My Faux Stone Birdbath Planter

My guest post for Nikki was a tutorial for a faux stone birdbath. I thought I’d share the condensed version here too. I fell in love with Rustoleum’s Textured Spray Paint when I did my planter. I used Caribbean Sand on the birdbath and I like it even better than the Desert Bisque! Now I’m seeing different things and wondering how they would look covered in Caribbean Sand? I went through the same thing with Oil Rubbed Bronze! :)
The planter started out as a pasta bowl and candle holder from the thrift store:

I gave them both a coat of primer. I have found that the textured spray paint sticks better if there is a primer under it, no matter what surface it is.

I followed that with a couple of coats of Caribbean Sand and then put them together with Gorilla Glue.

It seemed a little bare to me to I tried making it “tiered” by adding part of a candle stick  leftover from another project and a saucer.

It still wasn’t looking just right to me, so after talking to my daughter about putting a plant on the top tier, I decided to just put plants in the whole thing!

As the Petunias grow, they will fill the bowl and cascade over the side!
I like it better as a planter, but still want  a birdbath. Today at the thrift store, I saw this for only $1.50!!

I was taking it apart, and noticed the date: 1959!! I bet it could tell some stories!

I think it has birdbath potential…we’ll see!

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