I’ve always wanted water fountain on our upper deck.
I finally found one I liked- and it was on sale!
It was a cute little faux-stone fiberglass number with faux-carved swirls and flowers and a little faux-spicket.
I bought it and took my new acquisition home, dreaming of relaxing in my hammock on my upper deck while I listened to its gentle, relaxing flow of water.
I hung it on my upper deck wall, filled it up with water, plugged it in, and…
Well, let’s just say it wasn’t a gentle-relaxing-put-me-to-sleep kinda sound.
It was more like a oh-crap-I-left-the-water-on-somewhere kinda sound.
I tinkered with it for a while, but I could never get it to sound like anything other than a leaky faucet.
So I turned it off, dumped the water out, wrapped the cord around the spicket, and left it hanging on my upper deck wall.
For two years.
A couple of weeks ago, my hubby installed a water hookup on the upper deck to make washing it down easier.
We used to have to throw a rope down, tie a water hose to it, haul the rope and hose back up, and take care of business.
Needless to say, the upper deck didn’t get washed down very much.
Anyways, after the install, I was thinking about how I can finally overload the upper deck with plants now that I had easy access to water.
Which got me thinking about the little water fountain. Wouldn’t it make a cute wall planter?
The Wall Planter Repurposed From A Water Fountain Transformation!
I had my hubby drill some holes in the bottom of the soon-to-be wall planter for drainage.
I wanted to keep the faux-spicket its original color, so I wrapped it up with some painting tape and spray-painted everything else white.
Once the paint was dried, I removed the tape from the faux-spicket. I then did some antiquing and distressing with a dark wax and a emery board.
A little trick I picked up on Pinterest a while back: before putting dirt in a pot or planter, line the bottom with coffee filters, covering up any drainage holes. This will keep the potting soil from falling though when you first put it in and when you water afterwards.
I filled it with potting soil, planted it with pretty flowers, watered it well and hung it on my upper deck.
Fabulous! 🙂
I hope you enjoyed my little repurposing transformation!
Please let me know what you think in the comments section below!
Love your idea! Your petunia’s are pretty! Thanks for sharing about the coffee filters!
Thank you Jeanie! 🙂
Beautiful! It looks great painted white, and the flowers are pretty.
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Thank you T’onna! 🙂
This is so pretty!! Thanks for sharing with the Thursday Blog Hop!
You’re welcome Pam! Thank you for hosting! 🙂
I think this looks 10 times better as a planter. I would love you to link it up at Two Uses Tuesday, it’s exactly the sort of upcycle that #2usesTuesday is all about. http://bitly.com/1P1NHeE
Thank you Stella! I will do that! 🙂
This is super cute! How adorbs! 🙂
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Thank you Jess! 🙂
How cute!! I like!! Looks good!! Thanks for sharing on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday – Link Party!! Hope to see you again this week!! I pin everything on my 2 favorite things pinterest board!!
Thank you so much! 🙂
Very pretty! Such a great idea that looks amazing. Thank you for sharing with us at the Creative Craft Challenge this month! 🙂
Thank you Robin! 🙂 And thank you for hosting the link party!
This is so pretty! I love the little tap 🙂
I hope you will share it at Idea Box this week :
http://milaslittlethings.com/2015/08/idea-box-thursday-link-party-22.html
xx
Mila
Thank you Mila! 🙂
love it!! how beautiful that noisy leaky faucet turned out! Great idea on the coffee filters – I haven’t heard that before but will be using it for now on! Thanks for sharing at the creative challenge! I bet you have more to share with us!
Thank you and you bet I will! 🙂
Beautiful! This looks so amazing. Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for bringing such amazing creations to our party. We hope to see you tonight at 7 pm because we LOVE to party with you! Lou Lou Girls
Thank you Girls! 🙂 And as always, thank you for hosting an awesome link party!
Very nice upcycle!
I would add a little sparkle by attaching a glass prism to the water spout.
Happy Spring,
Brenda McManus
Brenda, I LOVE that idea!!! Thanks for sharing it with me! 🙂
Michelle,
I loved your water fountain idea turned into a planter your instructions were so good. I’m kind of new at this!! But I keep trying!!
MiMi