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DIY Garden Hose Storage
by
Amanda @ Dwelling In Happiness
(IC: blogger)
It's the 4th month of our Home Depot Gift Challenge, where several other bloggers and I all take the same item from Home Depot and make a gift for someone specific out of it! This month our item was a 2x4. Let me tell you, there are WAY to many things you can do with a 2x4! But since our gift was supposed to be for a new homeowner, we thought making something to organize a hose would be perfect. Besides, our hose is totally thrown all around our yard and desperately needed somewhere to hang it!
Not only is this project quick, but it's cheap, too! With the supplies you could actually make 2 of them; which is perfect because a lot of people have multiple hoses!
We started by cutting our 2x4 in half, so it was 4 feet tall. I found these awesome utility hooks at Home Depot for like $2.86 for a pack of two. They were perfect for hanging the hose on!
We attached a hook using the screws given.
Then I spray painted the entire thing with a textured paint to give it some more character.
I also added a smaller 6inch 2x4 on top so I could attach a potted plant. Once everything was dried, we nailed the small 2x4 on top.
Then we screwed on a plastic pot. We dug a hole about a foot deep, stuck the 2x4 in the hole, and covered it well with packed dirt. I was afraid it might topple over with the weight of the hose, but it didn't budge! You could also use a square post instead of a 2x4.
It's the perfect solution to a mess of a hose!
To see more details of how to make it, visit my blog!
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Published May 16th, 2015 11:16 PM
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Jacqueline on Jun 16, 2017
i was looking for this very thing, a garden hose holder from a 2x4. Didn't know if it would hold The hose. Thank you!
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Michele Gill on Jul 12, 2022
Wouldn’t a treated piece of wood be better? After one season in the elements, I don’t think it would hold up.
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