I’ve always found my front door entrance a bit difficult to decorate. It’s a bit kittywompus {and that silly wreath keeps poking me in the eye!}.
The door isn’t centered in the space, so there isn’t enough room to put a planter on each side. One planter on the right looks a bit empty. And, as you can see, it had become a “storage area” for all my planters!
After a little paint and rearranging of all things plant-like in pots, this is what it now looks like:
I’ve loved the idea of having the house number painted on the door since I first saw in online last year. Some people use vinyl numbers (great idea!), but I did it old school and painted it with a brush. {Just like I paint my signs.}
Honesty, painting at that angle was a bit tricky…
I also needed to find something to fill in the area to the right of the door. I decided to drag out the old plant stand of my mom’s that I brought from Montana. I’ve wanted to use it ever since, but couldn’t quite figure out what to do with it…
I gave it a quick coat of Burnished Bronze spray paint, which instantly spiffed it up. By this point, however, I had run out of both (a.) pretty planter containers and (b.) pretty plants. So I grabbed some empty plastic pots left over from previous plantings and dug up some ferns that were in the way. I honestly have no idea how they’ll grow in planters, but, for now, they add a nice pop of greenery.
I’m talking sweetly to those plants, watering them regularly, and praying that they will grow and give a riot of happy color in that corner. Time will tell…
Linking to: Thrifty Decorating, Shabby Creek Cottage, Saved by Love Creations, aka designs, Liz Marie, Funky Junk, Here Comes the Sun, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, How to Nest for Less
