TO SCREEN... OR NOT?

Still talking about the front of the house... someone suggested some sort of panel/art work on the larger brick sections.

I had already thought of that, and checked out what was on offer at Mitre 10:

ABOVE: This is three that I quite like.

The one on the left is made of compressed hardwood, so not quite so keen on that as over time it will deteriorate. The other two are made of steel, and will rust up and look quite rustic.

Not sure if they will 'show up' as well on the brick work though.

I could paint the steel ones though.

I'm going back to Mitre 10 this morning to look at them again.  They measure 600 mm X 1200 mm, so a decent size.

ABOVE:  This is another of the steel screens.  I quite like it too.  

Today I have a walk booked for early evening, so I've got the whole day to do some sewing.  Puppy blankets ... then I would love to get back to a quilt I started a few years ago.  A Sampler quilt, which uses different blocks.

So... off to get Keera to school... then home to sew.

ONWARD...

Sooooo... overnight I had a thought... a good one maybe?
Why spend money on a screen when I already kinda have one?

ABOVE:  I took the blue one off the fence, flipped the fish around and stood it up there.
What do ya think?  I might re-arrange the fish a bit when it's not raining, but you can see how it looks.
It needs to go up a bit too, but I don't have the fixtures required to fix it to the bricks right now.
Steve can do that for me on the weekend hopefully.

And yep, it's bloody raining again.

It stopped raining long enough for me to duck back outside and do some 'groupings' as Athene suggested, and I PROMISE these are the final photos of the front of the house, as I am extremely happy with the result now:

ABOVE:  Now we have pots in groups, and bits 'n' bobs in groups, and it looks awesome. There is 'balance' and the blue screen gives it some depth.

ABOVE: I even like how this little area looks without the blue screen on the fence.  

IT'S DONE.  Finally happy with it, and it's thanks to heaps of you giving me ideas and suggestions.
I'm liking the front of our home now.  *smiles*
Best of all... I didn't spend a single cent on this project!  I already had everything.

Been sewing.  NO idea where the past 3 hours went.  It's almost time to pick up Keera from school, then sort out dinner for the family before I take off for my walk.
NOT feeling enthusiastic at all about walking, but I know once I'm there I will be fine.  I'm just a bit achy still. 

7.30 pm:  And as I thought, once I was out there walking I felt fine.  My shins started to hurt a bit, but very quickly came right.  A lovely group of ladies tonight, we yabbered the entire time, so before I knew it we were done!  4.9 kms done in 57 minutes, so a moderate pace.

Sadly, one of our Fat Bottomed dogs got too close to an electric fence and got zapped.  She yelped and cried, poor thing.  The fence had no signage to indicate it was electrified either, which was a bit poor.  It had FOUR electric wires too... total over kill.

Got home in time for dinner, which was just sausages and chips tonight.
I'm now chilling out watching TV... Coronation Street is on tonight... nice one.