Propane Art

This year we bought a new (well, new to us) propane tank. We had been renting a larger tank for the last few years but we wanted a smaller size that we didn't have to pay to rent.  The tank was pretty ugly with chipped paint and rust so I decided to pretty it up.

Before

After

I think it turned out really well! I'm not much of an artist so I made stencils out of poster board. I used Rust-O-Leum paint because I didn't want my flowers to rust (plus it comes in great colors) but they only come in spray cans.  So I had to spray the paint into an old yogurt container and then use a brush to paint in the stencil.  It worked fairly well, but I still had to do a lot of touching up around the edges because the stencils bled. But it was totally worth the time and effort!  I planted flowers along the front, all of which attract hummingbirds and butterflies (they'll look nicer when they bush out).