Project: Spray paint and make it better

Just to get you motivated for Memorial Day weekend projects,  here's a little fun project I did recently...

This was something I bought several years ago.  It is supposed to be a centerpiece type of basket for fruit or such.  Well, it doesn't really fit the fruit as well as I expected and I couldn't come up with something I could ever really use it for.  But, I didn't have the heart to get rid of it.  So....

I spray painted it with a can of spray paint I had sitting in our shed that I had bought and changed my mind about using.  

I took some moss that I had from another project, which is available at Amazon Here and soaked it in a bucket of water...

Then, I squeezed out the excess water from the moss and lined the centerpiece on the bottom and sides...

Because the wire is a little wide apart, I took some newspaper and laid in on the bottom before filling with dirt..

Then, I filled the sides some more with moss and put dirt on top of the newspaper.  I repeated this process for all three tiers.  I took succulents to fill in.  Note, above, the tiny succulent...I was able to pull it apart and use it in four areas.  I did this with several small succulents to save money and spread it out.

The best part of using succulents is that they are heat tolerant (this will go on my HOT deck) and I only have to water them ONCE a week!

Once I have all three tiers done, I need to "dress" the soil.  I used to use bark, but I have now started using pebbles and rocks.  They look especially nice with succulents. Don't buy fancy, polished stones - just get the cheap pebbles in the back of the Lowe's or Home Depot gardening area or through Amazon Here. It helps to cover the soil to keep it from splashing when watering and it dresses it up.  It also helps the flowers and plants "pop" and looks great!

 Here's the final product:

And up close:

Here's what my dog, Rusty, does while I'm working on a project:

 He follows me everywhere so he finally got tired of me going back and forth...

Anyway, you can do this with any metal surface and turn just about anything into a container to hold flowers or succulents.  Enjoy!

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