Decorating a fridge to use as a garden box?

[DaintreeDream]

Ok so that may sound strange however I would love to find a bath to use as a garden box on my decking for the girls to grow their very own vegies but I cannot find a bath, I do however have two old fridges that are waiting to go to scrap metal so I thought I might put them to good use. Fridges however will not look nice on my decking so I need creative ideas on how to decorate them... I thought of cementing them and sticking mosaic stones etc on them but I don't think that it will stick... maybe I should speak to a handyman as to what would stick?!

Any ideas?

[Mother Goose]

spray paint/air brush? You could do almost any design you like on it!

[human bean]

I've spray painted a fridge before (to be used as a fridge though!) and I can't remember what it was but we sprayed a clear sealer over it....

Could you spray it and then do family hand/foot prints on it? Let the girls decorate it?
Are you going to be laying them down and soil in them like a big planter box? Or upright using the shelving for the plants?
I think it's a great idea for recycling old appliances

[AnyDream]

Sorry no ideas about decorating, but I did want to say think about getting them checked to ensure all the coolant/gas stuff has been drained out of them because you don't want toxic materials like that leeching into your soil and your veggies and herbs, kwim?

[DaintreeDream]

Thankyou for the ideas .

MD - DH is going to pull it all apart and clean them out for me so it is basically a shell.

HB - I am going to lay them down with soil inside.

[Kazbah]

Maybe paint it something dark and put pickets or garden edging around it?

[SunnyRain]

Ooooh you've given me an idea of turning our old fridge into an outdoor storage / bench unit.

Hmmmm how to decorate it indeed

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