DIY STONE LOOK OUTDOOR PLANTERS || Rustic Decor on a budget

🧱 Plastic planters are cheap and lightweight, but stone pots are beautiful yet heavy and expensive.

🎨 In this DIY project, the YouTuber transforms a plastic planter into a stone planter that can be used outdoors.

💰The project is budget-friendly as it uses old building supplies and materials from previous projects.

🪴The YouTuber sands down the plastic planter, applies a surface primer, and then covers it with a cement-based flexible floor tile grout mixed with coarse builders sand to create a rough stone texture.

💧Important factors to consider when choosing the grout are that it is waterproof, frost-resistant, designed for exterior use, and cement-based.

👐 She applies the grout mixture with a flexible tool and uses her hands as well, wearing rubber gloves.

🌬️ As the mixture dries, it becomes stiffer, allowing her to smooth it and create the desired texture.

🌈 For added interest and color, she applies white tile adhesive with her fingers and then splatters black paint mixed with water on the pot using a toothbrush.

🌿 Additionally, she uses brown grout to tone down the brightness of the white areas.

🌱 Ultimately, the DIY stone planter is a cost-effective solution for planting a tree and the key takeaways from the project are to ensure the pot is rigid, use cement-based grout designed for exterior use, and verify that all products are suitable for outdoor use.