Plants are an easy way to add a subtle aspect of life to an otherwise plain home. Following up on my friends home improvement projects, he had an over grown spider plant that was still in its original black plastic pot sitting on a stool in the corner of his apartment. We decided that we not only wanted to get him a few other plants but construct something that we could place them all in. In this blog we will be talking about our construction of a wood pallet plant rack.
This project required us to run down to our local hardware store to pick up the things we would need to complete the project. The first thing we would need is a couple of pallets. We simply asked the store manager if they had a couple of pallets they would be willing to give us. He was happy to provide us with two fairly solid looking pallets that we could use for our project. Next on our list we needed a small box of wood screws, sandpaper, some wood stain, and some lacquer. All these things should be available at your local hardware store.
We began the project by taking our better looking pallet and using a skill saw we cut it just on the outside of the center stringer of the pallet. After that, our next cut was made at the center of one of the entry notches, being careful not to cut too low since the top deck of the pallet would act as the back side for our plant rack. Next, we used measuring tape to measure the length and width of the remaining two deck openings. We took those measurements and and drew them onto wood off of our other pallet. We then proceeded to cut them out with the skill saw and placing four screws at each corner of the wood we screwed them into the bottom of the deck opening that we had just measured. These pieces of wood would act as the bottom of our rack. Finally we took some sand paper and sanded the entire thing down. We started by using some 80 grit sandpaper to get rid of the hard edges and worked our way through to a 180 grit sandpaper. We wanted the rack to look clean but still hold its rustic look overall. With that the project was complete. As a side note some wood stain/paint along with some wood lacquer could add some style points to the whole project.
The new rack can be nailed up on a wall or simply be put on the ground and secured to a wall with a nail. We chose to nail it to a wall in the kitchen. Once it was set up, we cleaned up his spider plant and also added a jade plant and a peace lily. With the plants in place were able to call this project a success.
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-Fernando
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