Old Wooden Ladder Plant Stand
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This old wooden ladder plant stand is perfect for your porch or patio. It can be filled with regular plants and decor or decked out for a holiday like the 4th of July!
I pick up vintage wooden ladders whenever I find a good deal. As you can see, the ladder has been dismantled. I took it apart last year because I wanted to make a leaning shelf. Yeah, that never happened.
So, I’ll show you how I fixed this broken-down ladder to make it the perfect outdoor plant stand for your porch or patio.
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Old Wooden Ladder
I had a couple of other wooden ladders in my stash, but I felt that this ladder would make a better plant stand. A ladder like this would not be fun to paint by hand, so of course, I brought out my favorite secret weapon.
How to Paint a Wooden Ladder
Can you see how difficult it would be to paint with a brush? All those grooves, nooks, and crannies. To make it easy on myself, I used my easy DIY sawhorses to hold up the ladder pieces.
How to Get a Flawless Paint Finish
Choosing the right nozzle for the job is key to making the task easy.
I used Behr wall paint for this project.
So, isn’t the paint finish fabulous? That’s why I love, love, love my Super Finish Max from Homeright!
Repair the Old Ladder
Small bolts with nuts were used to reassemble the wooden ladder. A rivet gun would work if you have the proper-sized rivets; I did not.
After rummaging around for nuts and bolts, my hands were dusty, which is why you see my fingerprints everywhere.
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Seriously, don’t you love how pretty the paint finish is? This paint project had no runs, drips, or errors.
I love that I can rest things on the ladder’s steps and hang items from the back rungs or even the ladder’s shelf. The planter on the far right holds my citronella plant in the fence planter I made. I borrowed the small buckets of succulents from my vertical garden shutter planter. I love buying Boston ferns and begonias for my patio. They do great in the shade. The fern is actually hanging on the rung in the back. The outdoor decor, like the gnome and the owls, is from the Dollar General Store.
I decorated this old beat-up ladder for the 4th of July. It’s all decked out in red, white and blue! Do you love old ladders as much as I do? How do you use them in indoor and outdoor decor? I have several more in storage, and I could use some ideas!
gail
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Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.
Anne,
It’s Naval. (Pottery barn color, I think) but done with Behr latex wall paint. 🙂 Check out these beds…. https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/paints-to-use-in-your-finishmax/
That’s the first time I used this color. 🙂
I have added other projects to the end of the post with the same paint.