Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects
Add a little colour to your porch or garden with this easy to make wind chime. Paint it in your favourite Resene colours or take inspiration from fresh spring flowers so you can enjoy the colour year round.
Weatherboards painted in Resene Triple Ash and trim in Resene Quarter Thorndon Cream.
Step 1
For this project you need three small terracotta pots in three different sizes. Paint each pot inside and out with Resene Aquapel & Terracotta Sealer and leave it to dry.
Step 2
Paint the pots with Resene Quick Dry. You can skip this skip if you would like. The Quick Dry gives you a nice white base to paint onto.
Step 3
Paint the body of the biggest pot with Resene Lucky Point, the middle sized pot with Resene Rain Forest and the smallest pot with Resene Fire.
Step 4
Paint the rim of the biggest pot with Resene Rusty Nail, the rim of the middle sized pot with Resene Lucky Point and the smallest pot with Resene Glamour Puss. Add on some thin stripes with Resene Black. Use the end of a pencil to add the spots.
Step 5
Take a length of string and thread two washers through it; one to work as a clapper and one to stop the string from pulling through the hole in the pot. Thread on the smallest pot.
Step 6
Use a third washer and loop the string through this about 5cm above the first pot. Thread on the middle sized pot. Repeat this again with a fourth washer for the last pot.
Step 7
Tie a knot at the top of the last pot and thread on some wooden beads and tie a knot between each bead. Fleur painted the beads in Resene Glamour Puss, Resene Fire, Resene Rusty Nail, Resene Rain Forest and Resene Lucky Point. Fleur used a jute string. If you want to hang this wind chime outside in the weather, you will need to use a rot resistant/plastic string so that it lasts longer.
Top tip: Use a Resene FX Metallic paint as one of your colours. This will help to catch and reflect the light and draw more attention to your windchime.
Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe. Mar 2022.
Habitat bright ideas
Need to add colour, pattern or a little creativity to your place? Check out these easy step by step DIY project ideas created in collaboration with Fleur Thorpe. We hope you enjoy making and painting these bright ideas and bringing colour to your home inside or out.