DIY Vertical Succulent Planter

Pallet Wood Planter Project

Recycled pallet boards cover nursery pots for cheap, easy vintage style planters.

Cement Succulent Multi-Planter -From A Dollar Tree Mold

Make an easy homemade succulent planter from cement. Here’s a written and video tutorial for this fun DIY.If you read my cement bird bath tutorial post or watched the video version of the tutorial, then you’ll see that this flower-shaped succulent planter is strongly inspired by that. While making the bird bath, I thought of another way to utilize the cool Dollar Tree chip and dip tray -make a multi-compartment succulent planter!I thought it would be so nice to see a larger selection of succulents in one place. I guess you could call it a chip and dip tray re-purposed to a bird bath mould, re-purposed again.The hardest thing about this for me was figuring out what type of succulent to plant where. I’m so not good at arranging plants. I had a decent assortment of succulents on hand to choose from, but creating the right layout was a challenge. Keep in mind I’m a kitchen designer by day- so these things shouldn’t be so hard? Ha!

Pallet Garden

Today was one of the first truly spring like days in NYC so I decided to do some planting. A pallet makes for a great huge planter for those who (like me) don't have a yard where they can do lots of planting. It is also great for those who are looking for a vertical garden. Add some landscape fabric to a pallet, pour in some dirt and get to planting! This pallet garden will spruce up any drab space!

DIY Garden Decor | DIY Challenge

DIY Rattan Mirror

I've been wanting to create a DIY rattan mirror for a while but rattan reeds are only manageable up until a certain thickness. Larger reeds, like the kind used to make furniture, are hard to bend even if properly soaked! Was that going to stop me from making a rattan mirror? Of course not, if something doesn’t work, you start looking for workarounds!I tried a few designs and materials and finally landed on the right one. Guess what, it’s not rattan, it’s raffia AKA “faux” rattan because the overall look is very similar! So grab a bunch of natural raffia and read on to find out how to make a rattan mirror (the easy way)!

Round Barn Quilt Table

At the moment my wood scrap heap is getting too big, so I needed to thin it out. Barn quilts are a great project to make to use up your scraps. I had an old round table that I was given and thought it would be good to try a round barn quilt table.

DIY Vertical Cinder Block Planters

Need a way to spruce up your patio or yard?I really needed a way to spruce up this bare spot in front of a fence in my yard. I have a bunch of plants and not enough room on my deck for all of them, so I decided to make a set of vertical cinder block planters, or planter sculpture.

DIY Vertical Succulent Garden

My daughter gave me a set of unfinished boards for Christmas last year because she thought "I could do something with them". Challenge accepted!

Create a DIY Succulent Planter in 3 Easy Steps With Decorative Tiles

Got some leftover decorative tiles from a previous project? This decorative tile planter will make great use of them! Using just four tiles, or coasters if you prefer, I’ll show you how to create a simple planter that will add beauty and brightness to your outdoor space. I’m using decorative glass tiles, but you can really use any tile with any design you like. These decorative tile planters will add that pop of color you’ve been looking for, and it only takes three steps and five minutes of your time! What are you waiting for? Follow my step-by-step tutorial below to get started today!

DIY Cinder Block Vertical Planter

You may have seen other cinder block planters circulating the internet. Well we decided to post a version ourselves, because they’re just… so. darn. cool. We wanted to try one of our own, but do it a little different. So we went up! We made this DIY cinder block planter go vertical, and we did it in an afternoon. The cool thing about this project, is you can pretty much make it as big or small as you want… Just buy more blocks! We recommend you play with the design…which blocks go which way, how far you can go with weight and stability,etc… then take a photo of the completed idea. We did this right in the aisle at Home Depot, so we would know how many blocks to buy. Buy a couple extra for flexibility. We capped the bottom of the planter section with metal flashing squares and some landscape adhesive. Get all the details on our blog and see our step by step tutorial.

Pretty As A Picture Succulent Planter

Colourful succulents, with their beautiful, complex shapes look like mini works of art. Here we show you how to plant a succulent pot to make your own piece of garden art, inspired by the still life paintings of the Old Masters.

