Filing cabinet to garden planter step 1.
File cabinet planter. Part of our yard design included using large planters for bamboo plants however planters cost a lot of money. You can plant a variety of things in the planter depending on the compartments your cabinet has. From office to garden. This is by far the most expensive part of making this planter but you can reduce the cost by purchasing the potting soil in a compressed bale rather than in bags.
From office to garden. Today s final before after project comes from d s reader chad kelly. Filing cabinet to garden planter step 1. Dec 29 2018 explore gena2363 s board file cabinet planter on pinterest.
If you have a 4 or 5 drawer cabinet that s a lot of dirt you have to buy or obtain for your planter. Filling the file cabinet. While browsing through pinterest we noticed a number of people had tried making planters out of old file cabinets. File cabinet planter box lb cliff may rancho.
After receiving a few free file cabinets we took a crack at making the planter box. File cabinet planter attach casters to the base of the file cabinet and spray paint it for an attractive look. Fill the planter with soil. Filing cabinet beautiful file cabinet upcycle into a garden planter with the additional of an easy and beautiful texture source beautiful file cabinet upcycle into a garden planter with the additional of an easy and beautiful texture source.
Paint an old file cabinet to make a large colorful planter here is the blue planter completed and planted up and in situ with the red one i previously posted here. Use a 50 50 blend of compost and high quality potting soil to fill your new filing cabinet planter. Toss in a few cups of organic granular fertilizer as you fill the planter. This blue one has aloe vera plants that were previously overcrowded in a terracotta pot still have another dozen pups or so to do something with and the red has cordyline sundance in it.
I used spray paint and primer found at any home. Chad found a great filing cabinet on craigslist for 10 put it on its side made planter boxes for each drawer and then spray painted the entire piece a bright. See more ideas about filing cabinet planters and backyard. Sand loose paint and rust spots.
Sand loose paint and rust spots. After seeing a converted file cabinet planter at a local nursery with a 600 price tag chad decided to try the idea in his own garden on a lower budget. But it makes the planter pretty heavy.