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How to Age Terra Cotta Pots

June 18, 2014  My Projects | Outdoors

 

How to Age Terra Cotta Pots with this simple method! kellyelko.com

Moisturizer, eye cream, lotions and potions.

While I’m all over a great anti-aging product, I have the opposite opinion about my terra cotta pots.

 

Forget those perfectly perfect, brand spanking new pots.  Like a man, they get better with age …

this is the George Clooney of pots.

 

I got the idea from my friend Karen – check out her pots that have been aging in the garden for more than seven years and they just keep getting better.

I went a slightly different route since I couldn’t find what she suggested and I love the way they turned out.

 

How to Age Terra Cotta Pots

Supplies for aging terra cotta pots kellyelko.com

Supplies:
* terra cotta pot
* spackling paste
* yellow craft paint
* plastic knife
* paper plate for mixing
* dirt (yes, dirt) or potting soil

1) Mix a glob of speckling paste with a little bit (a little goes a long way!) of yellow craft paint and stir to combine

2) Use plastic knife to spread your mixture onto a terra cotta pot, leaving some areas exposed

3) Rub a little dirt or potting soil all over the painted pot

4) Plant a flower – give as a gift or keep it all for yourself

How to distress terra cotta pots kellyelko.com

How to age terra cotta pots - takes just minutes! kellyelko.com

Everything old is new again …

at least in the garden.

 

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  1. cassie

    June 18, 2014 at 7:03 am

    spackling paste- that’s a great idea!!!!!! thanks!

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  2. [email protected]

    June 18, 2014 at 7:31 am

    Thanks for the tips Kelly!…Many, many years ago, when my terra cotta pots looked old and grungy, I threw them away…wanted clean and pretty pots….and now, we are trying to make them that way!…and I totally love it that way now!.

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  3. Karah @ thespacebetweenblog

    June 18, 2014 at 7:40 am

    looks like your pot is going to try to steal your anti-aging potions … don’t let her, she’s perfect!

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  4. [email protected]

    June 18, 2014 at 11:58 am

    It looks great. I like the clay pots as is but they look great aged too! So very pretty!

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  5. Vel

    June 18, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    Living up to you blog name Kelly! I agree, the aged pots look better!

    Reply
  6. Cynthia

    June 18, 2014 at 1:25 pm

    Kelly, love, love, love this, thanks for sharing. I’ll be doing this for the fall in the new house for sure!!! I won’t have time to plant for the summer since we get in next week. Imagine these with mums, GORGEOUS!!! PINNED!!!

    Cynthia

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  7. Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads

    June 18, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    Kelly, don’t tell Leo but I love your aged pots as much as I love George Clooney! Pinning! 🙂

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  8. Laura Strack

    June 19, 2014 at 1:17 am

    Love this, Kelly! I used to spend hours soaking my pots in vinegar then scrubbing off the…let’s call it “Patina”, to make them look new. That was a total pain in the backside. Seems to me that this will actually add a layer of protection to the clay and I love the way it looks. An Ivy topiary would be very pretty. Thank You!!

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  9. karen

    June 19, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    I like your method much better too! Thank you for the mention 🙂 Love the color, but don’t put this stuff on your face.

    Reply
  10. liza

    March 16, 2015 at 2:24 am

    Hi Kelly, I have a tub in my garage and its in blue color tub Dap Dry Dex Spackling but didn’t say paste, would this be same? I love the way these pots looks,Thank you for sharing =)

    Reply
    • Kelly @ Eclectically Vintage

      March 16, 2015 at 8:32 am

      I haven’t heard of that Liza – give it a try!

      Reply

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