I have been wanting to place a plant in my kitchen windowsill for awhile but needed something that was strong enough to withstand my not so green green-thumb. I decided to use succulents if I can keep them alive outside I should be able to keep them alive inside, right?
I had found these cute plastic cups at Target for 75 cents each. They are short glasses which are the perfect size for a individual planter. While I love the color with them being see through I decided they need some spray paint. I really debated on the color and thought about doing copper which would have been pretty, however I had Rust-oleum Metallic – Satin Nickle in my garage leftover from another project. So silver it was!
I sprayed the cups with two thin coats starting with the cups on their rim and then flipping them over and spraying lightly inside from different angles to get the top edge evenly. The spray paint went on really well!
I went to my local home improvement store and picked out three succulents – golden barrel cacti, red moon cacti and minicry. Well truthfully S picked out the red cactus because she really liked the color. My store’s selection was very small I guess because it’s the middle of summer?
I gathered all my supplies: planters, rocks, soil and plants. To assemble I placed some small rocks in the bottom of the planters for drainage, then soil and my plant. These small succulents are the perfect size for my little planters!
I have to say that I love how this project turned out! I am enjoying washing dishes so much more by having these beautiful plants to look at.
Do you have indoor plants?
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They look elegantly presented. Great job!
Thank you!
Wow they look so good – so simple and fresh. I did some playing with succulents myself this week. Love succulents!!
Thanks Tracey!
They look really cool! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
Wow that’s awesome for 75 cents a piece and some spray paint. I’m like you and would need to use succulents 🙂
Thanks Erlene!
Thanks for linking this up to the Welcome Home Wednesdays link party! I LOVE your succulents. I’ve recently become obsessed and I always love inexpensive ways to show them off!! Thanks for sharing…we hope to see you again next week!
Thank you Brittany!
Nice transformation from plain ordinary cups to pretty planters. I love succulents too!!!
Thanks Tracy!
Wow, these are so easy! I love how they turned out. What a great way to reuse something you already had instead of spending money.
Thanks Jenna! I love them!