You can give your garden a lift this summer by renovating any tired old garden plant pots using Plasti-kote Super Spray Paint.

Here’s the Plasti-kote method for renovating your plant pots:

1. Clean the pots to get rid of any dirt or moss.

2. Wipe them, leaving the pots thoroughly dry.

3. Protect any surfaces near to the area where you are spraying.

4. If surface is porous, use Plasti-kote’s Super Primer.

5. Spray several coats of Plasti-kote’s Super Spray Paint in the colour of your choice (leave 5 minutes between each coat).

6. Pots will be touch-dry in 10-20 minutes and throughly dry in 30-45 minutes.

7. If you want the pots to stand up to the weather, Plasti-kote also have a clear sealer.

There are 36 colours in the Plasti-kote Super Spray Paint range, and they retail at £5.49 for a 400ml can.

web: http://www.plasti-kote.co.uk
tel: (01223) 836400.

This is Teresa’s Green, just one of the colours available in Farrow & Ball’s Modern Emulsion range.

Introduced in 2005, Modern Emulsion is the perfect alternative to Farrow & Ball’s ‘Estate Emulsion’.

Modern Emulsion boasts a slightly increased sheen level, and is ideal for high usage areas which need a washable paint finish and stain resistance, such as kitchens, bedrooms and hallways.

Modern Emulsion is available in all your favourite Farrow & Ball colours.

web: http://www.farrow-ball.com
tel: (01202) 876 141

Martin Ephson, Director of specialist paint manufacturers Farrow & Ball has been speaking about the trends in paint and wallpaper that he predicts will be fashionable in 2006:

“For spring and summer ‘06 we will see the return of yellows, fine shades like ‘Dayroom Yellow’ and ‘Hound Lemon’ rather than the ever popular but strong ‘Sudbury Yellow’. Also pink, but again, fine colours such as ‘Pink Ground’. ‘Calamine’ and ‘Setting Plaster’. Witness a big return to grey whites, in particular ‘Clunch’, ‘Slipper Satin’ and ‘Off-White’.

Large pattern repeat papers in dramatic colourways will find their way from ‘accent’ walls into small spaces such as guest loos. These will have a spectacular dramatic effect. Also exquisitely printed, simple one and two colour papers in the popular paint and high fashion colours mentioned above. Look out too for metallics which can be found in F&B’s ‘Vermicelli’ papers.”

Pictured is a cupboard and shelves painted in ‘Clunch’ oil eggshell paint - a low sheen, low odour eggshell finish, perfect for interior woodwork where a low sheen finish is preferred.

web: http://www.farrow-ball.com
tel: (01202) 876 141