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GIVE YOUR PLANTERS A CHALKY PAINT MAKEOVER

May 6, 2015 by madincrafts 5 Comments

Give cheap planters a makeover with chalky finish paint! Quick and easy!

Yesterday, I showed you how easy it is to distress chalky finish paint with just a rag and water.  I decided to carry that technique over from my front porch plant stand to my front porch planters!  I used two shades of blue chalky finish paint to give our planters a new look for this summer.

planters before

I am a saver, not a spender, so not only do I buy cheap planters for our flowers, I save them from year to year.  I bought pre-made hanging planters two years ago, saved the plastic planters over the winters, and replanted them each Spring.  I bought the three bucket planters from the Target dollar spot several years ago, and I have gotten good use out of them since then. 

Chalky Finish Planters and Porch Decor

This year, I wanted a fresher, lighter look for the porch, so I used chalky finish paint to quickly give our old planters a makeover. These photos show you the traditional, vintage, Americana feel I was going for on our porch.  I didn’t even bother with a rug this year, so the kids have more room to make chalk drawings on the concrete floor.

chalky finish hanging planters

I first coated each planter with DecoArt Chalky Finish paint in Legacy and allowed that paint to dry.  Next, I added a coat of chalky finish paint in Serene and waited about half an hour before I started the wet distressing technique.  For the hanging planters, I really only worked on distressing the raised designs so they would stand out.

chalky finish flower planters

On these bucket planters, I wiped my wet rag over larger areas of the surface of the planter so that more of the base color would show through.  This gives them more of a time-worm look.

front porch decorations red white blue

Usually I don’t get my front porch flowers out until June.  I am trying a new plant food for my planters this year, so I am hoping that they stay healthy and flower throughout the summer months.

full front porch flowers

One of these years, I really do need to try out a new color scheme for the porch, but just look how happy and welcoming the red, white, and blue are!  The new front door and shutters color only adds to the look.

porch decor

Have you started working on your summer curb appeal yet?  Seeing our neighborhood planting flowers and putting new paint on porches always signals the real beginning of Spring to me. 

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  • DecoArt chalky finish paint in Legacy
  • DecoArt chalky finish paint in Serene

Check out these other front porch DIYs:

GIVE YOUR PLANTERS A CHALKY PAINT MAKEOVER

AMERICANA FRONT PORCH DECOR

GIVE YOUR PLANTERS A CHALKY PAINT MAKEOVER

RESTORING AN OLD BENCH WITH COLORED STAIN

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  1. WET DISTRESSING LAYERS OF CHALKY FINISH PAINT - Mad in Crafts says:
    May 7, 2015 at 8:34 pm

    […] I was so pumped about the way these two colors looked together that I went on to use them on a planter project that I will be sharing tomorrow.  After the coat of Serene fully dried, I added a final coat […]

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