How to paint a pot

I wanted to change the way that my large pots on the front porch look so I decided to paint them.  They turned out pretty nice and didn't take too much time to do.

Here is what I started with. It is ok but I wanted something more rustic.

I just took two colors of exterior paint that the previous owners had left.  They worked at perfect.

I didn't like they way the dripping turned out so I decided to age the pot with the dark brown on the lower half.

Now at this point I was going to put a gloss lacquer over it but it is under my covered porch so no elements effect it.  It looks great with the greenery that I added.

I am going to add some lanterns around it and maybe a bench on the wall next to it.  I also have a red pot on the other wall that I did a minor touch up to.

All I did was paint the top ring black and add some greenery.  It will look great next to the wicker rockers that I have on order.  They will go to the right of the pot by the windows.

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