Vintage Wooden Crate Planter
A while back I cut apart a wooden crate.
Truth be told I was out of wood and needed some to make a table riser. The vintage writing on the crate made a great riser!
I really wanted to do something with the leftover pieces since they were distressed, vintage and had writing... all the things!
Today I put the pieces together and created a unique planter for my garden.
Take a look ...
Like I said, I began with pieces of a broken crate.
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This is the easy table riser I made with the front and back of the crate.
I love the original graphics and the rustic wood of this old crate.
And now I have the sides of the crate leftover. They have beautiful embossed aluminum edges and corners so they are too good to just toss.
I decided to glue and nail the two side pieces together and create a planter for my garden.
The pieces had the handles from the crate so they were an interesting element too.
I added a bottom to my crate using a couple scraps of wood I had laying around.
I gave the front and back of my new creation with a coat of wax that enriched the wood brightened the design.
Lastly, I wrapped a piece of rebar wire around the crate pieces for extra security. The rebar wire will be rusting up beautifully after the first rain.
All I needed to do was to fill my new crate planter with potting soil and drop in some creeping phlox. Maybe some kind of plant to give it a little height as well.
In time, and if it ever stops raining, the phlox will spill over the sides of the crate with beautiful pink flowers.
I love the look of this rustic planter in my rock garden and it was so easy to put together.
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Never toss the pieces, create something new and different with them!
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