Pretty Picket Planter

Our kitchen remodel has taken a break this weekend due to my honey having to work the weekend!!! WHAT? Yeah! When you gotta work, you gotta work...whataya gonna do? That's ok, it will get done and we will have the most beautiful kitchen on the block!

How about a pretty picket planter to tide you over until we get back to the kitchen? After we made our fence picket A/C cover HERE, we had some short pieces left over from trimming the pickets to fit our needs. Well, those short pieces were calling my name.

I cut them down even more, to 14" long to be exact. I then trimmed the corners off to resemble the original pickets (my honey's idea). We used (3) pickets on each side for a total of (12) pickets

Next, my honey made the frame work. We used some scraps from our wood pile. We cut two pieces at 14-7/8" long and two at 15" long. NOTE: You will need to lay your pickets out and measure the width of all three of them together and and then cut your frame pieces accordingly. Your measurements will rely on what kind of wood you are using for your frame as well.

Since its an out of doors piece and we wanted it to hold up to our Texas weather, we smeared some liquid nails onto the frame for extra sturdiness.

Then tacked the pickets on front and back to hold securely. We may or may not have went a bit over board, but lastly we added a few screws just to make sure it was good and durable for the long haul.

Here's the finished product. Cute huh? I love it! There is not a bottom, it's designed to just slip down over your pot for a little extra pizazz on your patio.

I suppose you could certainly add a bottom and some plastic liner and make it a permanent planter if you so wished, but our design was more of the simple type for now.

It doesn't have to be done all at once. It is a slow process in the works! C-ya next time!