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Tabletop Pedestal Flower pots get a new life as pedestals. From "B. Original" episode DBOR-108

B. Original host Michele Beschen is all about being creative with whatever's nearby—including old flower pots and saucers. If your planters have seen better days, maybe it's time to bring them inside and give them a new, dirt-free life.

Michele Beschen's how-to below makes it easy to turn flower pots and saucers into a dramatic tabletop pedestal. Scroll down to see how it's done.

As the image, right, proves, it's easy to turn old planters into a new pedestal!

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	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

Materials:

flower pots and saucers
contact cement
gesso
paint

• Make sure your pots and saucers are clean and dry before you begin. Otherwise, glue and paint won't adhere properly.

• Do a dry fit to figure out how your pedestal will go together. Michele Beschen stacked her largest saucer, her second-largest saucer and a flower pot—all upside down—with another saucer on top (figure A). Figure out what arrangement works best for your materials and the look you want to achieve.

• Glue your pieces together with contact cement (figure B). Make sure all of your pieces are centered with each other.

• Once the glue is completely dry, prime the pedestal
  (figure C). Michele Beschen likes to use gesso (available art supply stores).

• Once the gesso coat is dry, paint the pedestal. Michele Beschen likes to use different shades of the same color, mixing them slightly on the brush as she goes.

• When the paint is dry, coat the piece with spray lacquer for a high gloss shine.

Who knew a bunch of worn-out planters...

could turn out this fabulous?