LOL, DD! (about changing the letter to S)

In answer to question #1:

Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)...heard of that song?

#2 - I don't think painting porcelain works out very well..and to use outside!

How about taking a sledge hammer & using the porcelain for rock gardens or such??? Someone will have better answers for you on here! Jeanne S.

Please put them in the back yard. I hope you do not live in my neighborhood.

don't you just love the unimaginative people who judge others for recycling? I would defend your right to do whatever you wanted in your own yard.

I guess my biggest concern about putting them on the end of the driveway is that someone will use them.

Paint will not stick, at least in my experience, to porcelain. However, I think those vinyl stickers would stay very nicely. (like the cricket you see on TV)
In fact, someone here used those stickers on glass plates and made a very cute sign for the garden. (I'd love to give credit but I'm really bad about remembering who did what)

You could take them apart, if they are two pieces, and use each part separately. I've seen people use the tanks, in a line, as a container veggie garden.
They won't look as much like a toilet separate from each other.
In fact, the bowl would look striking with the spikey thing, the red geraniums, and the vinca hanging down. Very classic-- and who could complain about that?

I'd really like to see pictures when you are done... and find out what your wife thinks.

good luck.

Putting them at the end of the driveway was a joke for my wife. I also told her I was going to put one on each side of the waterfall by the pool. If you want a kitten, ask for a pony first.

The TOTO's are the new one's so they won't be outside. We have indoor plumbing (and a cement pond).

Hmmmm! I know they have little containers of porcelain paint for touch ups on chips on tubs or sinks, but I think it would cost a whole lot to get enough to paint a whole toilet cause the containers are small and cost about $5 each. And, the colors are pretty "bathroomy" so likely wouldn't camouflage a toilet much!

The best camo would probably be to separate the two parts and put them separately in the garden. What you plant in them...something viney to hang over the edge with something taller as the focal piece..would probably be the simplest camo. But then, why not just use em as is...it sounds as if you've got the imagination to make toilets in the yard "fun"!

BTW...I'm of a family who says "it's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission" (used when a family member didn't want to pay a $200 fee for a permit to remove a dead tree from their yard, so just cut it down sans permit hoping the county wouldn't notice. The county never noticed thus $200 saved!)I'm going to adopt your "If you want a kitten, ask for a pony first."

OK, everybody seems to have really short memories here as I've seen toilets used & a couple were very cute. Up in GJ 'search" for toilet or toilets in garden. If you want to paint on the toilet go to Michael's or JoAnn's & in the paint section look for Folk Art Enamel paint in 2 oz. bottles. Paint what you want on a sunny day & it will "set" in few days. Comes in lot of colors & used for painting on glass. I would wipe the area to be painted with rubbing alcohol on a paper towel or rag, let dry, right before I painted it. Any oil on toilet from your hands will make paint less likely to stick! Good Luck! Jan

I went to planting in toilets & then Goggled 'flowers in old toilets' and found 1st site & toilet museum that had cute one at bottom of the site after you scroll past the other stuff. I wouldn't leave the seat on tho. Someone had a cute one a few months ago but I can't remember who. Hope they see this & show theirs, I think someone planted herbs & vines or something too. You can barely(no pun intended)tell they are toilets! Jan

Dave,
I saw a set (toilet, sink and towel dispenser) on the side of someones house right next to the driveway. They had it all planted up with petunias. Looked like a very elegant, tasteful set of garden art recycling! Maybe you could seperate out the bowl from the tank--use the tanks as raised planters and the bowls as birdbaths! I'd def. though seal up the hole and put some rocks in so the birds can use.
Love, Jules

Sunnyca, you are right! Very short memories.
There have been a lot of wonderful toilets here
in the past! Even mosiac ones. Don't know if those
folks are still around, but maybe some are and will post photos again.

I just googled flowers in toilets and the first one I clicked on suggested using a toilet as a yard ashtray. Fill it with sand and a sign that says "put your butt here". I literally laughed out loud! What people won't think of!

