Upcycled Faux Cement Planter

 Here's my wooden planter upcycle from this 

to this 

This month I joined several bloggers for an Upcycle Themed blog hop challenge. Be sure and pop on over to the other bloggers and see what they made.

Across the Blvd

Purple Hues and Me

Cookies, Coffee, and Crafts

My Pinterventures

Coastal Bohemian

Sum of Their Stories

Stone Cottage Adventures

So excited about the challenge this month. You see I had the perfect piece for this project. I had a wooden box that had been sitting around in storage. So I actually cleaned up and upcycled this month. Perfect way to upcycle.

 I found this faux metal fencing at the #dollartree hoping I could use it along the outside of the box. I snipped the spikes from the bottom.

 In the end it looked better tucked inside the back of the box. 

 Just checking to see how this will look with some herbs tucked inside.

BTW, if you use an old box for an upcycle you'll need to drill a few holes for drainage. 

Next I gave the entire box a coat of Chalk Country Paint . When it dried, I added more paint with some raw unsweetened coconut mixed inside to create texture. I added the now, texture paint, to several spots. 

 I normally use saw dust to add texture but hey, a girl gotta do what a girl gotta do. It worked. Although I should have been more diligent with my mixing because some of the coconut shows through . 

 As an after thought I decided to dry brush some green onto the texture to create the look of moss.  

Here it is completed. 

Thanks for reading along. Hope you found some inspiration along the way. Make sure to leave a comment below and like the video.

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Here are the rest of the Upcycle Projects. 

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