How To Makeover A Plastic Pot With Joint Compound

Here's a great example of a trash to treasure!  Do you believe that this beautiful concrete planter was a trashy ugly plastic pot?

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I'm not kidding!  I'm going to show you!

How To Transform A Plastic Pot

I'm starting with this ugly green plastic pot.... pretty rough, right?  First things first, I gave this pot a quick coat of my favorite spray paint in Stone Gray.

I wasn't too worried about complete coverage.  I just didn't want any green showing through.

My idea for this pot was to make it look like an old concrete'ish pot.  That's not a real word... but it's the look I'm going for. 😊  I thought why not try some joint compound....

So, I slapped some on.  I had no idea if this was even going to work. This could go either way... serious fail or a serious WIN!

I've heard of doing this on a terra cotta pot, but not on a plastic one.  I honestly thought it would just chip off.

I knew I didn't want it smooth like the above photo, so for the second coat, I smeared it on then dabbed it with an old piece of t-shirt.  I wanted it kind of bumpy and uneven.

After that all dried, and it STAYED ON!  I'm still in shock that it just didn't fall off!  I sanded it to smooth out some of the high spots.

The next step, was to give it even more character and depth.  I went to my basement and found what ever paint samples I had that might work.  I even grabbed some acrylic paints. 👍

I wanted to start with a dark brown, to kind of make it look dirty.  I wasn't picky with how it went on... just swish and dab. 😎

Then I added some gray paint.

One of my friends, told me when she saw this on my Instagram story, that she wasn't too sure this was going to look very good.... 😆😂  I had faith!

I just kept adding more paint.  This time a lighter gray and some white.  Um.... I have to say, I think it looks pretty awesome!! 😍😍😍

What?!  This worked?? Now it's time to put a plant in the thing!  I needed to make sure that there was an area at the bottom for drainage.  I didn't want rocks to make this thing more heavy.  I didn't have any packing peanuts...  I have a leftover pool noodle!

I just cut it into 1" 'flowers' and added them to the bottom.

Once I finished making a huge mess of dirt on my dining table... I had that snake plant potted! 💪

This makes a great addition to our office!  The plan is to build a plant stand for it to sit near the window.

 I'm so glad this turned out!  I'll definitely be doing this to some more of my planter pots!

Blessings,