I put one in my backyard near some other foliage and I planted it with terrestrial orchids. I live on the water, on a bay, and I put a sign in front of it "Pot of Posies". The kyakers and canoeists all stop by and take a look.

I don't know about painting porcelain either, but everyone here had some great ideas for planters. As soon as you said that you had a pair, I envisioned a bench (using the bowls) instead of a planter. You might could even turn them back to back and still use them as a bench with planters on each side. I love things like this, but I would have to go with the backyard also, it's where I keep my flock of flamingoes and other questionable yard art.
Syble

seems there oughta be a way for tubing to go in through it, with a pedestal for it to sit high up on and have a nice fountain, with pond type of plants in it..
I have one in the back yard, just sitting there...oh, don't temp me!!!
I'm in enough trouble.

county gestapo has been out again, last week.
this time I took a friend with me..retired military guy.
as I figured, the supervisor of said guy due to come to the yard, sat and talked to my friend.
you know, good ol' boys type of talk.
the official still insisted on coming to the yard.
he agreed some had been done but still says more needs to go.
he's such a jerk.
he's coming again in 30 days.

the next door is beginning to rebuild the fence and that's a good thing.
I'm ok with things that need to go.
I do remember the gestapo mentioning that the toilet needed to be taken away...(and yes, I had that thought of planting it, before he shows up)
I'm not all that gung ho on toilets in the yard, so I probably will pass on it but for who ever wants to...more power to you.
if a tree house can be built with in branches, so should a toilet.
it should be cool, with vines or something trailing down.
all I have in a tree is an old rusty camp coffee pot.
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There was a mosaic toilet posted here once that changed teh way I see toilets forever. I'll try to find it.
Here's a link to a pretty cool one.
Kathy

Here is a link that might be useful: Toilet in Garden center

I saw one in a front yard south of St. Louis it had a sign on it that read Pot For Sale

I really like the bench idea. It would def be sturdy enough with those for bases.

The bench idea is a great one. I would personally put a sign above it that said, "The Throne". I have a old toliet in my vegie garden. I planted mint in it since the toliet could keep it from taking over. I have to share that before I planted it, my son did actually use it in the garden (he was six).
I live in a neighborhood that has very manicured yards (everyone but us has a garden crew) and I respect the "look" of the neighborhood in the front. I keep the front yard free of my treasures. However, the backyard is my domain where I can be whimsical. I think it is important to keep neighbors in mind. After all, they look at my yard as much as I do.

concrete, I think I know which one you are talking about, it changed my opinion, too!!! I can't remember whose it was, but it was mosiaced? And BEYOND gorgeous! I hope you can find it!!

Kelly look up in the previous posts and see the link. The mosaiced one is there.
Love, Jules

Jules,
Yup, that one is cool, but its not the one I'm remembering. Someone on here does unbelievably gorgeous mosiac work - well, lots of someones, actually :), but this someone's stuff just rocked my world - I remember it being on the side of the house, like in a small area between the house and driveway, and it was just amazing.

OMG>. check out this one!

too cute!

Here is a link that might be useful: Great toilet mosaiced fountain

ooohhh.. another nice one..
I binged mosaiced toilets. imgages.. some really cool ones

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Oh that fountain is adorable...could change my mind about toilets in the yard! I LOVE the kitty statue sitting on it!

EXCESSFROUFROU- You are brilliant!!!!! I love the bench idea. I also love the planter idea using the tanks.

AN interesting conversation piece could be made of the bowls- MAKE THEM INTO GOLDFISH BOWLS. Set them on the back patio area for your next BBQ.

Or....Mostly bury the bowl planters in the ground fill with rocks and dirt and then plant bamboo And cover with more decorative river rock. The bowls will keep them from spreading and you can produce your own garden stakes for next season while having a tropical look for the summer.

First of all, thanks Susie, I finally get called brilliant, and it's for my ideas on recycling toilets. I'll take it just the same. Anyhoo, I had another idea when I saw a toilet at the curb this morning. If you could collect a bunch of the tank tops, it would be cool to make a walk way out of them. Just an idea.
Syble