A Few Renovations

I have been working on renovating a

few things I want to use to display

some of my pottery at this artist market 

I am doing next month.  Above is one of  2 urns

that someone tossed out. I just happened to

be driving to work and stopped and

loaded these two into the back of my truck.

Cha Ching!

I'm thrilled though, because

I have wanted

urns like this for a while.

New they are pricey.

So FREE is awesome! 

The paint was peeling on the metal,

so I took a wire brush to them.

Then I spray painted several coats of rust-oleum

on them to protect the metal.

After that I brushed on several layers of colors

of acrylic paint.

I was going for the look of an

aged cement planter.

Then I sprayed clear protector over them,

and Wala!  I think they look like that now.

These are the inspiration for my next renovation.

I forgot to take a before...

but this was a garage sale find.  

Someone had slapped flat white paint 

on it very messily.  I was not pretty.

So this is my repaint job.

It will sit on top of a table to display

some of my smaller bowls.

I did have some bad luck in one kiln firing.

This lovely bowl is no more!

I have a full kiln that I will open tonight.

Fingers crossed that there will be better

results than above.