It's just a simple 4 foot x 4 foot shelf with 16' between each shelf. My husband John used a simple knotty pine which we knew was going to be painted so it didn't really matter what kind of wood we used. The garden shelf was built using what we could get our hands on at a local building supplies store. I've been wanting to paint something green for awhile. Then we painted the old table using Olive with a finishing coat of the Chalk Paint Lacquer.

I only did one coat and a few touch ups.Īfter painting the screen, we left it to dry for a few days before applying a coat of Chalk Paint Laquer.Īnnie Sloan Chalk Paint Lacquer in clear matte. I've collaborated with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint who provided the paint for this project.Īnnie Sloan Chalk Paint in Athenian Black.

I think it will be fun to style throughout the seasons. It is also practical as I can step outside my door to access fresh herbs. It was an opportunity to add something interesting to a rather dull looking privacy screen. I decided to create a version of one to display herbs just outside the doors to our small deck. Primula) - one of the many flowers that became popular in the Victorian era when gardening became wildly popular in England. It's a small display shelf that holds a collection of Auriculas (a type of This past winter I came across a Victorian Auricula Theatre I had seen somewhere online. It's also a place that I love to have fun styling and as a collector obsessed with antiques, the garden is another space I can display my collections of plants and gardenalia. I can get lost in my small urban garden for hours, planting, tinkering and thinking about what colour, texture and height I want to add to the garden next. The garden isn't just about my love of plants, it's a creative space. DIY garden shelf painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Athenian Black and finished with a coat of Chalk Paint Lacquer in matte.

Victorian auricula theatre