I bought this ceramic planter at a yard sale for $1.00 over 10 years ago. I loved the shape of the planter, but didn't really like the coloring on it. I tried and tried to incorporate the planter into my décor but never had any success.
The markings on the underside were not anything special.
I initially began painting it with a silvered chalk paint. The paint was not sticking at all. And I knew that with watering the plant that would be inside the planter would not have a long lasting effect.
This next picture shows the second coat. It wasn't much better. Time to try something else.
I taped around the inside the planter, and filled it with newspaper and took it outside to spray paint. It took a few sprayings to cover the entire piece, but I was liking the spray primer color.
I used my favorite Rust-oleum 2x ultra cover grey spray primer.
After the primer dried, I put a little bit of the silver guilding wax on my finger and went over the raised areas of the planter.
I left the inside of the planter free from paint because I didn't want the primer to leech into the soil.
I was very happy with the result.
I added my cuttings into the planter. Sitting it on top of a few vintage books gave the planter some height.
I am thrilled with the latest project.
The planter works well with the great room décor.
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