Thrifted Outdoor Deck Decor
My mission this week is to get the deck ready for Spring.
We've had a couple of beautiful days so I decided to take a thrift store trip to see if there was anything I could get to repurpose for the deck.
I found a couple of interesting items but one very ugly piece caught my eye.
It was big enough to use as a plant stand on the deck but definitely needed a makeover!
Take a look...
This my friends, was what caught my eye at the thrift store...
I thought it had potential but I really wasn't sure for what.
This very ornate and badly painted candle holder stood about 2' tall. I figured was worth the $5 I was going to spend on it.
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I brought the piece home and the first thing I was thinking was to just give it a pretty color and use it as a candle holder on the deck.
I brought it out to my paint station, aka garbage can, and gave it a coat of a pretty green spray paint called Oregano.
I mean, if nothing else it looks better already.
When the paint dried I had another idea.
I needed to add something to the top to make it into a pedestal stand with a larger surface so I added a terra cotta plant dish to the top with E6000 glue.
I put a planter on top to weigh down the dish while the glue dried.
This made me thing plant stand right away!
I repainted the top dish and it all came together!
Now this ugly candle holder has a new life on my deck this Spring.
I'm still thinking about what to put on top but for right now I think it's good for just about anything... my solar light frog, a lantern, and as soon as I visit the garden store, even a plant.
It sure came a long way from the thrift store candle holder I found and well worth the $5.
That fun vintage seed crate above matches beautifully and is another Homeroad project.
While I had the spray paint out I painted a few things on the deck like this mushroom stake that needed a quick makeover.
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I hope you'll think about outdoor decor on your next trip to the thrift store!
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