Standing tall

Mark Rayner transforms an old wooden stool and a terracotta pot into a funky focal point.

Download PDF

You will need:

A wooden stool
Terracotta planter
1 x Cordyline 'Red Star'
Coloured stone mulch
Paintbrush, small artist's paintbrush and sandpaper
Resene Quick Dry Acrylic Primer Undercoat, Resene Terracotta Sealer, Resene Enamacryl Metallic and Resene Concrete Clear
Resene Lumbersider in Resene Red Berry, Resene Pohutukawa and Resene Porsche
Resene Enamacryl Metallic in Resene Bullion

Step one
Wash the terracotta pot and coat the inside with Resene Terracotta Sealer. Allow to dry.

Step two
Paint the outside of the pot with one coat of Resene Quick Dry Acrylic Primer Undercoat. Allow to dry.

Step three
Lightly sand the wooden stool and paint with one coat of Resene Quick Dry primer Undercoat. Allow to dry.

Step four
Paint the wooden stool with two coats of Resene Pohutukawa, allowing two hours drying time between coats.

Step five
Paint the pot with two coats of Resene Red Berry, allowing two hours drying time between coats.

Step six
Using a small artist's brush paint a spiky design, as shown, on the front of the pot with Resene Porsche. Allow to dry.

Step seven
Paint over the spiky design with two coats of Resene Enamacryl Metallic in Resene Bullion, allowing two hours drying time between coats.

Step eight
Apply two coats of Resene Concrete Clear to the stool and pot. The next day plant with Cordyline 'Red Star' and finish off with a coloured stone mulch.

View more projects

Resene Paints Ltd – www.resene.com