How to Build a DIY Elevated Wooden Planter
Plants are a great way to add height and interest to a corner of a room, but tall plants can be very expensive. This DIY elevated planter raises a shorter plant to give it the impact of a taller plant!
Cut each of the four 1x4s into four 3-foot pieces
Stain or paint as you desire. I used 4 different colors for a rustic look.
Set them up in four sets of boards with one of each color per set. Use wood glue to set each set together and use a long clamp to hold them together.
Clamp and allow to dry.
After each of the walls has dried, screw one L-bracket into each of the walls at the height you want. We had a 12 inch tall pot that we wanted to be level with the planter, so we screwed the brackets in 12 inches down.
Then, using wood glue again, connect each of the four sides together in an infinity pattern and clamp them together.
While the wood is drying, use a piece of scrap wood (or buy a piece if you have to) and cut it to be a square the size of the interior of your planter. If you followed these instructions exactly, your piece would be about 13×13 inches with maybe another quarter inch on each side. After the glue is dry, simply drop the board onto the L-brackets and you’re done.
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I love this idea! Hubby has plants in the bedroom that would look fantastic in an elevated planter. He has one on a marble topped side table (Yikes) to give it some elevation. This would be great for that planter if it could hold the weight, it is a huge Japanese Evergreen that is in a huge pot and weighs a ton when you have to move it!
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I can't have it on the floor, it is a wide plant, but not yet tall enough for the floor and still get light where the plant sits. I bought the castor platforms before, unless you want to pay too much for a plant that size, the castors are junk and fall apart the first time you use them. We make them out of scraps of marine plywood and purchase good castors, the cost is less than buying the cheap platforms. I have them on all of my big planters outside and even some of the slightly smaller pots that we bring inside for the winter. I have a room at the back of the house that is literally half filled with the plants we bring in each fall, not including the plants that live their permanently.
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It turned out beautiful!
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Is the planter box lined with plastic or tin?
Great job did you fill with potting mix of just put a pot in the frame ? Love tall planters. .
Since the entire box is glued together, no nails or screws, will it come apart at some time and what about the center, under the pot holding it up . Is that just a square piece of wood also glued in only on 4 sides ? It makes me nervous about it falling down inside without anything else holding it up like nails or screws. I would have some kind of dish under the pot if it has holes on the bottom as mine seem to drip down and leak.