Slab painting

After moving into my first home just over a year ago, landscaping my garden was last on the bottom of my list. I wanted to find a way to transform my concrete patio garden slabs, by myself without …

Garden slabs looking tired? Paint them black and glitter!!!

Garden makeover with stencilled slabs and fences painted in Cuprinol Willow paint.

Working on a new bowl design, floral pottery, sgraffito ceramics art | Slab pottery, Pottery plates, Ceramic pottery

I stencilled my boring grey paving slabs using @wickes Smooth Masonary Paint in Black & Buttermilk. Stencil from @dizzyduckuk #patio #garden #diy #diygarden #stencils

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Husband creates a unique decorative garden space for wife working on the frontline

Find out how to stencil a concrete patio using a Dizzy Duck stencil and some masonry paint for a budget garden makeover. Click to read my step by step guide

As we were planning our outdoor paving area around our deck, Alice had grand plans but we didn't have a grand budget. When Alice considers “the look”, Caleb considers "the cost" of a project. It causes that balance of what do we want and what do we need, where do we spend money and where do we intentionally save money. We had concrete pavers from our old courtyard and it seemed like a waste to buy new ones. But then again - old tired pavers beside our brand new deck and freshly painted…

My ceramic tile I'm in the process of making

Sharing how I have created a painted patio makeover for our slab patio including a step by step guide to the process and products used so far

The colored clay slips we have in the ceramics studio are used for adding color and/or contrast to your object. The most important thing to remember when using the clay slips is that they MUST go o…

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