DIY Concrete Boots

[kenkew]

First impressions.

[kenkew]

[kenkew]

Ready for painting.

[Gardengirl]

Great Ken - is there no end to your talent ;) :D ;D  What are you going to plant in it ???

[eileen]

Do you want to move to Scotland by any chance?????

Eileen.

[Hugh_Jones]

How perfectly twee.  Do you make gnomes as well?

[kenkew]

I'm on boot number 20 something. They make great pressies. There's a drain hole so they can be planted using just compo or with a plant-pot.

[Mrs Ava]

Cor Ken, not only are the the photo king, you are the DIY champion!  Love it!

[kenkew]

First coat white, second coat black:

[kenkew]

Kew Boots ready for plants.

[kenkew]

Mm! Needs a trailing plant, me thinks.

[Gardengirl]

They're really great Ken - much better than the boring old concrete one I bought from the garden centre.  Pity they're too heavy to send through the post or I would have one ::) :)

[Colin_Bellamy-Wood]

Ken, your boots were made for planting.   They are a great work of art, and I would certainly have one off you.   I'm looking at the place where it would go too.   Congrats on your skill.

[kenkew]

Keeps me off the streets and on the straight and narrow, Colin. (Only 'cos they're too heavy to do a sideways move in!)

[aquilegia]

Are you connected to the Mob Ken? I'm going to keep on your good side, I don't fancy wearing them!

[busy_lizzie]

Your boots are great, Ken!  What a great idea and really well done!  :D busy_lizzie

[kenkew]

Cor! Thanks you lot. If I was in the UK I'd make you all a leftfooted one each.

[mysticmog]

Wow!!! So impressed!!

[eileen]

Just seen the finished boots KK.  ;D

Wish you could come to Scotland as I'm sure you'd do a roaring trade.

You couldn't send some magic dust over could you instead? Maybe then my Ian would be able to do all the wonderful things you can.

I agree with you - a trailing plant would look lovely.

Really impressed, any more photographs of other projects you can let us all drool over?  :P

Eileen.

[kenkew]

Well,,, I once bought a hugh chunk of maple (about a foot square) with the intention of carving it into a coach and four. Chisels and mallet in hand, tongue between teeth I set to. Bits of chipping flew all over the shed. Boy, was I a happy chappy, shaping an' filing' an' gouging to my hearts content. 3 weeks later I came out of the shed and proudly presented to my wife (at the time) a beautifully carved and highly polished .... teaspoon!