Gardening

This is my sideboard/dresser that sits on my deck. Found this old piece in our magic barn and put plastic liners in the drawers and fashioned a metal top for it. It also has a light inside that glows at night. Have no idea where it came from, but is now one of my favorite planters! I

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My sideboard/dresser

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Bernice H Yakima, WA

Love this! Yes< I would like to see it with its light too, Susan S and I think along the same creaky floor boards! ha

on Oct 17, 2012 · Like 1
Susan S Fredericksburg, VA

Bernice H - yep, you know the saying . . . . great minds think alike!! You need to scoot over to RR's site, there's some info we need from you, please ma'am!!

on Oct 17, 2012 · Like 0
Julee S Bangor, MI

Here you go Bernice and Susan. Sorry it took me soooooooooo long!
on Oct 17, 2012 · Like 2
Susan S Fredericksburg, VA

Julee S - with all that you have going on!! Thank you for taking the time - that soft glow from the light is beautiful and your petunias are to die for!! Obviously they're very happy being there!!

on Oct 17, 2012 · Like 1
Becky H Tampa, FL

Julee S thanks for showing us what it looks like w/the light on. Lovely! Bet it's romantic in the evenings.

on Oct 18, 2012 · Like 1
Julee S Bangor, MI

Last year before we had made the metal cover for the top water leaked into the cabinet right on the 5 watt bulb I have hanging inside and boy were there fireworks! My son and his friends were all siting on the deck and boy did they move fast! Sparks came flying right out of the cabinet!

on Oct 18, 2012 · Like 2
Susan S Fredericksburg, VA

LOL!! Bet you didn't know those guys could move so fast! I was going to say "teenage boys" but I think I remember a post w/your son's pic, if we're talking the same son, and he's about 29 or so??

on Oct 18, 2012 · Like 1
Becky H Tampa, FL

The timing of this didn't happen to come around the 4th of July by any means, did it? You could have told them it was seasonal entertainment.

on Oct 18, 2012 · Like 1
Bernice H Yakima, WA

Oh Julee..the lighting is so cool and romantic! Thanks for the picture...and the imagination!

on Oct 19, 2012 · Like 2
Vivian S Harper Woods, MI

The whole project is just so lovely Julee. I do like the glow from the cabinet. Very nice.

on Oct 20, 2012 · Like 1
Dave Rohn

Hometalk posted this on FB, along with several others. Beautiful!

on Oct 28, 2012 · Like 1
Julee S Bangor, MI

Thanks for noticing Dave. For some reason they have chosen quite a few of my photos to post on fb. It's always a thrill!

on Oct 29, 2012 · Like 0
Miriam I New York, NY

Julee S that's because your photos rock!

on Oct 30, 2012 · Like 4
Pam Perkins Zirbel Oswego, NY

This is an awesome planter!! Question: Have you painted/sprayed the outside of it so it wont mold or fall apart?! I had a wishing well and let it 'weather' and then I never painted it with a clear coat to stop it where it was! Now, I have lost it!! I would love to do this, but what can you do to the outside so it wont mold and fall apart!! Thank you!

on Jan 06, 2013 · Like 0
Julee S Bangor, MI

Thanks Pam. I love this piece too. Haven't clear coated it. We did fashion a custom-fit metal top for it out of an old garage drip pan that was under my Dad's car and it keeps water from getting inside the cabinet. We put treated lumber in the bottom of the cabinet and plastic planters sit inside the bottomless drawers. No mold at all and the water flows through and any wetness dries out quickly. We've screwed the doors together after the old glue failed and after a few tweeks in the ...»
spring they have held together. I've had it with flowers in it for about five years and so far, so good. I have yet to find a clear coat that looks good and holds up in our Michigan weather, not even spar varnish. I have the attitude that things will live their lives out as they will and when they are finished I move on to a new project. I will always have pics to remind me of how beautiful they once were.

on Jan 06, 2013 · Like 2
Jayme Bellaire, MI

You are so inspiring Julee. While out thrifting today I saw a couple of pieces that I really liked, but had no idea what I could do with them. Now I do. I hope they are still there when I go back.

on Mar 23, 2013 · Like 1
Kelly S Bremerton, WA

This is beautiful. Now I know how I can make raised beds that are high enough I don't have to bend or crawl around. I would definitely have to put everal coats of marine urathene on them though because of all our rain.

on Mar 25, 2013 · Like 1
Julee S Bangor, MI

Thank you Jayme! Hope they are still there too, if not keep looking! So where is Bellaire Michigan? I'm in Bangor, near the lake between Kalamazoo and South Haven.

on Mar 26, 2013 · Like 0
Bernice H Yakima, WA

So, Julee S what are you going to plant this year in this super cool planter?

on Mar 27, 2013 · Like 0
Debby Boyle Necedah, WI

Love this idea!!!

on Apr 17, 2013 · Like 1
Heather Mattingly Irmo, SC

YES!!!! I just figured out what to do with an old washstand my mom gave me years ago that I don't use anymore. Thanks!

on Apr 26, 2013 · Like 0
Urban Gardens Old Greenwich, CT

Oh, I sooo love this!!!

on Apr 26, 2013 · Like 0
Geana Albany, OH

Very Creative!!

on Apr 27, 2013 · Like 0
Anna Ibarra San Antonio, TX

This is just so adorable. Do you have this expose to the direct elements?

on May 16, 2013 · Like 0
Catherine Smith Fredericksburg, VA

That is just lovely and what an unusual focal piece. :)

7 days ago · Like 0