Hey Guys!
I am back with another DIY project. Today’s post will be a planter makeover. This planter was purchased on Craiglist for $10.
Here she is in all her glory! It’s a big plastic planter and when I tell ya it was ugly and needed work, boy I am not lying! In this picture, I’ve already sanded a bit of the rough spots out as best I could.
Next, it was time to measure out the design. I measured 3 inches down from the top and made markings with a pen all the way around.
Then the same step was repeated for the bottom, except this time the measurement was just 1 1/2 inches up from the bottom.
Painter’s tape was added.
Then was time to take this bad boy out to the garage to spray paint it white.
After the paint dried, the old tape came off and new tape went on just below the white paint to line up perfectly with the next color that was going in the middle. Stay with me it’s all going to make sense soon. 🙂
But before the next color went on in the middle, I had to add some paper to protect my beautiful white paint that was just applied.
Now it’s ready for the middle color of paint!
Isn’t she lovely? The gold metallic paint just really makes her pop. Time to remove all the paper.
I actually used the paper to stuff the inside because I didn’t have any planter/floral foam stuff on hand.
Here’s a tip: paint the inside of your planter, I didn’t and kinda wished I had, but I made it work anyway.
Next, I added my moss from the dollar tree (two bags).
All done!
Hmmm, where do I begin…..Well let’s start from the bottom up. The rug for starters was too small for the area, it was a 5 x 7. The chair cushions were stained by a couple of then smaller messy kids. They are still messy as teenagers just bigger, in case you wondered. The table itself had some scratches from moving. The plant in the corner was huge and overbearing. The centerpiece was underwhelming. Overall this corner of the home was just dark and uninviting.
After removing them from the table, and a good cleaning later they were ready to be covered. Using this 
This was a little tricky at first, the hardest part was smoothing out the bubbles, a credit card is a perfect tool for the job.
The chalk paint used in this project was by 
Here is how the chair looked after one coat
And here is how it looked after two coats
Close up
A light sanding in between each coat with 320 grit sandpaper helped give the paint a smooth finish and remove any brush strokes.
For the chair cushions 2 yards of fabric was purchased at Joann’s, which was exactly enough to cover all four chairs. A nice layer of scotch guard was added to help protect it from the messy teenagers.
Here is the after photo!
Next I used a bowl out of my kitchen 🙂 and a marker to trace the design on the corners I wanted to cut out with my jigsaw.
Here is how the cut looked:
I was trying to go for this design I found online:
I used spray glue to adhere the foam onto the wood board.
Then it was time to cover it with the batting and fabric. I first ironed the fabric to ensure there were no wrinkles. Next I laid it out on the ground as smooth as possible and then laid my headboard on top. I then started stapling from the middle and worked my way around pulling the fabric taut as I went.
Here is what it looked like when I was done.
At this point we are almost done. Here is how the headboard looked without the legs attached. You could secure it to your wall from here if you wanted, but since I am a renter I didn’t want to put any extra holes in the wall.
If you care about the back looking pretty you could cover it with that backing material they sell at Joann’s. Clearly as you can see I didn’t care, my bed sits up against the wall no one will ever see the back.
