My grandparents used to have these HEAVY, solid concrete (seriously, they are heavy) planters outside their house in Jackson, and at some point during the years they made there way to my parent’s farm, where I scavenged them for our porch! Of course, they had to be jazzed up a bit…. and fixed, considering I picked one up and the base fell right off! A little concrete glue did the trick though, which quite frankly, I was skeptical of. Glue? For Concrete? One of those chemical-loving lab geeks out there knew what they were doing though.
Before:
Somewhere in the middle:
After:
The best part? I used the sample Behr paint from home depot – its like 3 bucks a pop, and I only used 1. They don’t tell you those little babies are indoor/outdoor paint!
And yes, it lasts. They have been on my porch, in the rain, ice, one day of snow, and the hottest summer EVER (for real, the high was like 117 degrees, the hottest day in recorded Arkansas history) for a year now, and they are good as new.
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