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Saturday we did TONS of shopping and today i also did some more ordering. Our plans are starting to become reality. For several days before hand i did all kinds of searching and pricing of products online to get the best deal i could. We ended up going to Menards to order all out wood for all our projects. We had it all delivered. Also while in the middle of ordering our wood i noticed their shingle prices. Their prices were the cheapest i had seen. So we decided to order those and add them to our delivery as well. We then shopped for all the other little (and some big) things we will need to do all our projects. We haven’t bought everything yet but we have got 95% of it i would say.

We even stopped at Target to pick up some outdoor cushions that i found online. They didn’t have the cushions that i wanted at the store (had to order them) but we did find their outdoor carpets on sale. Instead of buying one carpet for the front porch, we got two for the price i had for one at Wal-Mart. 

 

Back Yard:

At Target i picked up some yellow placemats and also this tablecloth:

My plan is to use this outdoor tablecloth and use the material for our patio table chair cushions (backyard). So i bought some outdoor cushion foam:

At the Habitat For Humanity Store we bought 4 chairs at $2 each. They will be sanded down, the padded seat taken off, Bob will re-cut a wooden seat to place on all of them and they will be painted. I’m thinking of painting a couple the light blue and a couple the light yellow… but i haven’t decided.

I also ordered the outdoor foam for the the loveseat Bob is going to build. A 4in think forms to make the bottom of the loveseat and a 2in form for the back of the loveseat :

I also ordered the outdoor fabric that will cover the forms (backyard). The seat part of the cushion will be in this material:

 

The back cushion of the loveseat will be in this material (backyard):

For the accent pillows on the loveseat i bought 4 of this form (backyard):

Since i have 4 accent pillow forms, i might use some of the blue material (above) if i have some left over but i also bought this fabric for at least two of the pillows (backyard):

I also ordered this fabric (backyard):

Because i loved it and i will use it for something.

So as a recap here is the fabrics being used in the backyard:

		Yellow of course will be the main color, then blue with a pop of orange. I think it should look great!

 

I ordered the 20 foot shade sail yesterday too.

Also Bob got some new toys, things he will need to do all the yard work.

A 12’ Hitachi Miter Saw and he got an angle grinder. We got this for a $100 off it’s original price and about $30 cheaper for the angle grinder. An amazing deal!

 

Front Porch:

I ordered the cushions for the front porch:

And we got the spray paint i need for the wicker furniture. I will be working on painting those soon!

The other accent pillows (front porch):

We will have to pick up at the store. All the other cushions had free shipping and even though these green pillows are from the same store, for some reason they didn’t have free shipping. So to save about $10 we are just going to pick them up at the store.

We got the materials for all the front porch columns and railing, even the railing that will go down the front steps.

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We spent a lot but we saved a ton too by shopping smart. The shingles we saved about $500, wood about $100, $100 on the saw, $36 on angle iron, and $20 on outdoor carpets.

Other things i know we got a major deal on but can’t say for sure how much. Like at the Habitat Store we got coils of roofing nails for $1 a coil and online the cheapest one i could find was $7… we got 52 of them so that is potentially about $300 saving on that.

Also there we got chairs for $2 where anywhere else you would pay more for them.

At the same store we got a sweet light fixture for the front porch for $8 and the cheapest you would find out that nice would be about $25 or more!

So i think it would be safe to say we saved over a $1,000 dollars. That i say, is SWEET!

Took me tons of time in price matching and figures and searching but it was worth it all!