Monday, March 16, 2020 | By: Kanella Powers
Before we just had this empty space on our front porch and I just knew we needed something to dress it up. It looked boring and just empty. I love flowers and planters but just could not find anything at any big retail box center that would cut it. Also, they are so expensive! For a somewhat nice container, you can easily spend $50 or more. I wanted something with more personality and that would look good and also be multifunctional for the different seasons. I wanted planters but also a way to turn them into holders for seasonal decore when needed without having to empty out the potting soil. We have several stacks of pallet wood that I love, so I made my request and a little bit of vision to Brian and he took that idea and made it perfect. He built them and designed them, I gave some input and some elbow grease and wa-la two beautiful planters.
So I thought we needed to share how easy and versatile they are for those who want a good weekend DIY project and some pretty wooden planter boxes. I hope you find this how-to helpful, easy and fun! Brian built them so he has helped blog this how to up below. I have included some up-close pictures also for some of the details. There is a Pictures at the end of the post that shows it with the multi-function option.
Below are the list of items used to help make this project.
We wanted these planters to be multipurpose and functional for planting plants/flowers when we could and to use them to hold our Christmas trees, fall decorations, and other seasonal items. With the top piece in place, it allows for about 5″ of height to put decorations on top of them. When the top piece is removed you then have access to the dirt and are able to plant seasonal flowers inside them.
*One tip you can use to help fill any planter when you don’t have a lot of potting soil and you have a large space or deep space to fill is to use empty water bottles or scrap wooden blocks. This fills space up in the container and the use of less potting mix. Of course, rocks work also and they can help with drainage. Over time the wooden blocks decay and add back to the soil also.
Below you can see what the planters look like with the top shelf board in place so you can place lanterns, Christmas trees or other decor on them.
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