Not For Sale - Plastic Olive Barrel Turned Into A Decorative Stone Outdoor Pot Tutorial

We love extreme transformations like this one, an old dirty olive barrel found at a "junk yard" (still with a couple of olives in it!) turned into a bespoke decorative outdoor stone pot. A great example of Artisan paints allowing you to create and "see things differently"  like turning unwanted plastic olive barrels into decorative stone pots.

These have been transformed to sit as feature pots on either side the entrance of a large outdoor deck area. Utilising the large scale of these olive barrels to create something beautifully unique with Artisan paints & products . 

A short Video tutorial has been created to show you the process and artisanal journey of this bespoke finish that anyone can do with a little know how (no sanding or priming; just go for it). What we want you to take out of it is that whether it's a 1 step finish simply with Artisan Stone Effects or a 2 step finish with Stone Effects and a coloured wash or a 5 step finish with metallics.

Decorative painting with Artisan Paints is pretty simple once you get your head around it, it's about providing you with the tools, paints & products to create whatever it is you can imagine for your home quickly, easily and creatively. Once you have the basic principles you can go on to create, add, adjust and stop at whatever point you like as the video below shows. 

For a comprehensive guide to understand Stone Effects click here or watch the Video below for a quick look at how we kept adding and adjusting to the Artisan Stone Effects finish on these olive barrels: 

Products Used:

• Artisan Stone Effects in Crushed Graphite (for look 1) 
  
• Artisan Stone Effects in Crushed Graphite with a Carbon Black Premium Chalk Paint  wash (for look 2) 
  

For End Finish:

• Artisan Stone Effects in Crushed Graphite
• Carbon Black Premium Chalk Paint
• Golden Blush Metallic Concentrate
  
• Milan Moonshadow Metallic Concentrate
  
• Artisan Gloss Lacquer

Inspired by this Project?

• To Purchase Premium Chalk Paints for your colour wash click here.
• To Purchase Artisan Metallics click here.
  
• To purchase Artisan Stone Effects click here.
• For Brushes click here.

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