This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BringTheTropicsHome #CollectiveBias     Summertime was always so much fun when I was growing up. Our backyard was our playground and oasis filled with backyard games and plenty of swimming in the pool. We used to beg to keep swimming, hours after our…

First things first: fix the uneven/unfinished whack-a-do color! I had so much fun spray painting a flat coat of black paint with my nephews on the Fourth of July. Shame on me for not capturing that moment on film! –Auntie Elise received just as much spray paint as the birdcage did…but it was all good. Next: a semi gloss black…