Getting Ready For Spring
Its Spring! Woohoo! And the weather here is gorgeous. We enjoyed a very mild winter with very little snow. And now record-breaking temperatures for the last few weeks. I dont remember ditching my winter coat so early in the season. Its awesome. As a result of all of this sunshine, Ive been outside a lot. No, not working on the yard (although, I should have been...). Just going for short runs (trying not to hurt my back) and long walks. I just cant get enough of this weather. Which has put me behind on the house a little. And, Im alright with that. Itll all get done.
Anyway, when the weather is this nice, I cant help but want to pull out all of my patio furniture and start prettying up the backyard. Every year, we work on the yard a little. It has taken years to get it to where it is now. And, we have some plans for this year as well (remove a few old, dead bushes, plant a few new ones, and buy a new garage door). And I always like to add some small stuff too. Like this planter -
I picked it up at Salvation Army a while ago for $.75. I love the shape and knew I could change the color very easily. The problem I had was choosing the color. I wasnt sure where I was going to use the vase so I didnt know what color to paint it. I finally decided to go with white. I mean, how could I go wrong with white?
Well, I was wrong. I didnt like it at all in white. But, I still didnt know what to do with it. Until I took a trip to Target and saw these -
Beautiful copper planters. I was in love. But not with the price - they wanted $34.99 for a 12" planter! I stopped at Lowes and bought some Rust-Oleum Aged Copper spray paint.
It did take a number of thin coats. Here it is after three -
And here it is after six even coats -
So much better than the white! Or green for that matter! I cant wait to fill it with a beautiful green boxwood - its just a little bit early. Its going to look great on the patio - now I want to dig out all of my patio furniture!
Getting Ready For Spring
