I painted the allotment shed today. I fancied a change of colour.
The new paint is called Mediterranean Glaze by Cuprinol, I’ve admired this colour for a long while now and got the exact shade I wanted mixed in-store for me at our local Homebase. I’m really happy with the result, it’s just how I pictured it in my head and my shed will be a fantastic backdrop against spring and summer flowers next year. My creative and design juices are flowing with colour combinations whirling around in my head, one plant I must have growing near the shed next year is Salvia, for slender spires of intense violet-blue flowers. I grow Salvia in old wooden wine crates topped with pea shingle at home, which looks fantastic on the patio.
The weather turned out lovely after a frosty start to the morning, last night was cold and typical of October weather, we’ve been a bit spoilt with unseasonably mild weather for so long.
My shed is now ready for autumn and winter with its bright aqua armour. Because my shed is blue underneath, it’ll look interesting when the paint starts to weather.
I love the new shed. Beautiful. Makes me want to get out my paint brush.
Thank you Jean!
I wish I had a shed to paint :) I’ve got pure shed envy :)
Ah I forget you don’t have a lottie shed Kaz. If you did, what colour would you paint it? x
Hmmm… I think a mint green colour or cream and I’d decorate it with bunting :) x
Good choice Kaz! x
I–love–it…
Aqua was a daring choice, and it paid off to try it. Such a happy little scene!
Great color! It looks great!
That colour is gorgeous! :) :) :)
Wowsers! What a fantastic colour – I love it!
It certainly makes a bold statement
Thank you Nashvillechick, it’s certainly brightened the plot!
It looks lovely. I was just thinking about painting my shed the other day. My dark green paint has weathered to reveal something similar to your blue underneath. CJ xx
Thank you Buffy :)
Thank you, I’m really pleased with it :)
Thank you CJ, you know how much I love your shed and I bet it looks even more interesting now :)
It looks good, and certainly makes a welcome change to the usual brown or green sheds seen on allotments. xx
Thank you Flighty, and yes I agree!
Beautiful colour for your shed and I love the idea of Salvias in old wine crates, they sound wonderful.
Great colour for a shed – so cheerful. Sadly on our allotments the council planners force us to have only shades of brown which makes it hard to use your imagination.
Your shed looks great… love the colour.. :o)
Thank you Julie! I do love Salvia flowers, they just keep going!
That’s a shame greenbenchramblings. I’m curious, if you could paint your shed a different colour what would you choose?
Thank you Julie, this colour is proving to be very popular with everyone so far!
That’s lovely! I really like the colour!
the color is fantastic! good choice!
Thank you Tania :)
Love it!!!
Great colour. I’ve recently got a new shed and painted it cornflower blue for much the same reasons. It will be interesting to see yours when it weathers.
well the color is wonderful :) and It really will shine in summer :) I do not know why but it reminds me a old novels by Agatha Christie with Poirot involved :)
Old novels…..sounds interesting! The colour seems to change in different light, sometimes it’s aqua green and other times a teal or beach blue.
The shed looks wonderful! The cosmos looks stunning against the turquoise. I’ve just bought some of this colour to brighten up my garden gate .
Thank you Basmati, your garden gate will look fab in this colour!
I have just purchased a shed, 6×4, and was looking for the cheapest supplier for this colour having set my heart on it. I stumbled upon your link in this search and it has only confirmed my choice as being the right one! Thank you, yours looks fabulous. How much paint did you need by the way, can you remember?
Hi Nicola, I’m pretty sure I used just under 2 tins of paint, but I did have to cover another colour so you may not need as much if your shed is new. Hope this helps :)
Absolutely love the colour, although I’m not sure if my husband will. ;)