Planter Box

Leeanne
by Leeanne
5 Materials
$50
4 Hours
Easy

I recently purchase some bee bombs - wild flowers that help the bees & needed a planter box so I decided to make my own!!!

Drawer


So I had this left over from a wardrobe and decided to make it into a planter box

Legs


Again I’d this leftover in the shed so I said I’d use it!!

Its 14 inches so I marked 3.5 inches

Marked


I marked it & used the saw all the way around it - sawing in about 2mm to help the jigsaw cut it

Jigsaw


Used this to cut the legs

4 legs cut!

Up close of the legs

hammer in the screw a bit, then screw it in a few millimeters to make it easier to screw it into the drawer

Reinforced


I used a pallet panel to give added strength to the bottom!!

The legs are attached!

Drainage holes


I used a large screw to make holes in the bottom of the drawer to let excess water out!!!

Stapler for the lining!!

I used a plastic bin liner!

Start at the top - leaving a couple of centimeters so you don’t see the plastic when the soil goes in!!!

Fully Lined!

Sanding


I have misplaced my sanding block - so I just used a piece of wood instead!

Wrap the sandpaper around it! And your ready to go!!!

Sand

sand

sand

Brush of the excess dust before staining!!!

Staining!!


We bought this for our gate and fence so I said I’d try it on the box first and see what it’s like!

Originally I’d used a decking brush but it was soaking up the oil so I changed to a smaller brush!

Handles are off!! To stain the front

Fully stained!! Happy with the colour

Screwing the handles back on!!

Ta Daaa!!! Finished


Fully finished & planted now I need them to grow !!

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  • Drlucille Drlucille on Jul 21, 2020

    How did you incorporate drainage into the drawer?

  • Becky Becky on Jul 21, 2020

    Don't you mean Bee Balm?





  • Leslie Leslie on Jul 22, 2020

    Well done, thank you for sharing your process! I must ask though how the heck do you do work like that with those nails lol?

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