DIY - Wooden Box Planters - Gallery Wall

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Winter doesn't want to go! Did you get snow this past weekend? We were lucky we only got a dusting. I'm crossing my fingers for the snow to stay away. Instead, I decided to bring Spring into our home with these cute little planters, which are now a featured gallery wall in my office. 🌱

Last week, I gave the garage a good cleaning, and in the middle of it all, I found some remaining pieces of shiplap I used to plank the ceiling in my bathroom. I had a full board and many small pieces that I wanted to utilize in a project.

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Shiplap boards

I like the indentation on the sides of the shiplap boards, and I wanted to create a project that would take advantage of that feature. So, later that day, the idea of the little planters with the recessed lower part arrived!

Let me show you how you can recreate this project:

The materials you'll need for 9 boxes:

• 2 12' Shiplap boards
• 2 Poplar boards 1/2 in. x 4 in. x 4 ft.
• Wood glue
• 1" brad nails
• Paint - I used gold for the lower band.
• Gaffers tape
• Hanging Strips

The Tools:

• Miter saw
• Brad Nailer
• Laser Level
• Sander

Cut List:

• 18 - 7-1/2" shiplap pieces (cut at 45 degrees off square)
• 18 - 4-1/2" shiplap pieces (cut at 45 degrees off square)
• 9 - 6-1/2" Poplar pieces

Directions:

1. CUT THE MATERIAL

Use a miter saw or table saw to cut your material.
I was happy to use my new DeWalt 12" Double Bevel-Sliding Compound Miter Saw. It is strong but very smooth and gave me perfect cuts.

DeWalt 12" Double-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw

I treated the shiplap boards like moldings and cut them on the vertical, adding a stop for all the repetitive cuts and bringing the saw right and left to the 45-degree mitered angle.

2. ASSEMBLE THE BOXES

Assembling the boxes was easy. The four box sides were aligned on two long strips of tape, right side down.

Add glue on all mitered corners.

Then, form the boxes, securing the tape all around.

Gaffers tape

Glue might be all you need to secure those corners, but I'm impatient and didn't want to wait for the glue to dry. I used three 1" brad nails on each corner.

The poplar bottom pieces were also secured with brad nails.

Ryobi Brad Nailer

3. FINISHING THE BOXES

Fill the nail holes and gaps with caulking and sanding all around before painting them.

My daughter gave me a helping hand with the finishing touches... And I love them!!💛💛

CREATING THE GALLERY WALL

I used Command picture hanging strips to mount the boxes onto the wall. I first used one strip on the top back of each box, but after mounting the first box and noticing it was swinging a bit. I added half of another strip on the lower part (I was already running out of strips).

You put together two strips (left picture below), remove the protective paper, and stick them to the box. When you're ready to hang it, remove the other protective paper before bringing it onto the wall.

Command Hanging Strips

Now, nothing better than a laser level when working on a gallery wall! I didn't take many measurements, only the center and side lines, and marked those positions with small pieces of tape.

Then, I brought my Bosch laser level, which now has a green beam, atop a tripod, and mounted each of the boxes onto the wall. I like it better with the green beam a more vibrant color than the red. And as always, I love that it's self-leveling.

BOSCH 40 ft. Self Leveling Cross Line Laser with VisiMax Green Beam

And just like that, the planter gallery was installed!

But hey, I needed some plants!   :D  

I got these faux plants at Michaels. If you want to use the boxes for real plants, you need to add a liner or plastic planter inside the wooden box.

 Ha, it looks like Spring has finally sprung!! Well, almost. :D

Here again the tools for this project:

|  DeWalt Miter Saw  |  Ryobi Brad Nailer  |  Bosch Laser Level  |  Command Hanging Strips  |

Can you believe it? Only 16 more days 'til Spring! It seems like we're still in February! ❄️

🌱 🌸 🌱 🌸 🌱

For more Spring Home DIY ideas, check these out:

DIY - WOODEN DOORMAT

SPRING YARD CARE

RAISED GARDEN BED IDEAS

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