DIY Succulent Chair Planter

I recently made two chair planters out of some broken chairs I have. I've wanted to do a chair planter for ages but never got around to it, so I decided to try two different methods.The first one was the simplest and basically involved me 'planting' a chair with a missing base into the ground and planting the plant in the centre. Sounds more complicated than it is and you can find the directions for that one here.I like how they both turned out but my favourite is probably this succulent one and the steps are below for how to do it yourself.I love planting with succulents because they tend to look great straight away! I'll probably like my other chair planter better in a couple months when the flowers I planted in it are bigger!

Vertical Star Planter for Succulents

Are you looking to make a small planter for your succulents? There are many different shapes and sizes out there that you could choose from. Some planters are easy to make and some are more complex. The planter in this tutorial looks a bit intimidating to make, but it’s actually quite simple. Follow my step-by-step plans on how to build a DIY Vertical Star Planter for Succulents.Since this project does not require any large wood pieces, I’ve built it using scrap wood that I had in my scrap pile. The overall size of this star planter is about 18” wide. You could easily adjust these plans to make the star any size you want.For more info and printable PDF visit my website at TheDIYPlan.com

DIY Hanging Planter

This super simple project transformed boring, frumpy plastic hanging planters (that I picked up for $3 each at my local hardware store) into hanging planters that are more my style! The whole project only took a couple hours – and I’m in love with how they turned out!

Create A Welcoming Front Porch With This Planter

This planter gave my front steps the perfect amount of "oomph" it needed. Not only does it allow me to display a variety of beautiful flowers at the same time, but the pots are so bright and cheerful as well. My neighbors can't help but smile when they pass by my house now.

The Summer's Prettiest Container Plantings

This Hometalk post looks at some of the prettiest summer containers and offers planting notes that will allow you to recreate the look!

DIY Modern Plant Stands

Here is a quickie little project that will give your patio or interiors a splash of modern cool. I love that this is repurposing something that tends to be in abundance by the end of summer: tomato cages. Whether you have old rusty cages, or brightly colored powder coated ones like these, the result is a collection of stands that gives you versatility of height and some sick lines! Original Blog PostPhoto Cred: Anya McInroy

DIY Wooden Planter Boxes

I've been shopping around for some large planters to put on my front porch. I wanted them larger so I could plant some Perenial Hostas in them. I love buying new flowers every year but it gets costly. So I thought planting perennials might be better because they come back every year. I knew I'd need a bigger Planter and went searching. I found These on Amazon (aff Link) Wooden Planter Boxes WAY to expensive for my little budget. So I convinced the beard to build some for me, and they cost a fraction of the price!

Spring Succulents for the Front Door

Is your front door ready for spring?Here's the truth: Until last week, mine wasn't. The door has been totally bare since I took down the Christmas decor nearly two months ago.With a thrift store find that was hanging around in my stash and a few gorgeous faux succulents, I decked my door for spring in less than an afternoon!

DIY Dog Bowl Succulent Garden

Raised Garden Beds With Rocks

We always knew we wanted raised garden beds built with rocks. I am sharing how we built them and what we learned along the way.These days, it seems that everyone is talking about and having raised garden beds. There are so many advantages to them so that we finally decided to put some in our garden.But we didn’t want to build them from wood or metal. I wanted them to blend into the garden of our 1910 Victorian shingle-style home. So we needed something else. Finding that solution is what kept us from putting them in for a while.Now, I am so happy to report we did!

How to Install Chair Railing

By re -using and recycling our old baseboards coupled with molding purchased from kijiji. The wainscoting molding and chair rail is a great way to instantly add value to your your home at an affordable price. Full post of how i installed wainscoting can be found Wainscoting + Chair Railing - illuminatedhut

Easy DIY Farmhouse Style Cake Pan Tiered Tray

Thrift Store Sewing Tables Makeover

Check out how we upcycled some old sewing tables from the thrift store! Get the full makeover details and list of products used here.

Storage Room Project- Japanese Cedar Ceiling!

Who has a cluttered storage room? C'mon, I know I'm not the only one. I just finished flipping this room and in this post, I'll show you how I changed the ceiling, by putting up Japanese cedar wood planks.

Laundry Room Makeover

We completed this project about 2 years ago and it occurred to me that I never put a post together on it… better late than never, right? I’ll try to keep this short and sweet, this project did take some time, but wasn’t overly complicated. We started with a pretty standard (and ugly) laundry room.

Laundry Stripping - The Best Spring Cleaning Tip!

