Paint & Stencil Your Garden Decor
Farmhouse Style,
Flower Gardening,
Garden Junk,
Milk Paint,
Old Sign Stencils,
Outdoor Decorating,
Stenciling,
May 01, 2019
I love to plant my flowers in old galvanized buckets.
The buckets are practical! They are practically indestructible to the elements, and they hold a lot of soil. A lot of soil means that your pots won't dry out as quickly.
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I won't be painting all of my buckets, but this season, I plan to paint and stencil some of them!
For this pail, I mixed up Homestead House Milk Paint in Fort York Red
. I mixed it almost 40-60, paint to water, and brushed on two thin coats.
I then used a rag to "wet distress" the pail, especially on the ridges. Milk paint is super easy to wet distress.
. I mixed it almost 40-60, paint to water, and brushed on two thin coats.I then used a rag to "wet distress" the pail, especially on the ridges. Milk paint is super easy to wet distress.
Next I pulled out a new, fun garden stencil.
It's Garden Shop from Old Sign Stencils. I love everything about this stencil! The graphics are great, and it fits on containers, crates and pillows too!
It's Garden Shop from Old Sign Stencils. I love everything about this stencil! The graphics are great, and it fits on containers, crates and pillows too!
I will be stenciling just part of the stencil on my bucket.
I taped it onto the pail with blue painters tape.
I used Fusion Mineral Paints for the stenciling as follows: Garden Coal Black
, plant Algonquin
, and garden tool Champlain
.
I did not distress the stenciling, but I applied Miss Mustard Seed's Hemp Oil
with a rag to protect and darken the paint and stenciling.
, plant Algonquin
, and garden tool Champlain
.I did not distress the stenciling, but I applied Miss Mustard Seed's Hemp Oil
with a rag to protect and darken the paint and stenciling. 
I love it!
Nothing says "Look at Me" like red!
More junk gardens to come!
More fun garden stencils too! Check these out:
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*Old Sign Stencils provided me with complimentary samples.
All opinions about these fabulous stencils are my own.
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at first I groaned when you said you were going to paint a galvanized bucket, but I like the way you did that - looks great!
ReplyDeleteLove that old bucket, Carlene. I have one I put on my front porch. Last year Ihad coleus, impatiens, and an asparagus fern in it. It sits on a table which has a hole in it for the bucket (a free Home Depot women's shop) Perhaps I'll think about painting it. I like them au naturel also!
ReplyDeleteI have four old buckets sitting by my potting bench waiting on new plants and a paint job. I don't have these stencils, but I will use others, probably just lettering. I'm excited to bring some color onto the patio which is a sea of cement.
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