Total cost: $3
A huge thank you to Ana White as usual for her free plans. I used her cedar planter plans as a guide for my planter.
This fencing piece had been sitting in our garage since we moved in 7 years ago and I finally put it to good use:
2. Assemble box with 2×2 legs (cut at 22″).
Then add top 1×2 trim mitered to cover the exposed edges:
3. I used the back fence support pieces as my bottom rails, here they are set 8″ down for the mum pots but only screwed in and NO glue:
In the future if I need to adjust the depth for a different pot I can move the rails without a problem.
4. The raw 1×2 and 2×2 boards are finished using a vinegar/steel wool mixture which ages the wood instantaneously, BE CAREFUL to avoid getting the mixture on the fence and pallet pieces.
Dee @ A Lapin Life says
September 14, 2012 at 12:48 PMI love your planter and your beautiful painted orange front door.
Dee
Cristina Garay says
September 15, 2012 at 1:18 AMLove it! I was looking for new planters for my front entrance, looking at your nice planters gives me inspiration for building my own. Thanks!
Claire says
September 15, 2012 at 12:16 PMHi-just wanted you to know I featured you on my Saturday favs-have a great weekend! Claire
Kim Wilson says
September 15, 2012 at 2:59 PMThe planter turned out great! I love Ana White don't you?! Your door color looks amazing with the planter too! Thanks for joining our Countdown to Fall Party!
~Kim @ Sand & Sisal
Crystal @ 29 Rue House says
September 18, 2012 at 2:06 AMI love the two tone effect of the planter. We actually just took apart some old fencing similar to yours but I was thinking I'd use mine for an air conditioner fence/hider.
Anonymous says
August 30, 2017 at 2:32 PMHow do you make the vinegar/steel wool mixture
kural says
November 1, 2017 at 1:05 AMthank you for sharing….and wonderful page