PAINTED GARDEN FURNITURE PROJECTS

The furniture in your garden can provide as much colour, beauty, and imagination as the flowers they complement. Just tole-paint your tables, chairs, planters, birdbaths, birdhouses, benches, and storage cabinets with these 19 different designs accompanied by their own patterns and instructions for applying them to a variety of projects. The projects feature a thoughtful use of colour that enhances the realistic style of the motifs, which include morning glories, poppies, berries and autumn leaves, and folk-art designs, as well as gilded antiques, chic looks, and faux tile. A rustic birdhouse features delicate purple blossoms, while a cabinet hutch has a scattering of painted leaves in autumn hues. Tiny vines, leaves, and berries adorn a shelf made of twigs. Each piece captures nature in all its beauty.