I do not have a pic but....In a Magazine last year I saw some painted cans. These two stuck out....

Paint the pot dark green. Lay a fern on the pot and paint spray painted it lime green.

Painted the pot dark brown. Lay twings on the pot and spray paint beige. This one looked like Bamboo.

If its one thing you can count on seeing in auctions is milk cans, milk cans and more milk cans.

Seems they, along with old fire extinguishers used for spraying, that and railroad lamps, are forever on the auction block.

They are pricey too, usually garner lots of bidders which drives up the price.

Speaking of that, once saw an old toy truck , looked like it had been played with by a child who thought nothing of throwing it against a brick wall.....went for $400.00.

I once bid on a cruet of cranberry glass....I liked it with the silver top....but not knowing much about what is good cranberry and what is phony, I stopped -- it went for $420.00 and later a fellow clued me in on what makes for good cranberry and he thought I stopped at the right time.

Reminds me of an auction at a well known auction house in St Paul.

Auctioneer held up a map of the Upper St. Crox river. Might have been from the late 1800's or so. Bidding went and went and was finally sold. Auctioneer said "I gotta find more of these maps" I think the final bid was over $800.

Most I have done with milk cans is paint them a solid color and place a large potted plant that hangs down like Ivy. Had a farm decor two years ago and they added to the scene. I like the idea of adding spray painted images. Nature can do what I can't.....draw.

I don't have a picture, but I put purple petunias in mine. I also use the other one as a holder for my flags I have made out of long tree limbs and old flags attached to the top. In the winter time I replace the flags with an alpine tree and for Halloween I place a pumpkin on top. Last year some kids came on my porch and smashed all my pumpkins which made me upset but there was nothing I could do. I go to farm auctions all the time, you can pick up milk cans for $1 or $2 easy. I get all kinds of stuff because people don't want it, they always look at me funny but I don't care. Just like the time when I got a whole pile of metal chicken feeders for $1 and I planted my hens and chicks in them!