DIY - Wooden Planters

Hi friends!

Last week I packed away all the Fall decor and organized the basement a tiny bit, only to make a bigger mess during the weekend!

Yep, I had an organized basement for just a couple of days. :/

During the weekend I began unpacking the Christmas bins and boxes and began bringing stuff upstairs. Now I not only have a messy basement, but the whole house is also in complete chaos!

The bedrooms upstairs have been in complete dismay for a few months already. It always happens when one room is going through a renovation, the adjacent rooms have to hold stuff that doesn't belong there, so, it doesn't look pretty.

Anyway, good thing that this year's Christmas decor is beginning right at the front door.

Yes indeed. It's starting with the project that I'm sharing today: A pair of wooden planters.

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The inspiration for these planters came from Mound right HERE. but I made a few variations.

The materials you'll need for one planter:

• 1 x 4---> 20 feet for  8-15" planks and 8-14" planks
• 2 x 2 --->8 feet for two "U" frames  (4-16½" and 2-12")
• 2" screws
• 1 piece of board for the bottom of the planter 15" x 12½"
• drill
• jig saw
• 1 piece of ¼" thick lattice to use as a spacer in between planks
• Kreg jig (optional), you can also use regular screws to attach the 2 x 2's
• Thompson's WaterSeal Wood Stain - Traditional brown

Each of these planters started with two "U" frames made out of 2 x 2's. Since I wanted little feet for my planters, the bottom of each U was brought up from each end 1¼". I used the Kreg mechanism to put together the U frames.

Once the U's are assembled, you can begin attaching the 15"- 1 x 4 planks, aligning the first plank to the bottom of the "U" frame. 

Make pre-drills before driving the screws. Use a spacer to separate the planks.

With the two U sides all filled up, it's now time to place them face to face and begin attaching the front planks.

And then, the ones on the back.

The final step is to notch out the corners of the board that's going to be used at the bottom of the planter, using the jig saw.

As soon as they were assembled, I gave them a coat of Thompson's WaterSeal Wood Stain - Traditional brown. I love it. It's so easy!

The special Christmas touch was done by adding a deer silhouette. You can find the reindeer free printable right HERE.

I cut the image out of Contact paper, set them on the planters and spray painted it.

 
I had a bit of a hard time because the Contact paper didn't adhere that well to the wood. I had to press the edges of the design firmly and very quickly spray paint it.

I love the difference between the stain and the deer design created on the plain wooden planters.

Here's a sneak peek of my front porch with my beautiful planters adorning it! :)

You can check the whole Christmas Front Porch right HERE!

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