Planter Ideas ~ Cement Pots ~ Terracotta Pots ~ Aging Terracotta Pots ~ Herb Planters

I worked with some new, orange terracotta pots, giving them a completely different look! Enjoy and thanks for watching!
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[@pallavisharma8773]

You work so hard. Where do you get that strength. Hats off. Pots turned out lovely and just in time for me looking for similar ideas. Been binge watching you from India. ❤

[@kayburris8464]

You do such a great job. Love them all.

[@sidlid7722]

So fun! Can't wait to try this. Thanks for doing something nice as a great distraction from the craziness and panic folks are getting sucked into. Our Creator is in charge of it all and those of us who love and trust Him don't fear. Love your channel and your soothing voice.

[@jack6964]

Mary, you have such an eye for design! I am really inspired watching your videos. Thanks for all you do!

[@tonibaena7046]

Hi Mary! I love them all. Touches of green, grey, terracota & of course white! Really beautiful the words in black, too! 😍😍😍🤗🤗🤗👌👌👌🌿⚘🍃

[@MariaFlores-ql1rg]

Hi Mary I know of another quick more natural way to "age" terra-cotta pots, rub spoiled milk on them. It's gonna be stinky for a short while but the pots as you water your plants the pots will get that white aged patina and start growing green moss on the outside. I just love this method and it's more organic. Try it out you'll love it. TFS

[@RobinJohnsonDecor]

I love how each type turned out but I think my favorite was the lyme ones. Thanks for sharing.

[@sandytaylor8482]

Those are my favorites too.

[@carmenteixeira9344]

Hey Robin, I hope you are keeping well!

[@maureenp7082]

Oh...I love how the pots turned out. I liked the gray over the green best too. I did a clay pot also in white chalk paint and used an IOD transfer that is black toile looking with farm scenes. I think I want to make some like you did too!

[@reniehandler2595]

Hi Mary! I just love watching your videos! You always give me such motivation to make something pretty! I love spring too, it's full of hope and newness. We all need a little of that right now!!! Stay healthy and safe!!! xo

[@loismcclung1940]

Could you use a damp cloth to pull back some of the grey chalk paint?

[@ramonagibson5540]

I liked all 3 styles of paint jobs and how you displayed each ! Happy spring days are here ! 🌺

[@dianerosario163]

Also u can mix the spakling paste with paint I've use it.

[@lovingmayberry307]

Another great video, Mary! Can't wait for spring!!!!💐🌸🌷🌻🌹🌾🌺

[@kandaceespinoza2590]

Hi Mary, I’m new to gardening. And I was told that that it isn’t safe for the plants 🌱 if you paint inside the pot... I see many people do it, but I haven’t tried it. What’s the best advice you can give me!? I love your channel and I I’ve been watching your channel for years now 🌸🌱💕🌿🌸🌱

[@Singit24Seven]

Kandace Espinoza I was thinking the same thing. It can’t be healthy for the plants to have the inside of the pots painted. It seems like the paint would eventually seep into the soil...

[@melindaleal4506]

Hi , I wanted to let you know how much you have inspired me. I am a senior and I have been staying at home these last few days because of the COVID-19. Your inspiration has caused me to clean out my sewing room ,re-organize it and I found several projects I had started and had not finished. Love your videos. I’m in CO but would love to meet you someday. Thank you!!

[@judybryan9575]

Enjoyed this video...thank you for also sharing your signs of spring, and the songs of the birds. Love seeing your kitties making their guest appearances!

[@jaynebrown693]

I agree nothing is more beautiful than a “ true aged terra cotta pot”... the kind you find in old basements or barns! All the manmade kind come close... but age is best! LOL!!! I have tried different steps and they look “okay”. I love hearing the birds and you are correct... they CHIRP differently in Springtime! Happy little birds! Being in upstate New York, I love to hear the Red-Winged Blackbirds. Then I know spring has arrived. Funny how different people love hearing different birds to Welcome the season! We still have snow banks around... but they shall soon go! How nice to surprise your Mom.... what a joy!!!

[@JoJo-Hamilton]

Hi. Love those pots! Please stay safe in these troubled times. ♥️🙌♥️

[@pamboone6921]

Wow! I loved the pots! Great ideas! Yep I’ll be running out to get me some pots for sure now. As always, have made my week. You are so talented, I love most everything you do. May God Bless you, have a wonderful week! ❤️

[@csclose]

I am getting spring fever here in WV! The simplicity of your decorating style is just stunning, Mary, and I so look forward to your videos! TY so much for sharing your wonderful ideas and beautiful projects! You have inspired me so much...Happy Spring (tomorrow)!!! ❤️

[@shirleygermain5707]

Great idea, but you should never paint the inside of the clay pots especially if you put any edible in them. It seeps through to the herb. I watch the garden videos all winter and have been just starting to sow flower seeds. Spring is my favorite time of year.

