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How many of you enjoy inexpensive DIY craft projects? I know that I do! I really enjoy going out and shopping for cheap craft supplies and then sitting down to create something new for my home. * The writer personally purchased all of the items …
Today I have a fairly easy DIY craft project for you and you can have them completed in just one afternoon. What’s really nice about this project is that you’ll be upcycling (recycling) old wooden desk drawers or small kitchen cabinet drawers. Once you’ve converted …
I have a lot of indoor houseplants and I have to admit, I’m pretty good at growing them. Back in late Spring I decided to grow some starters and last week they were finally rooted and ready to be planted. I decorate my home in a coastal and beach style and needed some new flower pots. Since I can never find any that fit within my decor theme, I decided to make my own.
I headed out to my local craft store and picked up some supplies. If your local craft store doesn’t sell plain terracotta pots, you can find them at your local garden & home goods store.
DIY Coastal Style Terracotta Flower Pots
Terracotta Flower Pots with Saucers
White Acrylic Craft Paint
Gold Metallic Acrylic Craft Paint
Paint Brush, Water Dish, Paper Towels
Various Medium-Sized Seashells
E6000 Adhesive Glue
I painted the outside of my terracotta pots with 2 coats of white acrylic paint and the inside & outside of my saucers. I left them dry for 1 hour. I then painted the outside top rim and inside top rim of the planters with gold metallic acrylic paint. When painting the inside, you want to paint a 2″ to 3″ band…that way you won’t see the original color of the pot once you put your dirt (potting soil) into the pot. I then added a 1/4″ wide band of gold metallic acrylic paint around the saucer to add a little bit more pizzazz. It was looking to plain on the bottom, so I felt the need to add the band around the saucer. Metallic paint takes a little longer to dry, so you’ll want to allow about 90 minutes to pass before proceeding on.
You can decorate the front of your flower pots with various seashells. I used E6000 adhesive glue to add the scallop seashell on the front of the pot shown in this post. You an also use sand dollars, starfish, etc. Just make sure that the part that you’re adding the glue onto is flat or semi-flat in nature. You might have to hold it in place for 3-4 minutes or use a piece of tape to hold it in place until the adhesive has set.
Additional Tips: I’m using these specific flower pots indoors. If you want to use them outside, I recommend spraying them with 2 coats of a clear acrylic sealer which will protect the painted finish from chipping and cracking. If you want to save time, you can spray paint them white or you can use white acrylic paint and paint them by hand.
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Looking for more great ideas on coastal style gardening flower pots and planters? You can check out my previous posts:
* Wishing Well Flower Planter
* Vintage Style Metal Watering Can Planter
* Metal Sand Bucket Flower Planter
I’ve got all kinds of different coastal style gardening ideas right here on the Two Classy Chics blog.
I love the coastal life and I love everything about it. For me, I love sitting on the beach watching the waves roll in, the sun hitting my face and there is nothing like breathing in the fresh sea air. If I could spend all …
For the past few weeks I’ve been having an issue with fruit flies. Every year when I’m busy harvesting fruits and veggies from our garden…the fruit flies appear. This year, those buggers are worst than ever and driving me nuts! Seriously, I can’t stand fruit …
Last year we gave our front porch a total makeover! My husband tore down the old porch columns and built custom ones to replace them. We resurfaced the cement flooring, added a white picket porch railing, painted and then added some new furniture items. The only thing we needed to do was add some new lighting.
Like most front porches…we have 2 large overhead outdoor lights which are okay if we’re going in and out of the house. However, they are too big and too bright if you want to sit outside and just relax. On top of that, they attracted the bugs and if we left them on too long, we were eaten alive. Last week we solved our lighting problems and I’m excited to show you our new front porch lights!
Let me introduce you to the BYBLight Waterproof LED Strip Lights Kit! With this kit, you don’t have any new electrical wiring to run and they can be used indoors or outdoors, since they’re waterproof. You can get the tape strip lighting in black or white…so that it will blend in. We chose the white.
The ALL IN ONE KIT: 16.4ft/5m waterproof 2835 LED strips, RF wireless remote controller, DC12V 5A power adaptor are included. If you’ve never used LED Strip Lighting before, don’t worry, instructions are included too. Super easy to install!
We decided to add the new lights underneath our new porch railing which worked out perfectly for us. You simply measure your area, pull off the backing on the strip tape and adhere them to your surface. In our case, we ran them underneath the porch railing across the front of the porch. From start to finish, this took my husband less than 10 minutes to complete.
One of the things that fascinated me with these LED Strip Tape Lights is how small they are! Check out the photo below, they look like tiny dots on a piece of tape, but don’t let that fool you…they are bright and white! You can place them in the tiniest of places and I think they would be super-cool to run underneath your kitchen cabinets if you don’t have under-the-cabinet lights or use them on your back deck.
Once you have them adhered to your surface…you simply plug in the one end to an electrical outlet. They come with a very cool wireless remote control so you can turn them on and off, change the brightness of the LED lights, set them to twinkle like holiday lights or use the super-cool fading & dimming settings. A lot of options with that!
Hubby said that one of the coolest things about this LED Strip Light Kit is that the entire strip has measurements running across it (see photo above) and there are “markers” along the strip tape that shows you were you can cut them to make them fit within your desired area. That totally takes the guesswork out of it.
We absolutely LOVE our new LED Strip Lights from BYBLIGHT and they were the perfect choice for our front porch! We can sit outside and relax using the dimmed or fading light feature via the remote control or set them on the high-powered light setting when we’re out there entertaining guests! As an added bonus, they don’t attract bugs & mosquito’s like traditional porch lighting!
You can purchase the BYBLIGHT LED Strip Light Kit directly from Amazon for a really great price! Head on over to Amazon to check out all of the wonderful features that this set has…trust me, I didn’t cover them all in my write-up! We love them and if you’re looking for some new outdoor lighting, we highly recommend them to you!
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