The replacement driveway lamp post
This is an old property and there are quite a few redundant installations which included a lamp along the pergola pathway to our Gazebo. The lamp itself was in very good condition and matched the one in the driveway that had not so long ago been driven over by a truck. The decision was made to delete the pathway lamp and use it as a replacement for the driveway lamp, making all the old wiring secure at the same time. When the lamp was lifted off it’s base we found an older base underneath, very securely fixed into the ground. This base was centred on our pergola pathway both coming towards and going away from the Gazebo. The spot is in shade under Californian redwoods so a difficult spot to garden in but a great spot for a feature. We had a can of black spray paint, a square of salvaged timber and a sandstone look concrete paver all in reasonable proportions so Tom got to work and assembled it all on top of the metal post. The initial consensus was that a black pot would look great on the pedestal so a pot also received the spray can treatment.
It does look good too but I felt it didn’t set the right tone for a wedding venue so tried a cream pot, I think this feels more comfortable in the spot.
Then, in the window of an antiques shop in Katoomba I saw a lovely concrete urn which could look fantastic. Then the question will be should we respray the post underneath white or maybe grey? A bunch of these white Hydrangea paniculata would look lovely in the urn.
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