Projects

Here are some projects I've been working on, and finished up last Friday.

These sit on my front porch.  There's nothing

really wrong with the two, white, plant stands,

but I wanted to paint the corner rack and bench

since they've seen better days, and thought that

while I was at it, I might as well make the stands match.

I got these brass pots from my mother.  I guess

other pots used to sit in these because there are

no drain holes in the bottom - a problem I had

my younger brother fix for me.  I also went back

to mom's and got another, smaller one to make

a complete set of three; it was in the worst shape,

but I didn't think to get a picture before working on it.

Here are the completed pots.  They all have

drain holes (since they will be used outside), and

I used a brownish, textured paint on them - a

hand-hammered finish made by Rust-Oleum.  I like 

them much better this way, and think they will make 

a very nice grouping once they are planted. Now, I

 just have to decide what to plant in them. 

The front porch - as you can see, this was taken

on Monday when the AC wasn't working :)

The things between the bench and the rack are my

hanging baskets for the front.  I have plants growing 

to put in them, but they aren't quite full enought to be

attractive yet.  I'll finish them up soon enough.

Only one of the stands is on the porch right

now.  The other is waiting for the pothos I just

replanted to be moved to the porch for the summer.

The bench looks much nicer now,

and so does the rack.  I painted the metal

and used Thompson's water stain/sealer on

the wood shelf.  I'll get around to putting things

on it a little later this week.

Becky