DIY Hanging Planter

It had been a while since I got my hands dirty in a DIY and I was dying to make something! I thought a nice little hanging planter would be the perfect project to scratch the DIY itch! I had some scrap wood in my basement, some left over Starbucks bottles and hooks and got to work!

I started by cutting my scrap wood! I used a 2×4 for the base and 1x2s for the square/box hanging part.

Here is the cut list:

-2×4: 20in

-1×2: 2 – 18in

-1×2: 2 – 14.5in

After my pieces where cut I sanded them all down with my orbital sander and 120 grit sand paper. Then I was ready to assemble! I first put together the box part with 0.5in nails using my nail gun. Then I nailed the square/box into the 2×4 base of the planter and it ended up looking like this.

Looking back I wish I would have used glue as well as the nails when assembling for extra support.

Then I stained the whole piece using Minimax water based special walnut stain. I used this simply because water based is easier to work with compared to oil based, and that’s just what I had!

After that dried, I then screwed in the mini hooks where the planters will hang from. Like shown below. I used 3 hooks and just tried my best to place them evenly apart from each other. Measure if ya want to!

Next up, the planters! I used Starbucks bottles that I had kept for crafting. I removed the label and gave them a good washing! I then plugged in a hot glue gun and used jute cord to hang the planters on the hooks like shown below!