Like many others, I am sure you have seen or heard of the term “laundry stripping”. For me personally I had only ever heard of it being used for cloth diapers, and was curious to find out what it could do for my everyday laundry. The idea behind laundry stripping is that you are to soak your desired laundry in a combination of cleaning ingredients for several hours. This process will release any embedded dirt and gunk that a regular wash just can’t get out.I was skeptical after seeing some other tutorials and thought “this can’t be real” My laundry comes out fresh and clean, how much dirt can be left behind after its been through the wash?Well let me tell you.... “shocked” is what I was when I saw what was left over in the tub. I tried the method out on a few clean towels first and I was so grossed out that I proceeded to strip the rest of my towels, kitchen cloths and bed sheets.Stripping my laundry has made such a difference in the way that my towels and sheets feel now and you can bet that I will be doing this every 6 to 12 months to keep my laundry fresh and clean. So if you are about to replace your old towels or sheets because maybe they aren’t as absorbent or smell the freshest after being washed, why not give this method a try!

DIY Wall Mounted Kids Bookshelf

I'm currently in the process of renovating our kid's small playroom. Last week I finished this EPIC IKEA hack using two TROFAST storage units. And this week we'll be tackling the book situation. Basically, we'll be building a DIY book display.

Reuse an Old Mattress for a Hanging Bed in the Back Yard

My son had outgrown his twin size bed and was ready for a new one. I decided to build an outdoor swinging bed that the family could enjoy on a cool summer afternoon. Below I'll show you how I built it.

Easy Vintage Linen Pin Cushion

I love Vintage Linens and Pin Cushions so I came up with this wonderful Vintage Linen Pin Cushion…a perfect match.

How to Make DIY Ombre Curtains and Use All Your Pretty Denim

We’re making DIY ombre curtains today!This is the project for those times you want fresh room decor and can’t find any decent curtain fabric.As someone who has spent far far too many hours combing Ebay and Etsy for the *right* curtain fabric, I’ll tell you now you might not find it.Thankfully you can put together several colors of denim and have a sturdy, unlined curtain in no time. And maybe it’s just me, but I always end up with some awkward remnants after making a pair of jeans. Awkward denim bits, meet your project.What I love: All the ombre color goodness will make a big visual impact for not a lot of money. The bold stripes you create will literally never go out of style.Bonus: this project is simple straight line sewing with a little bit of hardware.So raid your stash for all those denim off-cuts and let’s stitch these DIY ombre curtains!

DIY Outdoor Furniture Covers

Outdoor furniture is expensive and needs to be protected to help prolong its life, but those furniture covers can be so pricey! I decided I was going to make my own covers, and actually first did this DIY with an old plastic tarp - after realizing how easy and effective it was, I redid the project using the canopy that came with our pergola. Really any outdoor, waterproof fabric would work for this!

2 Easy DIY Lampshade Makeovers You’ll Want to Try Now

Today we’re breathing some new life into 2 boring lampshades with these 2 easy DIY lampshade makeovers.Lampshades are a funny thing.You don’t notice them in a room, but when you take a few minutes to spruce them up, you’ll wonder why you never paid attention to them before.Even better, this is a project you can make in about 20 minutes. This is a great project for beginner sewists and a fantastic way to use up funky remnants of fabric.For this project, I’ll show you how to freshen up a classic lampshade as well as a rectangular shade.So go find your boringest lampshade and let’s fix it together.

Pop Up Camper Remodel

Pool Noodle Headboard

If you've ever shopped for furniture you know things can add up pretty quickly! My best friend recently purchased her first home and wanted to move in with some fresh pieces. We found an upholstered headboard online for $800!! Yikes! After looking at it for a bit, I decided to spend a few bucks and try to make it myself

Modern Farmhouse Master Bathroom Renovation

It's All In The Details

I was very excited when I found this coffee table. I knew that with a good makeover, the ornate details could be stunning.

DIY Barn Door

Is there anything better than a sliding barn door to finish off a space?I absolutely love the look of barn doors and got a vision in my head so went with it. A wooden framed door with a plexiglass insert and a curved detail.Material list:(1) 1"x12"x8' - top(1) 1"x16"x8' - bottom(4) 1"x6"x6' - sides(2) 1"x3"x6' - middle support(3) 1"x2"x8' - supportsCurve detail was cut from leftover 12" and 16" pieces.The finished door size is 39" x 85.25"