I painted flowerpots bright yellow and added house numbers beside the mailbox. We kept receiving other people’s mail, and delivery drivers had trouble finding us. The pots gave the address a more visible place.
The front garden around the projects
Our Japanese maple had grown from a small, scrawny tree over three years. Purple clematis and jasmine also filled out the entrance. At the time, my own routine had been to trim the clematis in winter and trim the jasmine as needed.
A painted cross and watering can
A friend gave me the cross after buying it and finding she had nowhere to put it. I painted it for this display and considered distressing the finish. The watering can had been copper-colored; I repainted it and added numbers too.
Bright yellow pots with packaged house numbers
I had seen numbered flowerpots and wanted to try them. Yellow suited the side of the house by the mailbox, where I wanted the address to catch attention.
I used house numbers sold in a package at Walmart. I remembered paying about $6 for a pack of thirty at the time. I ran out of black spray paint before finishing the planter bottoms, so that part still needed another can.
A small thrift-store find joined the day
I also found a $3 piece at Goodwill that I wanted to use in another project. These last photos record the finds and details from that day.
For a smaller painted-pot project, see my mini pots with button flowers. My painted and decoupaged planters use green, yellow, and magazine clippings.
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