[@teresafillinger9238]

Love watching your videos, you seem like someone I could be friends with.

[@juliezimmerman5041]

Hi Mary! Try dabbing Vaseline on the green before painting the gray, then wipe away the Vaseline to expose the beautiful green hidden underneath!

[@jodilea144]

I’ve also used a candle or block of wax for resist. Either should work well for these. 🙂

[@MrSaadia27]

I love Florida is really hot but I have a small suburban yard with my own upclycling project and I garden 365 day a year.🌅

[@MOJUSA]

I'm a hardworking woman also paintings, landscapes💃i love white.nice .I will do that my pot today.😂

[@barbara-dj1uo]

Absolutely perfect! I love all your projects, your home, your cat, and you! It’s so cute to see you walk over to the door and let the cat in and out in fast motion. 😁 Thanks for your inspiration!

[@sandrabulluck1896]

barbara swonger that’s what I was going to comment on as well! 😁 I love how every time she’s making a video in her dining room, her cat wants to come in! So adorable! 💖🤗

[@rbirkheimer59]

I'm number 2!!!! So happy to see you pop up. I've watched all of your videos. Binge watched them all. Oh my gosh love these pots. Another thing I'm going to try. I live 2 hours south of you. Been checking on my hostas. Watching your videos on you flower garden tours. I'am so pumped up to plant this year. Oh so beautiful your gardens are. I would also like to have a small water feature. I'am so in love with all your decor inside and out. Thank You Mary for boosting my spirit. Like you I love flowers, plants, and being outside. I mean I really,really have the planting itch bad. Sorry for the rant but I can't help it. This is my Fathers World. One of my favorite hyms God Bless and have a beautiful day.

[@carolynlunel9382]

Thank you for a refreshing Spring video💚🌿🌱I liked all the styles..the white ones are darling to me,tho! Years ago my friend and I "aged" terra cotta pots by using a stencil brush..we stippled white randomly to look like the lyme and after it dried stippled a mossy green around the base and edges of the pots. They really looked mossy old and sooo authentic! Try it and see! I love your videos,Mary. Every. Single. One! 💚💚💚

[@celineswiggins5907]

Beautiful Mary! You have such great ideas! I love plants! I love gardening and growing vegetables. Tomorrow, I’ll be planting gandules, “pigeon peas”, basil, peppers and tomatoes. This is my happy place ❤️

[@peggyjohnson8953]

Mary, did you spray clear coat on the outside of all the pots when finished or just the ones you used the lime on? I was thinking you might consider clear coating the inside of the pots too so the terra cotta doesn't absorb the water. Just a thought... I love all of these. Turned out beautiful!

[@ShandeleReynolds]

Watch the video again and listen. She did

[@peggyjohnson8953]

@@ShandeleReynolds Sorry if I missed it! Thanks so much for clarifying. You're so helpful and kind.

[@mickimc2883]

I LOVE when the Robins are back to our part of Ohio, that means spring is coming~! :OD

[@sherrielawrence8065]

Beautiful 😍 you are so talented Mary. I live in Australia, and love the look you have created in your lovely home. 😊

[@maryalicehornsby1885]

Hi Mary, I love how your pots turned out. It looks like a fun project I might have to try. I live in Virginia and we have all four seasons which I really enjoy but I'm starting to feel a little Spring fever and can't wait to plant my containers. My Grandmother always said that after we get through dogwood winter (after the dogwood trees bloom) the weather will finally settle down. She was right so, hopefully, it won't be much longer. Hope you and your family are staying well. By the way, your tan looks so pretty. Take care.

[@sandragutierrez3667]

I live in South Texas and sometimes we get winters. Well, at least this year we got a winter. The kind of winter we can get. However, we already started to get summer. We don't really have much of spring. Our temperatures have already started to be in the high 80's thru the low 90's. To me its amazing seeing all the season your states goes through. I love it!

[@amyloewen5577]

If you wet distress it, you might have been able to bring the green back, instead of using sand paper. (Just use a damp rag and wipe them)

[@nmiller6784]

Love the gray green pots! I live 2 hrs NE of you. So happy to hear the song birds in the morning. 🐦 🎶 I've started tomato and pepper seeds and also some flowers seeds. . With a grow light on a timer they do great! 🍅 🌶 🌼

[@JolovesDecor]

I love these. Since you had chalk paint over the latex. If you’d wet sanded, you might had gotten the result you wanted. However, they turned out wonderful. As usual! 😊

[@ilemsanmartin996]

Love This Tutorial Girl! The technique using the terra-cotta pots turned out beautiful! Here in Northern New Jersey I love opening the windows just to hear the birds singing showing the signs of Spring. It will soon be here in full force, can’t wait. 🤩🤩🤩

[@territ1231]

I loved when you stopped and let your kitty in.

