Show Me The Progress Party...The Front Porch Edition

Amanda is having a Show Me The Progress Party today, so I thought I'd show off the front porch because it's pretty much the only progress I've made lately.  This is the original post.  Here is the before picture: 

Boring, right?  The whole house is tan.  The only color was from the bench Hubby painted red for me and the color from the kids bikes, four to be exact!  I'm sure our neighbors must think I am the old lady from "There Once Was An Old Lady Who Lived In A Shoe" from all the bikes and/or scooters on the porch.  So, we moved the bikes off of the front porch so that it's not quite so obvious that I'm the old lady who lives in a shoe - actually I live in a shoebox size house, but that's another story. 

I painted the front door black (find that post here)

 and made a new burlap wreath (find that post here). 

Then I made some new pillows for my bench (find that post here.) 

Let's just pretend that I dusted the bench before I took this picture.  You can pretend, right?

This is the current photo:

I still have a lot to do.  I still need to paint my chippy white rockers and I still need to add something between the door and the window and get a new doormat, but it's progress anyway. 

Run on over to Amanda's and check out everyone's progress.