Ugly Plastic Pot Disguise...Spring Flowers in Salvaged Metal
Are there any other plant murderers out there? I hate to admit it, but I am one. Walking into a garden center, in the month of April, gets me every year. After long, dreary winter days, I am craving green plants and colorful blossoms. Despite the fact that I kill every plant I bring home, (except for the poinsettia I bought 2 Christmases ago...that thing refuses to die), I still buy new plants every spring. I'm an optimist, right? So when I went to Lowes a few days ago to buy some hardware, I managed to walk out with some Gerbera daisies as well. The nice thing about buying annuals, is when they die, you know you weren't the murderer...they aren't supposed to live long.Not wanting to make their death come any sooner than necessary, and worried that it's still a little too cold to plant them outdoors, I plopped them on my kitchen counter. and figured I'd just a wait a few weeks for warmer weather to plant them outside...if I haven't killed them by then. The black plastic pots they came in were less than attractive, but I didn't want to repot them before they get planted, so I looked around for something I could disguise the ugly plastic with.
The patina is absolutely beautiful!
I had a unique piece of metal, salvaged from an antique water pump, and it made a perfect holder to hide the plastic pots.
What's your favorite kind of salvage to repurpose?
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Really cute idea!
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Angie we are sisters in destruction - nothing but nothing lives around me...I talk, I sing, I threaten but the only thing that trives are silk flowers. I have now resigned myself to them. You have the right attitude - when they die...blame it on them
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