'After' pic

TaDaaa! the newly painted patio furniture

....and my lunch

...and my rather sad Basil plant that was doing so well and has suddenly started to look sick (I suspect my overzealous watering has caused some root rot)

I have an old metal seat out in the garden that Mr Tex was given while helping someone move, and I have visions of fuchsia pink in it's future - now that I have caught the spray painting bug, no metal object will be safe...I wonder how many cans it would take to paint Mr Tex's big red barn - I'm thinking purple...do you think he'd like that LOL

any advise on my poorly Basil plant gratefully received

ps. Im doing a horrible job of commenting at the moment, sorry. Will try to fix that :0)