The First Unspoken Rule of a Picking a Great Curb Find is…

NEVER PICK FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS CURB!!!

At least, that’s what my daughter-in-law says.

(So, what do you do when you see something that screams to be saved?)

I live in a friendly neighborhood in a small town.

I have a few neighbors who don’t like to have garage sales.

They will put plants, gardening items, and even vegetables

on the curb to share with neighbors.  I have great neighbors!

The metal plant stand.

I had looked at this plant stand sitting by the curb for a couple of days.

The evening before garbage pickup, while my husband

and I were taking the dog on his evening walk, we decided to grab it.

(I double-checked with the neighbor the next day.)

I didn’t mind it the way it was.  I like a little chippy goodness.

The problem was every time you bumped it,

or the wind blew, you would see little flakes everywhere.

I figured it would be an easy-peasy project. 

All I would need to make it look great would be a can of black spray paint*.

(and a little scraping)

I went to the home store and picked up a small wire brush* and

black Rustoleum spray paint*.

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It seems that the metal stand was coated in plastic and not painted.

As flaky as it seems, I soon realized it would take much more elbow grease than I intended.

Not to shy away from a challenge, I tried the metal brush*, a metal scraper tool*,

a palm sander*, and steel wool*.

I finally decided it was “good enough” and spray-painted it black

to match the black railing on my deck.

I really like it out there.  (Dexter agrees.)

But now I think I need to find another one.