Boston Fern Solution

Good morning everyone.

We have been busily working on all our outside projects as I know many of you have also.  Seems like we get one marked off our list and another 5 or so gets added.  The weather has been cooperating these past few days and we have been able to get quite a few done so I have not been able to work on too many projects that are blog worthy. (Who wants to read about raking, weeding, cleaning up limbs - the boring Spring chores?)  I thought I would share a very simple solution to a problem I had with you today - how to display my Boston ferns this year.

I love Boston ferns and wanted a couple on our front porch but could not find a way I really wanted to display them.  I thought about hanging them as most people do but they are hard to reach to water and the wind dries them out much quicker.  So I decided I wanted to put them in urns on the porch.  But I couldn't find what I was really wanting in my price range. 

What I did find was two of these plastic urns at the Dollar store.  These were really not doing it for me but for $8 each I thought I could probably do a little something to them to make them fit in with our porch decor.  So I took them home and gave them a coat of black chalkboard paint.  Quite simple.

As you can see they look quite different and now fit in with our porch decor.  And I think they make the perfect container for a couple of Boston ferns.

I also love how they actually frame the porch by placing them on either side of the rocking chairs.  So pretty. 

So for very little money and effort I was able to come up with a solution for displaying our ferns.  I love when a plan comes together - how bout you?  Would love to hear about what you have been up to lately. Tell me about it in the comments below. 

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Until next time have fun creating something you love.