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Painted some more pots

17 years ago

I went TS shopping Monday with luvstocraft, then on Tuesday to Mexican Hat Cactus Nursery in Riverside with twomonths. How lucky is that?!?! Kay gave me some pots and potted plants, and June gave me some succulent cuttings. I painted some of the pots and planted some with the cuttings from June. Here's a before and after photo, although some of the pots in the 1st pic aren't painted yet, and some of the painted pots weren't in the first pic. The biggest pot was the bottom of a bbq smoker from the 1970s. The 2 small pots in the front are clay. The 1st, 2nd and 4th large pots are plastic. The 2nd and 5th are clay. Sheesh, I could have put them in simpler order, lol. Some are painted with oil base industrial paint, and others with Zinsser primer topped with DE house paint. Linda

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Comments (20)

  • 17 years ago

    Love the chili pepper red! It really makes the green pop! I never thought of painting the ugly plastic hanging pots that come with plants at the nursery. Maybe I'll have to try that out when the weather gets warmer. Your "after" pots look great!

  • 17 years ago

    RED HOT AND I LOVE THEM!!!!! I copied down your painting techniques. Thank you so much.

    Susie

  • 17 years ago

    Absolutely gorgeous! I love the bright red! I really should get out the paints and brushes for a few of my tired old pots.

  • 17 years ago

    FANTABULOUS job! I love them all matching... and such a huge pop of color for the garden! WooHoo.

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  • 17 years ago

    KERPOW!!!
    Love it!

  • 17 years ago

    Love your color choices. Fresh and crisp and gorgeous with your succulants. Filing this idea for better weather.

  • 17 years ago

    It looks GREAT!!!

  • 17 years ago

    I love all the red pots as a group. Very striking!

    ~Sandy~

  • 17 years ago

    They turned out wonderful!! The red really pops!! I love it. You did a wonderful job.
    Deb

  • 17 years ago

    I love your choice of all one color. Sometimes I get too complicated and it ends up looking messy. Yours is really sharp!
    kathy

  • 17 years ago

    Love the red...it's my favorite!!

  • 17 years ago

    I love the red also. Yes, I enjoyed and had a lot of fun on Tuesday with Linda. Well, Linda, I broke my first container putting a hole in it. I have a series of sizes of the masonry bits. So I took a big plasti bowl, put in water, put in a wood piece to keep a whole out of the plastic one and put water in the container. It was a beautiful cornicopia vase with beautiful green inside. I used the small one, working slow and taking breaks. Well, I did not get all the way thru. So I went a bit bigger and heard a noise and the bit had bent, lol. So I went to the small one and tried again...as it went thru, it broke. So I waited and GEII on it and will still use for a succulent. The cracks I did not glue on the bottom so it will drain ok. Can hardly tell it is broken. The next pot went fast. Then the next two seemed too hard, so I stopped. But at least I tried. Hopefully it will be warmer tomorrow and I can get out and plant. June

  • 17 years ago

    They came out terrific!! The red sure does pop!! Great color!! Jan

  • 17 years ago

    WoW Very pretty!

  • 17 years ago

    I always buy the bright red geraniums for the front of our place..Some of those plus some green plants would look bee u t full in those bright red pots...

    I have a lot of those styrofoam pots that look like clay...maybe mine will turn bright red over night...

    I am so ready to start doing something...

    It is in the 70's today here in south west Iowa....

    Makes ya just want to get out and dig in the dirt.

    patti

  • 17 years ago

    Your red pots pops!!! it's definitely an eye catcher. I love how they're all different shapes, sizes but all the same with the red color. It makes for a really classy garden.
    Vickie

  • 17 years ago

    lindas&s...are these going anywhere near the "blue" glass garden? Love these red pots as a grouping (repeating from everyone above) ... and would look great with your cobalt blues! Great recycling! Happy to hear you could go galavanting with other GJers! Jeanne S.

  • 17 years ago

    Linda, when you told me you were painting your pots "fire engine red" you really meant it! That's a gorgeous red and it sure is eye catching. I like the idea of doing them all the same color too--much better than multiple colors would be. Great job! Luvs aka Kay

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks for the nice comments. They're easy and a lot of fun to paint, and primary colors are my favorites, especially yellow and red. I may end up mixing different color pots in some areas. Linda

  • 17 years ago

    I love how bright they are!

    Is that a pencil cactus second from the right? I tried one of those and killed it pretty quickly. I love them though.

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