They appear to be home made CD holders.
How to turn these into putting plants to put outside? Any other ideas?
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I purchased these at an estate sale and they appear to be hand made CD holder racks. I thought of hanging them on our back wall and putting plants in them. My husband thinks the AZ heat will eventually rot out the wood. I would like some ideas of what viewers may have for these as an outside project since there is no space inside the home. There are 2 of them. I welcome any and all ideas. Thank you!
I would go ahead and put them outside, after spraying or painting several coats of an exterior grade varnish or polyurethane on them. This would be known as a marine polyurethane or a spar varnish.
I would think the water from the plants would rust the metal before the sun rots the wood.
If you end up not putting them outside, then put them inside, in a closet or a pantry and use them for storage shelves of light things.
I agree I would also go ahead and put them outside. Marine varnish will help but they really should last quite awhile just as they are. I think desert plants or succulents would do well in these!
I would also spray them and put outside! Enjoy them while you can! ...since they were probably estate-sale inexpensive, no harm done.
Not sure if you can grow air plants with moss where you live. But I would put a few of those maybe a few candies near top and any other interesting things you enjoy looking at. Maybe some trailing plants near top and some colorful flowers as well. If the wood rots it will only add more character to the pieces.
Just lay some wood or plastic hard plastic down to make shelf’s on the brackets that should do it
You could get small bins to fit in each opening
Seal the wood.
Marine varnish should project the wood. You can also paint with exterior house paint.
Very unique piece! You could spray paint it with a color you love and use a clear marine sealer over to help it last longer. Then plant a few succulents here and there to suit your creativity and enjoy. A plant called elephant plant has done very well for me in the AZ heat. I first got it in a succulent garden mixed pot. It has survived the heat long after the other varieties died.
I agree that spraying them with a waterproof varnish would be the best bet for protecting them.
if you persevere your wood portion with spray paint meant fro outside and repeat that annually you will be able for sure keep it outside
Hi,
Add drawers and fill with soil, or line with strong Plastic., or use Plant trays.
You can seal up the wood with an exterior polyurethane and spray the metal with spray paint or clear sealer. It will need maintenance here and there, it won’t last forever, but it is possible to put it outdoors.
Spar varnish should protect the cage. I would put it in a shady place if possible.
I would make a base of paving stones or wood to raise it off the bare ground, paint the wood and the metal with bright colors and then seal the wood with at ;east 3 coats of a polyurethane coating, clear coat the metal with 3-4 layers, then get an acrylic type material about 1/4" thick cut to the size o make solid but clear shelves for plants. Wherever I would decide to put it in the yard I would be sure to plant, on the outside , a Clematis to finish it off with a "Country Garden" Look! If you decide that is too much work I know someone right here who would LOVE the project!
I would definitely do such a project as a matter of fact I would turn it into a small greenhouse to start my vegetable garden plants from seed instead of paying so much for already grown ones in the spring. Having one of those would be saving me a TON of garden costs!