Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Turquoise Spray Paint... My Latest Addiction




Spring, finally, may have sprung here in central Illinois...   

and I decided it was time to update some of our stuff.  First up, the wicker plant stand:


for the record,  turquoise spray paint isn't just everywhere.  Valspar makes two pretty shades of it though, Tropical Oasis & Exotic Sea.  I like the Tropical Oasis a little better- its the color I used on this plant stand.  


While standing in the paint aisle at Lowe's, I started talking to another paint shopper.  She convinced me to go ahead & try to paint some planters.  She also apparently buys spray paint because she likes the colors, not because she has a project in mind for it.  I can get on board with that- collecting spray paint like I collect...  yarn, paper, fabric, any thing with color...

So I started with this old urn...  it's a little beat up.  I washed & used a little steel wool over it.  This was painted with the exotic sea color of paint.  It's a little brighter than the other color.

and here you go!



I love it!!  
Now to go through my stash of planters & see what else I can transform...















4 comments:

  1. Really good!! I have spray painted plastic pots - and they were fine all last year, but I may have used paint for plastic on them

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  2. Wow!! This is really impressive!! Thank you for sharing it with us! The colors you have used are cool and looks beautiful!

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  3. Karen;
    I too am obsessed with painting things turquoise.
    Urns look fantastic!!

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  4. Thank you everyone! they've held up pretty well all summer too!

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