How to make a hanging basket planter

Hanging Basket Planter

Certain corners in your home can easily become a neglected spaces. Since these places are not usually a place to entertain guests or hang out, you’ll naturally tend to keep it bare and focus your decorating efforts on other spaces. Hanging baskets are an effective way of bringing a boring spot in your home to life. […]

Make gorgeous stepping stones from broken china

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Have you broken a piece of your favorite china? Here’s one way you can still ‘keep’ those precious teacups and saucers – make gorgeous stepping stones! It’s an easy cement project even the big kids can help you with. You can get stepping stone kits from your local hardware store or you can simply use Quikrete (if […]

Self-Watering Dresser Drawer Planter

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Always forgetting to water your plants? Here’s a self-watering dresser drawer planter you can easily build… This DIY dresser drawer planter is a great repurposing project that doesn’t only solve your problem with watering plants regularly, but it is also a beautiful addition to your outdoor area! To make this dresser drawer planter, you will need to […]

How to Make Your Own Potato Grow Bags

Potato Grow Bags

Potato grow bags or tater totes offer no-dig convenience and help a lot in growing your own, good-quality spuds! You can buy potato bins from stores, but you can save more or have more potato grow bags for the same cost if you DIY… Making your own potato grow bags is very easy and it brings a number […]

Space-Saving Staircase Vertical Planter

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Improve your backyard garden by making the most out of your space and making tending to your plants easier! Here’s one DIY project that offers both. :) With this staircase vertical planter, you can grow more plants and herbs using less space. This staircase planter also makes work easier since you don’t have to kneel and reach down to […]

How to build a planter with privacy screen

Planter with Privacy Screen

Sitting in your backyard would be so pleasant if you didn’t have to stare at your neighbors’ garbage cans – or have your neighbor stare at you. The fact is, with growing populations and smaller lot sizes, many of us live closer to each other than we’d prefer.  Fences sometimes do the job but they’re […]

Garden Trellis From Old Bike Tires

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Here’s another great example of upcycling! It’s easy to find old (and not so old) bikes that have fallen out of favor. We’ve done posts on using bikes for everything from generating power to building fences. This simple idea just takes the two wheels and turns them into a trellis! Thousands of bikes are dumped every week […]

Turn old drawers into porch planters

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Got a broken dresser or maybe you’ve seen a discarded set of drawers on the street? Those drawers can serve as beautiful planters on your porch! Simply restore those old drawers, add some table legs and you’re drawer planters are ready to accommodate your pretty blooms! You can even use an entire dresser if you have one that […]

Save space by building your own stepped planter

Stepped Planter

It’s a space-saving planter but small space or big space, this stepped planter is a beautiful addition to any garden! This vertical garden idea is the perfect DIY project for anyone looking to feature certain plants in their backyard. It looks big and grand but this stepped planter only takes up a small area. The DIY planter […]

How to a Recycled Plastic Bottle Greenhouse

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Want to have a small greenhouse in your yard to grow some veggies? Then use plastic bottles to build one! Not only are you keeping construction expenses to a minimum, but you are also helping save the environment. To build a large-sized greenhouse, you’ll need around 1,500 pieces of 2-liter plastic bottles. Can you imagine how […]