Hi my name is Denise Hardy and I love everything in connection with the home i.e. Interior Design, Hand Painting Furniture, Decorative Painting Techniques and Art.
I live in Alicante, Spain with my husband in a beautiful villa which we both love and work hard on making it our home. I have been established in creating beautiful homes since 1998 and never get tired of doing what I do.
I purchased this old bath some time ago from a 'Rastro' (second hand shop) in Spain - you may be able to find one in a thrift store or 'by the road'?
A couple of years ago we renovated our front garden. But.... obviously you have to wait a while for some plants to grow and thought using some artificial flowers would be a nice idea and not too difficult to do and would give the house some instant 'curb appeal'.
I initially purchased the silk flowers to put into the bath to brighten it up immediately until some of the other plants grew. This year I thought I would change the artificial flowers with some more fresh plants that had already got some small buds ready to flower and some succulents. So... this year I have managed to create a small container garden in the old bath.
This was very easy to create. I purchased a bag of 'soil based compost' from our local gardeners with a variety of flowering plants and some succulents. First of all I drilled 3 small holes in the bath and placed some gravel over them and then filled the bath with the compost and placed the plants inside, making a nice arrangement and then gave them a watering. I let the water soak for a while. You will see that the bath also has 'feet' so this will enable some good drainage.
Once that was completed I purchased a bag of white small stones to decorate on top of the soil.
This only took about half an hour to complete. I hope you like it?
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