[@cathyslate5423]

The kitty is why I watch.....🐈

[@noraclementinapinaya1734]

Mary,por favor podrás poner subtítulos,gracias 🥰😍

[@thefaithfulfarmermommathe_2111]

Is that a Pampered Chef brown stone scraper? Yes! Love these so much!

[@sherrie9241]

the only concern i would have with this project is, Terra cotta absorbs water, spackling is water absorbent...perhaps use glazed pots?? where the glaze on the inside prevents the terracotta from leaching water out and destroying the Spackle...

[@MargieM10]

Happy Spring Mary! *I have some paints from 1997😂 They work great!

[@glendapantley2894]

It's time for my houseplants to be repotted and I believe this year I'll use this technique! Thanks Mary! Can you share sometime what inspired you to start a KZbin channel? Many blessings! ❤🙏❤

[@pattiereiter9265]

I LOVED this one! I love my AGED clay pots. Hey, I was born in OHIO--Cleveland! Then we moved to Ashtabula when I was 5 or 6. THEN, my parents moved us to FLORIDA! THAT is where I currently live--in North Central Florida, near Gainesville--home of the GATORS! Ironically, my mom and dad MOVED BACK TO OHIO!!! Isn't this crazy? I would love to meet you someday!

[@barbkrieser8972]

Love your stripped socks!!!! Also you have wonderful camera angles and fast motion!!....we just got a cat a week ago and are enjoying her very much.... Victoria is her name... she's calico...so cute... about 10 months old.. enjoy your videos..how are you and your family doing with our quarantine???? Take care 🥰

[@GrandmaGlitter]

Love it! Thank you for sharing. Please be safe and take care. XOXO

[@TheLittleBlueFly]

Fresh and inspiring as always!🌷🎨🖌

[@kajlove1]

Mary, Mary, Mary..... You have got to wear a mask when sanding, that spackle and other chemicals including spray paint, are so dangerous for your lungs.PLEASE WEAR A MASK I just ran across some tiny clay pots I painted about 3 Christmas's ago to top some pumpkins I used for Fall (not Halloween) . I made the pumpkins look like big ornaments (Pinterest) on my porch. I can use the spackle technique to those pots. My husband can't stand plain clay pots anyway. Next time you may want to put a sealer over the spackle before painting or put a sealer between the two colors. It is very nice here in Richmond VA right now a little cool today. I was looking at my large terracotta pots today that I had taken off my porch for the holidays. I can't wait to try this. I love how all the pots turned out.

[@beckyfischer7025]

I absolutely love this video. It makes me want to go get some clay pots. Thank you.

[@stellaplati9784]

Hello from Athens, Greece!!! Here, is spring everywhere!!!!! Unfortunately, the coronavirus also...Thank you for your lovely videos!!! You're always inspiring us!!! Stay healthy!!!

[@elmenoscomundelossentidosm6112]

Hi Mary, this is Mariángeles from Spain. I have had recently discover your Channel, i think your amazing, i LOVE either nature, animals and cats are specially muy weakness. Just wanna to give you thanks for your great job every week, doing less boring this lockedown days due to the corona virus desease.

[@kathygarber9407]

Nice video Mary. I live in southern Tennessee , it's usually warm.we do have some cold winter days and nights but not a lot. I still look forward to Spring. The Paper Whites and Daffodils are always the first up in the Spring , this year they were up by the end of Jan ! Been a crazy year. We had thunderstorms like Spring dead in the middle of Winter. Had a tornado a couple weeks ago just north of us in Nashville. It was deadly , I'm sure you saw the news. That was totally out of season ! Be blessed honey , your skills are a gift ya know .💖💖💖💖

[@rosamancuso2740]

You are so creative and I love your projects. Greetings from Florida!

[@meriemdewilt3042]

You must have read my mind. I was thinking of doing this. Thank you for sharing. Stay healthy. 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@galebiermann9023]

Mary...you are such a pleasure to watch...you inspire and encourage me to try, or at least think of trying new projects...your energy, creativity and pleasant personality really seals the deal....marry me Mary...but first let me ask my husband to see what he says!....hahaha!....love your videos...thank you...

