DIY mini granite pots
today’s DIY is one of the easiest in a while! many of you have said you want some more planter projects, so here’s the first of hopefully many. guess what you do. yep that’s right you just spray paint. i ordered a bunch of these little PVC pipe caps and i wasn’t expecting them to have the little round bottoms that they had — but this is what happens almost every time i order supplies online. i still used them and i ended up being really happy with the shape after all. total tim gunn moment OMG.
materials
- PVC 3″ pipe sockets
- granite effect spray paint (i used both the light and dark)
- painters tape
- spray primer
01. go outside and setup a safe spray paint station. spray with the primer, let dry.
02. spray with your granite spray and wait about an hour to do a second coat. stay far away while spray painting and the texture will come out a lot better.
03. for the half granite, just use your painters tape to tape off half. duh.
04. mix around with spraying, the half sprayed pot is a combo of a layer of the dark granite with a layer of the light on top. buy a few extra PVC caps to play around and see what you like!
05. once dry, plant your succulents or cacti. if you want to plant something else, drill a hole in the bottom to allow for draining.
really cute right?! i want to make dozens of these and scatter them all over the house.
LOVE these! I was totally looking for little pots today and I’m just going to make these! So cute and perfect. Thanks for sharing!
xo, Sarah
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These are so cute! I just so happen to have granite spray paint on hand 🙂 I will definitely be making some new pots!
Dood! These are super easy and super cute, this may the first DIY of yours, I attempt.
so easy and so clever. these are great.
So pretty! I want to put these all around my house!
I LOVE this! I have a bunch of white ceramic pots from Ikea and have been thinking of a way to add some visual interest to them. This is the perfect solution. Thank you!
These look fabulous!
These pots look so cute, definitely need to try the spray!
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This would be a good way to recycle those drink mix container cans, too. About the same size and shape. I could use them to separate scrapbooking supplies or office supplies or my makeup drawer….
This is the prettiest DIY I’ve seen in a long time. I had no idea about that spray paint. I’ll have to make this. Thank you for sharing!
I LOVE THESE ! I had no idea Granit paint existed, I am so excited now !!!!
Thank you !!!
This is absolutely genius! I can’t believe how incredible they came out! Definitely gonna have to get me some of that spray paint.
Oh my gosh, what a great idea! Using the PVC as the base makes so much sense.
So cute!!! Love love love! May try this out for myself.
Such a unique idea… I wasn’t even aware that granite paint existed, so after seeing the before after images, I am bewildered. Amazing work and very inspiring.
Sooooo beautiful! I will definitely make that! <33
Love these! So cool!
These little pots are the cutest! I just had to include it in my latest round up:
http://www.thebeautydojo.com/10-diy-projects-for-plant-lovers/
Hi there! Love this – would the spray paint work on other materials as well, e.g. a ceramic pot?
thanks!
I did it on on white ceramic pieces I found at a restaurant supply store and it turned out great!
Nice sharing,thanks .
Oh my gosh I never would have thought of PVC caps… brilliant!! Thank you for sharing this stroke of genius! <3
I absolutely love this idea. I wanted to upgrade the look a little bit, so instead of using pvc pipe I went to my local restaurant supply store and found white ceramic pieces to use instead! They have several fun shapes, each one cost around $3.