I bought this old birdcage a few years ago in an antique shop during a trip to Boston. I took it out of storage this weekend and decided to make a hanging planter with it.
First, I painted it "Green Apple" with Rustoleum Painter's Touch. I must tell you -- This is THE BEST spray paint. It usually only takes one coat when other spray paint takes 2-3 coats. It is higher priced, but you use less - well worth it!
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First, I painted it "Green Apple". |
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After Spray Paint |
Next, I added a Coconut Basket liner to cover the bottom.
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Coconut basket liner cut to fit the bottom. |
Then I added sphangum moss around the edges to hold in the soil.

I put some soil in the middle, then planted a tall purple butterfly plant in the middle. Around the outside, I planted trailing plants on their side so that they grow through the cage. Added more sphangum moss on the sides and soil on top. Then I mulched the top with more sphangum moss, and watered!
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Finished Birdhouse Planter....now, where to hang it? |
tres chic
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