Plastic plant pots, what could be more ugly? And yet they are very useful and not to mention cheap, in face I acquired most of my plant post for nothing, so rather than fork out for expensive decorative pots, why not up-cycle your own? Here is a really easy tutorial to improve the appearance of a very uninspiring pot:
1. You need: A plastic plant pot, some thick twine (mine is made from hemp), scissors, a glue gun.
2. Begin by putting a line of glue along the base of the pot and place the end of the string along the line of glue, add more glue and line the string up along it, careful not to burn your fingers on the glue. Don't cut the string yet because you won't know how much you will need.
3. Continue all the way round the put then begin another layer on top of the first.
4. Keep glueing and wrapping the string round the pot, try to push the string up as close as possibly to the row below so that none of the pot shows through.
5. Keep going...
6. And keep going till you get to the top of the pot. To finish off put a line of glue around the very top edge of the pot then cover with the string so that the top edge of the pot is covered. Finish off by cutting the string and gluing the end slightly inside the pot so you don't have an exposed end.
7. Admire your handiwork!
