How to Make a Plant's Pot Look Tuscan

Create Weathered Appearance

• 1

  Soak the terra-cotta pot in a large bucket or tub of warm water and 1 tsp. liquid dish soap overnight. Rinse the soap off the pot, and set the pot in the sun to dry.

• 2

  Pour a small amount of brown acrylic craft paint in a bowl. Add 1 tsp. warm water to the paint, then mix together.

• 3

  Dip a craft sponge into the bowl of watered-down brown paint. Dab the sponge all over the terra-cotta pot to create a weathered appearance.

Create Antiqued Appearance

• 4

  Follow step one in the first section to clean the terra cotta pot.

• 5

  Pour a small amount of dark teal acrylic craft paint in a small bowl. Add 1 tsp. of water, then mix together.

• 6

  Dip the sponge in the watered-down teal paint. Apply the paint to the terra-cotta pot using a dabbing motion. Do not paint the rim of the pot.

• 7

  Pour the gold acrylic craft paint in a small bowl.

• 8

  Apply the gold paint to the rim of the pot with the crumpled piece of brown paper. Use a sweeping motion across the surface of the pot.