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February 5, 2018

DIY Marble Planter Upcycle

Take these basic black planters to the next level with a step by step tutorial using paint with a DIY water marbling technique for a marble planter.

Take these basic black planters to the next level using paint with a water marbling technique for a marble planter.

Have you noticed planters are expensive?! Home Depot has pretty inexpensive plastic ones, but they look pretty plastic. This tutorial will show you how to make it look a little less plastic. This is a simple way to create a marble planter without paying marble planter money.

What you need for your marble planter
  • Planter
  • Spray paint (I have found glossy paint works better than the matte finish!)
  • A large tub of water
  • Gold acrylic paint
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I started by spraying the planter black. It was black, but I don’t like the finish of plastic so I did a matte black to change the finish.

Fill your tub with water if it’s not filled already. You don’t need to too deep. I had about 4 inches of water.

Take these basic black planters to the next level using paint with a water marbling technique for a marble planter.

Spray a light coat of the contrasting paint color in the water. You can always add spray paint but can’t take it out!

Take these basic black planters to the next level using paint with a water marbling technique for a marble planter.

Take a small straw or stick and drag it through the paint so it starts swirling a bit.

Take these basic black planters to the next level using paint with a water marbling technique for a marble planter.

Dip your planter in the paint and lift it straight up. I did this twice on each side.

Take these basic black planters to the next level using paint with a water marbling technique for a marble planter.

After letting it dry I used acrylic paint to paint the rim. It was still obvious it was plastic to me so I painted the rim to hid that a bit.

Take these basic black planters to the next level using paint with a water marbling technique for a marble planter.

At that point I was all done! It was so simple but i feel like it looks much better than just the plain plastic.

Take these basic black planters to the next level using paint with a water marbling technique for a marble planter.

Filed Under: DIY, Home Decor Tagged With: home decor, quick diy, upcycled furniture

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  1. Fully Assembled Chest of Drawers says

    February 5, 2018 at 10:47 pm

    I really liked how you created this DIY marble planter without giving marble planter money. This is looking nice.

    Reply
    • Anna says

      February 11, 2018 at 4:57 pm

      Thank you so much girl!

      Reply

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