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Spruce up your shed


Sustainable ideas ❋ Te oranga ō te taiao, from Thrive magazine

Melissa Marriott brings order and style to garden storage, using Resene paints, old crates and hardware store basics.

Spruce up your shed with Resene paint

What you need

Pegboard:

  • A large pegboard
  • Sellotape Everyday Masking Tape
  • Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen waterborne enamel in your chosen Resene colours, we used:
    • Resene Valentine
    • Resene Moondance
    • Resene Kombucha
    • Resene Good To Go
  • Resene Dacron roller sleeve, with roller handle and roller tray
  • Resene dropsheet
  • Assorted pegboard hooks

Crates:

  • Old beer crates
  • Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen waterborne enamel in your chosen Resene colours
  • Resene sandpaper, 120 grit
  • Resene MacGyver paintbrush

Plant pots:

Method

Pegboard:

  1. Using masking tape, section off the pegboard to suit the needs of your shed. (A)

  2. Using Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen waterborne enamel in your chosen Resene colours, paint each section a different colour using the roller. (B)

  3. Once dry, peel off the masking tape. (C)

  4. Arrange the pegboard hooks to suit your gardening equipment.

Spruce up your shed - materials used Materials used

Storage:

  1. To upcycle old crates into storage boxes, first sand them. (D)

  2. Create a cohesive look by painting the crates in the same colours as the pegboard. (E)

Plant pots:

  1. Apply masking tape under the lip of the terracotta pots.

  2. Use a testpot brush to apply Resene FX Blackboard Paint around the tops of the pots. (F)

  3. Once dry, use chalk to label your plants – an ideal way to grow and display kitchen herbs. (G)

 

Resene Moondance

Resene Valentine

Resene Kombucha

Resene Good To Go

Download this project as a PDF

Project by Melissa Marriott. Photography by Reuben Looi. May 2023


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