. I absoultely love it! I always mix purple flowers in with my other 'standard' colors of red, orange and yellow. It really brings out the best in eveything.

I don't post often because I can't offer much advice, but I can comment, and the set is awesome. Good job!

SWEET!

Stunning. I love it.

All of you are so kind. I am so glad that I can make someone smile...my gift to you ! I hope everyone will now be on the lookout for these sets. They are restorable.

A side note. On the refinishing. I was going to try and get an auto place to strip it and then I was going to just paint. But not one place around here has a sand blaster . They all said they use chemicals and/or sanding. Also my DH suggested after the fact that I probably could have used a pressure washer to remove the paint...I am somewhat afraid of them so didn't try but you might look into it. Also you need to use the Rust Reformer paint spray to seal it before painting. Then use the gloss Rustoleum paint . That part wasn't bad at all...it dries really fast. Wear good masks !!

PLEASE do post your projects , it will be so nice to see what you come up with. c

WOW! You know, i'm ordinarily pretty color adverse (it's an admitted weakness of mine), but this is FANTASTIC! I just LOVE it. It's a gorgeous transformation and you must be very pleased with the results.

Beautiful garden as well. The whole space speaks of bounty and resplendence and a great deal of joy.

What a fun color! You rock!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd love to find a set like that. I bet its weight would hold up to our winds.

Funny you should mention the sand blasting. That was Hubby's first question when I showed him the pics.

That is outstanding. Very pretty.

Caroline, what time is breakfast and what kind of pastry will there be? What a beautiful spot your hard work created.

I never use purple - WOW - am I ever going to re-think that!!
This is stunning...I love it!!!

OH MY...estreya you are really kind...resplendence...you gave me goose bumps ! Thank you.

tmkb,flyleft,alisande,ctlane,teacats,cattail.mairin.charlikin.artlover,threegrad,parma,Holly,brutuses,pb,cat_mom.boopadoop,caminnc,kaelkriver,mrsmarv,lynne,Diane,walkin,dlm,gracie,declansmom---ALL of you THANK YOU !!

The umbrella really isn't needed for the sun since it is only out there in the late afternoon and by then we are either on the front porch or by the pool and we have umbrellas out there...but thanks three and tea for the idea. Gracie it is NOT April Fool !! Declansmom get those chairs done and post pics !! Holly we have French Roast coffee and homemade sourdough banana bread and strawberries with pineapple and yogurt and homemade granola !!

EVERYONE has been so sweet...I think it will be so cool to see what each of you "saves" in the next weeks and months of Spring/Summer. I can hardly wait.

As to the purple. I didn't know that was what I was going to use. I had looked around at the surrounding plants and noticed what was in bloom. Then I paid attention to what really caught my eye the most. When I went to the store to look for colors I noticed they had just about everyone in the rainbow. I was standing there trying to decide and the girl that works in the paint dept at HD came up. She said well for the metal daybed in her daughter's room she had just used...you got it...purple...and she pulled it off of the shelf. I remembered the ajuga and pansies and thought OK, that's it.

Patricia's artist friend was right on . I can't believe how everything goes with purple. Who knew? Evidently there is something in color theory, which I don't know anything about, that would tell me why this is so. It is almost like having a neutral as nothing can clash with it. Just think about it...every color I have next to it looks great. So now we will have to look at painting the inside of the house...PURPLE ! Well at least some "punch" as several of you said. It is my new favorite neutral color to go to.

Nurse I hope others decide the same thing !! c