Old verandah lounge

 Lately I have been working on this old lounge.  I pulled it completely apart and sanded it right back, painted it with Bondall and put it back together.  I recovered the cushions when I first got my hands on it using this purple cord, it is quite faded in areas now and needs doing again!  The verandah walls are also freshly painted in Hog Bristle, the deck needs attention too.

I have put my old tea towel cushions on it and have made a rule to sit on it 2 times a day and drink tea. 

Vintage Tea towel cushions

I love love love these!

the backs are just as unreal as the fronts.

This calendar Australia map one is my favourite.  I've had this tea towel for a while and finally figured out what to do with them.  The year was 1977 on this tea towel.

Here is the back of my favourite.  I put a zip through the backs under a secret flap.  The zips are just as awesome, the one in this cushion is bright green.

This is a patchwork number using scraps of favourite bits.

this one is a mega map cushion.  It was a small square tablecloth with native animals in each corner.  The kids like learning landmarks when they lounge on them!

I've got my hands on a few more vintage tea towels to add to the collection and also some brand new souvenir tea towels which are equally as daggy as the older numbers.  I am on the lookout for a groovy split cane lounge/daybed for these cushions to sit on for a non tv watching part of the house, a good spot to read I am hoping!