Good deal on the coffee table!! Yes, I would paint it....Maybe do an undercoat of the blue - then with white & scuff up with sand paper to show the blue under neath. Then maybe search more garage sales/ CL for a wicker loveseat to create a sitting area. You could add your other side table with a lamp. Leave it green since your pillows have the green. Find an outdoor rug to pull all the colors together & ground the seating area. More cushions & pillows to cozy it all up - totally charming:)

Your GFs table looks great as a potting area & great repurpose.

Smiles:)

If you're keeping the end table with the birdcage on it, you could paint the coffee table to match (leave the top oak even if it's not exactly the same color as the end table)?

Where do all you people live that you can find such great deals? Our CL is way overpriced junk for the most part (though there are some beautiful things I'd like if they would fit in my house, those are $$$ even if not overpriced).

Great table!

I would paint it white -- and also paint the small green table white too!

Yes -- perhaps look for a couple of similar wicker chairs -- and maybe a pretty small bookcases to hold your lovely pieces of milk glass!

Jan at Rosemary Cottage

What a sweet, charming room...love it!

I would put the wickers more in the corners, angled toward each other.
Another vote for painting the table White and then putting it in front of the Wickers, and use it as the coffee table it is with maybe a decorative birdcage on top.

Flower pot in the bird cage with some colorful flowers against the wicker and white table....very Spring.

"Flower pot in the bird cage with some colorful flowers against the wicker and white table....very Spring."

Unless it's too early in the morning and I can't see straight, it appears that the bird cage is actually being lived in. :) I've never seen a decorative one with feeding stations.

lol amity, the bird might not appreciate having his space "decorated".......

I would definitely paint the new table white.

You could strip it and stain it white so some of the wood grain would still show through. I've done this, worked great.

LOL! Here's the occupant of the bird cage. Oliver. He's only out there when I'm woroking in the yard, or on the porch.

And here IS another birdcage with exacty what parma42 said. 50 cents at garage sale.

Sooo, continue the makeover, please....

"Flower pot in the bird cage with some colorful flowers against the wicker and white table....very Spring."

The bird is too adorable to relocate!

Great find and your screened porch is a wonderful space. I'd love one like that. I agree with a PP who said to paint it blue then tie the blue/green/white scheme together in another way - I think you could use a stripe, plaid, or geometric fabric for more cushions in those colors. Maybe even cover the lampshade with the new fabric.

Oliver is adorable!

Oh My goodness....obviously my idea did not come out as well in print as it did in my grey matter. LOL LOL

I meant, since there is a bird cage sorta theme in the room......several already in there, another birdcage WITHOUT a live bird, sitting on the coffee table with some colorful flowers/plant inside, a few garden books stacked near, maybe a pretty candle holder/candle.

Oh Dear, now you all know why I rarely if ever offer any ideas.....the ideas don't make it to print form well attall. :)

Please tell those of us who love our feathered babies, a little about Oliver?
He's beautiful!

Sorry amity, it just tickled my funny bone. :) I should let things slide until I know the poster well enough to poke some fun.

Don't ever stop giving advice.

Oliver is indeed a lovely boy! :-)

What Jan said. Oh how I love a screened porch! Would love to see a large( as space allows) armoire, door open or off, displaying blue and white things...tinware,maybe, along with natural wicker trays, pots,etc., and green ferns...big one(s)

I would paint the base white leave the top as is, to match those 2 chaise, and top of small table, to blend in with the rest on the porch..

Great ideas, I love the idea of looking for an armoire/bookcase, love a good treasure hunt. Covering the lampshade, and an area rug, and painted coffee table all sound good. You all are a great group! Come visit on the daylily web sometime! Thanks! Pat

Oliver is a green-cheeked conure. He is about 3 1/2 years old. I got him when he was about 2 months old. I am a science teacher and take him to school with me every day. He loves to go, go, go. He says "hi Oliver", and has long, involved conversations I can't understand. He loves certain kids (7th and 8th graders) and others... not so much. But he doesn't bite them. He tends to like the oddest, least behaved kids, and that works in my favor! I walk the halls at the school of 600 kids and they all walk by saying "Hi Oliver!"

Parma42 wrote: "Sorry amity, it just tickled my funny bone. :) I should let things slide until I know the poster well enough to poke some fun."

Parma, Parma, Parma.....
Because it doesn't translate well in type-form, my wickedly wicked sense of humor stays neatly tucked away, under my keyboard. I've been known to offend when it was the last thing I would ever think to do....inflection and all that stuff. *big grin*
I was right there with you, chuckling, when I read what you wrote about the birdcage as it was only then that I saw the same humor in what I wrote....you gave me a good chuckle; for that I thank you!

LadyPat,
I have been grinning from ear to ear since I read about Oliver, how you take him to school, how he likes certain kids....what a fantastic experience for those kids, especially those who have never been near a parrot before!

Oliver is beautiful, just beautiful!
Please give him a little beak-kiss for me.

Oh, and my Hudson, my yellow nape, told me to tell Oliver "Hi" !

[p.s. whatever is that wonderful tree I see in the back...or the wonderful limb I see, I should say? Very pretty view from your pretty porch!

Ladypat, Oliver is a handsome GCC. A lady I met is a school teacher and a clicker trainer. She takes in parrots with bad pasts and rehabs them, then finds them good homes. She takes the birds to school, which socializes the birds. She also lets the kids feed a bird or interact with a bird as a reward for the kid behaving well. Her kids behave *very* well (and she has the hard to teach kids) and everybody wins. :o)

Your porch is going to be darling. Seems to me I may have put some screened porch pics in the Cottage Decor thread, and maybe some in the Living Rooms thread in our Gallery. Have you looked at those?