DIY Faux Vintage Olive Bucket Christmas Tree Holder

Hi Everyone,

 

This year I wanted to focus on my Christmas Tree holders.

I've always loved The Ponds Farmhouse's Christmas tree holder. It's a banded vintage metal barrel.

The website says its an original large vintage European olive barrel and I swoon every time I see it on Pinterest. 😍

The patina is amazing!

 I've been on the lookout for years for something similar with no luck. 

 So this year I decided to try and replicate my own.

The shape of the barrel is quite unique. The only similar item I could find was a galvanized metal garbage bin at Bunnings.

To create the patina I started with a base coat of Dulux Metalshield Hammered Finish spray paint in Charcoal.

I taped off my bin to create the faux bands. I mixed up a rust coloured paint and added cinnamon to replicate a rusty texture. 

 

To the rest of the bin I added a few light coats of white paint to allow some of the metal to come through. 

 

I had to do a few coats of each section, lightening and darkening areas till I was happy with the result. 

 

And this was the finished result!

I also have a Christmas tree very similar to The Ponds Farmhouse. It's sparse and narrow and I can't wait to set it up in my new rusty banded metal barrel. 

In fact ...

Here it is all set up!

Ultimately, I didn't use this DIY was my tree holder this year, having found an original vintage wine press barrel afterwards. 

However, I am happy with the result and if I had done more than one tree this year, I would have definitely used it.