Easy DIY Planter made from Cabinet Doors

You will love this DIY Planter made from cabinet doors. You may remember I used $1 cabinet doors to made a cute toy box, but I have many more cabinet doors looking for a purpose.

Easy DIY Planter

So, I whipped up this little diy planter cutie using four of those $1 cabinet doors.

Cabinet Doors From the ReStore

These are what the doors looked like before.

Don’t Have 2×2’s on Hand?

I ripped some 2×4’s down to square them up, and I ripped some 1x’s to 1.5” wide.

Kreg Jig Pocket Holes

I used my Kreg Jig   to drill pocket holes in each of the four doors in order to attach them to the ripped 2×4’s.

Of course, I used my adjustable  square to insure that each side was the same.

Assemble DIY Planter

You can see that I have it all put together, and that the legs are a couple of inches long.

Frame Out the Top

This is where I was dry fitting the top of the “box” checking my mitered corners.

Attach the Bottom

I found a scrap board to notch out for the bottom of the planter.

I’m not a fan of notching, but I’m getting better at it with using the adjustable square.

Sand The Planter

I lightly sanded it with my orbital sander, hence al the circles you see.

Then, I did a quick base coat of some DIY chalky paint.

Distress With Vaseline

I knew the look I wanted, but I really didn’t want to sand a lot in order to distress, so I used Vaseline to do a resist paint technique. So, then I used a Q-tip to spread some here, there, and everywhere.

Then I did a topcoat of gray. You can see where the Vaseline is keeping the paint from adhering.

After the gray topcoat dried, I used a rag to wipe away the gray paint wherever I applied the Vaseline.

Voila! easy distressing!

Don’t Forget Drainage Holes

I drilled some holes in the bottom for drainage.

Easy DIY Planter with Begonias

I placed a yellow Begonia inside my new planter.

Maybe this is a double Begonia? But notice the flower on the top left… it is different than the rest.

This is the second project with these doors… what’s next? I dunno. What would you do with some of these $1 cabinet doors? See the toy box here.

gail

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