My original alfresco comprised of red brick, merbu decking and old wooden seating. Over the years, the merbu fades and is in constant need of maintenance. The area seemed dull and lacked ’life’.
I chose to tone down the colour and make it more inviting, interesting and a place I’d love to use all year round.
I decided to cover the walls, paint the decking and replace the furniture and lighting, adding in some plants, a tv and a cafe blind to keep the dust, cold/hot air out.
Materials
1. Stick Wall panels - Grey
2. Gorilla Wood glue
3. Stanley knife
4. Metal ruler and measuring tape
1. Calbots Decking paint - grey
2. pressure hose
3. Ortiz Sander
4. decking brush
5. decking cleaner
6. paint brush
2x Marquee Harbour loveseat
2x Marquee bar chairs
3x live plants, & 1x artificial plant
1x outdoor mat
2x palm tree light fixtures
1x 32” tv and wall bracket
1x 4.5m cafe blind
Tools
Steps
Step 1
Cleaned the walls and decking
Step 2
Measured and cut the wall panels and affixed with additional adhesive to the brick.
Step 3
Painted the tired merbu decking
Step 4
Added the new outdoor mat, furniture and plants and had the cafe blind installed.
Step 5
Added new light fixtures and a tv
