Happy Halloween!

Bats on the front door!! Eeeep!

Happy Halloween!

Green Door with Blue Pots

After painting the door we felt that we needed something to accessorize and prettify our front entry so we began the great pot search. We searched Good Will, Restore, Home Depot, Lowes, Marshalls, Tuesday Mornings, Target, World Market, Hobby Lobby, Michaels and Wal-mart and came up empty handed. We found tons of options but never what we were specifically looking for which was tall, modern looking pots that also had to be skinny. I never thought we were going to find them. We found options, even something that could have worked at Michaels (these below) but they were way over priced at $40 each.

Then came another option when I finally ventured to Ross, the final store I had not checked before starting my rounds at garage sales. These lovely pots were just ok, I was not ok with the paint color but that was not an issue because that could be changed easily with spray paint. The main issue with these were their height, maybe coming up half way to my knee maybe. I definitely wasn't sold on them just yet but at $11 a piece the price was right. 

As I was giving up hope I came to one last section of house aisle to stroll through, sure enough there were more pots. Immediately I was drawn to these tall (at mid thigh) metal "pots".

At $13 a piece they were exactly what I had hoped to find. I got Geoff and made sure he liked them first then bought the only two that they had. I have to say I absolutely hated the color of the pots, they look like bad candy corns.  

They did absolutely nothing for the front door in terms of color. They looked dingy and I was not at all impressed. I decided that it was an easy fix. Spray paint is my new best friend. Originally I had wanted to paint the front door blue and since it is now green I decided that blue pots would be perfect. Multiple people told me not to touch the pots and that they looked great with the door, but I wasn't sold at all. I appreciate everyone's opinions but it just did not work for me so I painted them blue.

Rustoleom Metallic blue to be precise. I think it came out lovely. 

Here is a side by side comparison of the pots. To me it just makes sense to have the pots all one color I think that having the gradation on the pots originally was what was really bothering me.  Having a solid color really makes the difference. 

Next up flowers? or tall grass?

Finally 100%

I can finally say I have completed my gate project! Woot! After a few days of rainy weather I finally got around to painting the hinge of the gate. 

It looks so much better! I can truly say that we have the best looking gate in the neighbourhood. Now we just have to get the rest of the yard to match our pretty gate!