[@katelincoln8455]

I am New to your projects & You do such a wonderful JOB on things. I have a problem with a jelly cabinet.. I lightly sanded by hand. painted it twice white, but you can chip the paint off with your nail.. what did i do wrong? (laytex paint). ty for any help..already painted the inside blue. kate

[@kimvega1962]

I live in Florida. What I miss about living in Pennsylvania is the beautiful flowers you can't grow here, especially my peonies. I also miss your soft grass. LOL.

[@jessicamoutinho6651]

Hi Mary, Love your channel! You are such an inspiration I love all your projects. I wanted to ask you because I’m horrible at sewing, did you make the kitchen curtains or is it a simple diy that I can do? I just wanted something simple in my kitchen and dining as well. Sorry if you’ve already mentioned it. Thanks, keep these ideas coming I look forward to your videos!

[@kathyphifer7546]

Winter and Spring are beautiful here south Texas. But, Summer and Fall bring triple digit heat and humidity. We used to live in Ohio, Canton exactly, so I know your joy of hearing the first birds and seeing those days of sunshine.

[@soniahernandez5917]

Me encantan tus videos, pero me gustaría que activaras los subtítulos en español ya que ese es mi idioma. Mil gracias y bendiciones por compartir tus dones.

[@janperry281]

Hi Mary, I love your show. I have a question about your Dyson sweeper. What model is yours, I'm interested in purchasing one. Thank you, Jan Perry

[@linmims3049]

I live in SW Georgia, our weather is very much, no, identical to that of Florida, and even though it is warm, hot and humid most of the year, I do enjoy seeing everything in nature turn back to the beautiful spring green. Our spring is very short, much like winter/fall, so I have to make the best of the short few weeks that we have pleasant "love to be outdoors" weather. I start my gardens in late March to early April, along with any furniture flips and those type projects before it gets to muggy yucky to be outside. I love the planter ideas, most favorite would be the green with gray dry brushed on. Again, thank you for sharing all your lovely ideas with us. Take care and stay safe in these uncertain times. xx

[@anhlam4771]

Amazing ideas as always! Thank you Mary 👍❤️ And yes you are one strong lady! 💪😊Your husband is one lucky guy!

[@lynvoyager5976]

In the process of finalising the sale of our house and moving across the country, and have to sort through my crafting supplies. Limited to 6 x 63lt plastic tubs to take with me. Have to reduce from about 15 though. One thing I have decided is to buy myself the latest Silhouette and get rid of my die cutters and associated bits and pieces. Hubby managed to toss stuff I really wanted but c'est la vie.

[@Wyldhare47]

You bet I have spring fever..but it’s still too cold to go out n play!....crocuses are blooming!..yay!🌻cute ideas as usual!

[@marysellers2806]

New subscriber. You are Super Women!!! I watch your videos and it inspires me to get things done around my home. Thanks for sharing 😊❤️👍

[@madonnahughey3056]

Love the sounds of spring!! For over a week I've heard our spring peepers and our Easter flowers have been in full bloom for awhile ☺️ lots of rain and severe weather too. Thanks for the tips Mary.

[@aileencamacho7785]

Hi Mary, I just love watching your videos you are so inspiring. I was wondering what vinyl transfer tape you are using for your decals? Thanks and keep making videos

[@franwilson3263]

Hi Mary I love all your projects you inspire me to redo my living room n kitchen...I wish you made more diy videos I’ve watched ur videos several times...lol...your awesome 😊

[@44alwaysrightjlp]

love everything you do but PLEASE take off thos price tags...so tacky looking.

[@sandyg8794]

Hi Mary! I like all of the pots, but especially the "spackle" ones. Thank you for sharing!

[@marthapike397]

Hi Mary, I watch all your videos. I wish you change the music. Make me think about a saloon in stead of a relaxing and fun crafts. Great projects as always

[@helenamonteagudo4228]

Love your simple, but sophisticated work. Greetings from Brazil!

[@meliss36]

Matt I made some of these a couple of Summers ago and added moss and a lil of grey paint and green paint. Some places I added a lot of spackling so I would have darken aged spots like old pots do with age and moss.. I loved them.. I have them on my IG page @mktinsoired1 yours looks very nice!! 🌷🌸🌿

[@sandytaylor8482]

Good video. I love all the pots. Are you getting a lot of rain in Ohio? In KY, we've decided it's never going to stop. I think warmer, drier days will lift our worries and our spirits a bit. Stay well.

