Whoo hoo!  I am UBER proud to report that after another weekend of hard work, the deck is almost DONE!!! (... I promise more pictures to come soon... but I get a little snappy-happy and end up taking thousands of pictures detailing ONE thing and have to sort through them all to make sure you guys see the best ones... ... ... OCD much?... maybe)

ANYWAY, with the deck nearly completed and wanting to use it ASAP, we have just been sitting on the deck floor, Indian style, sitting in a circle with our friends since we have no furniture... its like troop scouts all over again... minus the adults but adding alcoholic beverages.

I have been scanning Craigslist like a mad-woman hoping to find something, but so far, no luck...

Until this weekend when I hit up a garage sale 5 houses down from ours... and saw these... and brought them home immediately...

If you would like, imagine me running to the chairs, in slow motion, in someone's driveway, while this song plays in the background...
...and then we embrace and swirl in circles while laughing....
(I really hope our future children get my sense of humor...)

Anyway, sorry I dont have a picture of them AT the actual garage sale, but I was a little excited and I forgot to take a picture with my phone...

I know the look like just normal rocking chairs, but these things are SOLID, hand crafted, and sturdy as all get out.  The lady I bought them from said they she had them made in Vermont and paid $400 for the pair since they were made by hand (if the $400 is true or not, Im not sure).  They were her ex-husband's which is why she was selling them for cheap... $30 each... I bought the pair for $50.

Chris went and picked them up for me (he had our SUV since he was also going to Home Depot for the deck later that day) and even he was impressed with them... (sidenote: Sticking with our "we-dont-get-anything-for-the-house-unless-we-both-agree-on-it" policy, I did call him to ask what he thought about rocking chairs for the deck and he said he would trust my judgement... score one for Wife)

But back to the chairs, once home and placed them on a tarp, I gave em a good wipe down (they were pretty dirty)
 One coat of primer later....
 Two coats of primer later...
 (disclaimer: Chris took this picture without my knowledge... but I figure since I try to keep it real on this blog, you guys wouldnt mind me me looking like a penny-less hobo with spray paint obsession. 

P.S- those flimsy $0.10 masks do NOT keep fumes out, and YES, you will feel high tipsy after going through FIVE cans of spray paint at close range... the fact that I giggled like a kindergartener for 20 minutes at a word I can't remember, is proof of this)

Sorry, where did I leave off... can of spray paint #4?...
 And boom goes the dynomite...
 After looking at Home Depot, World Market, and HomeGoods, I finally found some outdoor pillows I liked at where Chris and I eat lunch samples on Sundays Costco.

Here are my little lovelies now occupying the deck...
 Close ups of the pillows? Sure...
The fabric kinda reminds me of a more greenie/redish fabric like my Settee we have in the house, but I think they will do for the time being. (side note: only $13 for BOTH pillows at Costco... total score!)

As always, here is the before/after for ya...
I still might end up painting them a dark navy or something (depending on what color we stain the deck) but for right now I like em...

I wish I could show you how good they look when you see the deck in full, but that would give away the fun surprise of how the deck came to be (more posts coming soon I promise-promise!)

So what do you think? I know two chairs arent going to solve ALL our naked-deck problems, but its a start... now we can at least play musical chairs to determine which of our friends actually get furniture to sit on... again, alcohol may or may not be involved...

Would you have painted them a different color?? Gone with a different pillow choice? Wished I would have not posted such a detailed description of me running into the loving embrace of two rocking chairs to the music of LeAnn Rimes?  I love to read your comments!!