garden
Reader project: glass top table makeover with PlastiKote spray paint
This month, Instagrammer Frankie shares her clever makeover of an old glass top table using PlastiKote spray paint and some on-trend terrazzo patterned sticky back plastic. It’s not something we’ve ever tried but it looks fabulous and is a great way of dealing with a dated glass top table.
Read about Frankie’s love for interior design and her garden table makeover:
“I have always had an interest in home interiors. As a child, I used to love sitting down with my mum to watch ‘Changing Rooms’ once a week and I would spend ages afterwards drawing out my own home makeover designs. Now, as a 29 year old mum of 3 having recently purchased my own home, I am at last able to put my home decor ideas into action and I have to admit it’s become a bit of an obsession! I have a mix of new and upcycled items in my home and, whilst it’s fun to buy brand new, nothing can beat the feeling of accomplishment that comes with taking something old and turning it into something unique and fabulous!
I have had this garden table and chairs set for almost 10 years, lugging it with me from house to house. It had started to look very tired and dated but rather than take it to the tip, I decided to give it a makeover.
I used Plastikote Chalk spray paint in Pale Rose (such a beautiful colour) to paint all the metal parts, then covered the table top with terrazzo effect sticky back plastic.
It was so easy to do but so effective! It’s like having a whole new set for a fraction of the price.”
If you’d like to see more of Frankie’s interior projects, click here to visit her Instagram page or here to read her blog.
For more information on PlastiKote spray paint visit our website.
How to: NEW Garden colours from PlastiKote spray paint
Colourful Garden Pots
Introducing NEW Garden colours from PlastiKote spray paint. Available in 10 gorgeous matt colours, it can be used on wood, metal, plastic, stone and wicker, making it ideal for outdoor craft projects as well as furniture, planters and garden ornaments. With a water-based formulation and 90% less solvents, PlastiKote Garden paint is kinder to the home – and to the environment.
This month’s ‘how to’ is a quick and easy project to recycle those plastic pots that nursery plants come in – so much better than adding to landfill.
You will need:
Plastic pots
Dust sheets/newspaper or a garden cane
PlastiKote Garden spray paint
How to:
- Make sure the pot is clean and dry.
- Spread newspaper/dust sheets out in a well-ventilated working area or preferably outside. Or you could use our top tip of popping the pot to be sprayed on a garden cane stuck in the ground.
- Apply a couple of fine layers of Garden spray paint in the colour of your choice, following instructions on the can.
- Allow to thoroughly dry before potting up and displaying in your garden.
For more ideas, check out our Garden Pinterest page.
Competition: win a £50 Hobbycraft gift card with PlastiKote spray paint
Win a £50 gift card from Hobbycraft with PlastiKote spray paint in our May competition!
With the warmer days of Spring comes the planting up of our veggie plot. We use these cute tin can bugs to keep the birds at bay and give our seedlings a chance to flourish. Bee, dragonfly or ladybird? Tell us which is your favourite and you could win a £50 Hobbycraft gift card. The winner will be chosen at random from all entries.
To enter this month’s competition, just email us the name of your favourite tin can bug – Bee, Dragonfly or Ladybird – together with your name, address and phone number to competition@spraypaintideas.co.uk and put MAY COMP as the subject. We’ll pick one lucky winner at random after the closing date of 31st May. Good luck!
We run a competition every month, so do sign up to our newsletter to make sure you are in with a chance to win.
Thank you to everyone for entering our April competition. Our congratulations to Amanda Brett from West Yorkshire who chose Rose Gold as her favourite Metallic finish.
For the terms and conditions of our May competition, click here.
Want to know more about PlastiKote spray paint? Visit our website here for more information and lots of inspirational project ideas!