[@cynthiaamitrano8915]

My house faces directly north. So I put my pits right out front in the garden over the winter. It is pretty moist because it gets very little sunlight. The pots gets a messy growth on them. I liked the texture of the pot before you sa ded the joint compound. It wasn't a natural texture but it looked great. It's still very cold in Duluth Minnesota with snow on the ground. We generally don't plant until June and sometimes very late. This requires an interesting mixture of fertilizer to get flowers to grow AND blossom before the end of the season which is September.

[@lidial1042]

The garden lime method was my favorite. Love your plant collection ☺️

[@charlotted6247]

Those pots were beautiful and the lime treatment is just awesome!!!! I love the simplicity of the look.

[@karenmccabe2371]

I noticed you didn’t waterproof your pots before painting them. Why? How do you prevent the water from seeping through the paint and peeling it? Just curious.

[@audreyannmunizlorusso]

Mary I love your work and style.. I am at home because of the shut down of coronavirus and I am addicted to your channel.. I will be doing a makeover in my livingroom this spring and I am getting alot of ideas from you!! Thank you so much..

[@JustMe-tk2rp]

Can’t hear you very well. Sounds like you are miles away. Maybe you could have the microphone much closer. Much better later in video.

[@ginafriend1690]

👍 aged pots!

[@annsteele4657]

Have to say what a nice distraction from everything going on in the world. Too bad we can't go out and buy the supplies we need. I will keep this all in mind when the time is right. Thanks so much for sharing all your wonderful ideas with us. I will definitely be ordering some things from your etsy shop.

[@kaybonette]

What did you use to spread the spackle? If you said I couldn't hear. The sound wasn't clear in the beginning. Thanks

[@pelicanseaweed5818]

Hi Mary, love your creativity. A quick question - will the paint on the inside of the pots leach into the soil since it's water based? Would that be harmful for the plants?

[@lindak7499]

Good job and good video. I think it was years ago that I heard Martha Stewart say something about using buttermilk on Terracotta pots to age them. FYI only. Thanks

[@jenniferdahl4010]

I bought a crazy terra cotta wall pot that has a face on it that I want to give that, "sat out for years" look. Whitish but not pure white and mossy. Still trying to figure out I can do that. I've thought about taking dried moss and putting through the blender and then painting some glue and applying it..?

[@77cns]

Hi Mary I love and appreciate all of your videos. Did you stop using a mic? I think at one point you used one. I’m not able to hear you clearly when I watch your videos on certain devices.

[@wheresdollybeen6836]

hello Mary, I hope you are all safe and well, please may I ask how you would seal the pots against the elements? would Rustoleum clear coat be enough? here in England it is more like 'liquid sunshine' than warm sunshine xx

[@irisdiaz7172]

What city in Florida do you parents live ? I live in Tampa

[@littleluluscraps]

Waving hello from Plant City

[@irisdiaz7172]

Last time I was there was for the strawberry festival

[@grisespino5342]

Hi Mary, could you do a follow up on these projects? Being that terracotta is porous. I noticed you did not paint the bottom of the green/gray pots or if they were sprayed with a clear coat. Being that they were potted up and the plants need water. How did they hold up to the elements? Indoors or out? Thanks so much. Loved all these projects.

[@jeanne1765]

I liked all of the pots, but think I like the lime ones best. Do your parents live in FL? What a nice surprise for your mother! Your tan looks great.

[@beckyscheller9358]

Liked the limed ones best but all look really good. Thanks for show how do do them all. Rainy day here but spring definitely coming lots of birds back!

[@connietowler3725]

I like how you try different ways of doing things and letting us see. Love how you aged the two pots, turned out so nice. Kitty sure likes watching you work, so cute. This was fun to watch. Thank you.

[@amx900]

Hey Mary, what color is your wall paint? I'm moving and thinking of doing white this time. :)

[@karanmyers5879]

I enjoy all of your videos. I could listen to the music all day. I have winter sowed seedlings Annual poppies are ready to plant out but I will wait a bit. Penstemon and verbascum are up and several other things. I started them the end of January. Have a good day. I am in zone 8 Oregon.

[@laurieanne9712]

Super ideas! I have a huge plastic terracotta color pot--does anyone know if the spackling will stick to plastic?

[@missourigirl4101]

What did you apply spackling with? Why did you apply spackling then paint over?

[@carolwingert64]

I always enjoy watching your videos. You never disappoint. 🌼

[@harneetsinghchugh1127]

Thanks for the great work , can u pls add subtitles and voice is also echoing ....can be better...

[@conniesmith699]

we are a ways away from spring here in alaska. just got another 5 inches of snow yesterday with more predicted a couple days this next week. but your projects make me wish it would hurry up. love all the pots.

[@evelynmccagg9579]

Another great video,I'm with you,can't wait for spring 💐🐞🌺