TRASH TO TREASURE PLANT STAND
Do you need a plant stand?
See how I transformed this broken side table into an adorable Trash to Treasure plant stand.
Who doesn’t love a Trash to Treasure story. This is a fun one!
I had this side table I scored from a thrift store long ago. Fast forward to now and it had a broken leg.
I cut the rest of the legs off to make them even and thought I could use it as a plant stand.
Speaking of plant stands, have you seen the ones I make from lampshades? I love them.
So many I see are three legged and wobbly. This one would be sturdy so I plopped it down and put a few plants on it. Look at it now…oh my.
I almost threw it out but I decided to go outside my normal box and create a whimsical look and place it in the the sunroom.
Follow along and let me know what you think!
I chose four beautiful colors, part of the Silk Mineral Dessert Collection from Dixie Belle Paints and some transfers. My home is fairly neutral but I love these colors so I had to think of where I could incorporate them and the sunroom/plant room was the perfect spot.
After gathering my supplies, I began with cleaning my piece (which was filthy) with Dixie Belle’s White Lightning cleaner.
Then I began painting the top with the pretty soft Cactus green.
I don’t think I’ve ever just made things up as I went along. I typically have a plan but I enjoyed this “freestyle” method of creating. I’m never going to make it to HGTV, I don’t see many of the stars sporting jammies and slippers when they work.
Carmine always asks if “they are paint clothes” when I’m doing a project and my answer is always, “they are now.”
I painted the legs and base in Oasis and then wrapped the legs with painters tape to make stripes.
ADDING THE OASISNext, I used a pencil eraser to create the spots on the legs.
Finally I relied on my finger print to create the Dessert Rose dots on the top sides.
I just plopping dots and stripes until I thought it was bright and cheery enough! Even though this paint has a built in primer and top coat, I decided to add a layer of clear coat to protect the transfers and top especially since I’ll be watering the plants on top.
I’ve only used transfers one other time so I was eager to try them again.
I decided on the succulents in two of the corners on the top.
I was nervous and as it turns out I didn’t need to be at all. You can see in the video below how easy it was to put the transfer on.
ADDING THE TRANSFERHere is the second one – it was much larger and beautiful
Such and easy and quick refresh. Now this broken side table is a bright spot in my sunroom sporting plants.
Thanks for stopping by to see my Trash to Treasure Plant Stand – these are my favorite projects!
XO, Regina
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SILK ALL IN ONE MINERAL PAINT
DESSERT ROSE / CACTUS / OASIS / UMBER
CACTI AND SUCCULENT TRANSFER
CLEAR COAT
WHITE LIGHTNING CLEANER
Whimsical Stand
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17335038 on Apr 20, 2022
In the opening photo, as the plant basket is so much more prominent than the table, I thought the project was about saving the wicker basket.
I would suggest to avoid confusion, that the 6th picture showing the 'after' photo of the painted table, be shown as the opening photo for the project.
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Where did you get your stencils? I’ve wanted to do this to old tables, but most were hand painted and I’m no artist. Stencils look beautiful and you make it look easy.