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I needed a place to put a bunch of newly potted plants in order to make room for family at Easter dinner. I drew up a design and my DH whipped this up last Friday for my kitchen. Six 2x2s and some scrap wood that he cut into slats. It's six feet tall, 18" deep and 34" wide.



I love it and it cost less than $20!! <img border="0" alt="[clappy]" title="" src="graemlins/clappy.gif" />
I think he still has enough scrap wood to make a potting bench...hmmmm

Gisela

Very nice, Gisela! I could use one of those.

When you design your new potting bench, be sure to post a pic. I need one of those, too!

Dianna

wow gisela i love that idea!!
i have about 5 2x4s in my basement that are about 12 feet long. do you think they may work as well as what you used you know i could sit on this site all day long (i usually do) i hate my day job so i ususally log on first thing in the am then just "cruise" the site all day long rarely interupted by pesky customers.
but i love the idea of the plant stand and potting table
thanx again for the terrific idea
phoenix

forgot i wanted to ask on the 2nd shelf on the right side is that plant in front a "florida beauty" dracaena. and thats a nice diffenbachia too

Very nice! I could use a few of those! Hmmm...suppose your DH would mind traveling around the countryside and building those for everyone here?

Dianna,
I hope you're having some good weather down there. I talked to my cousin in Spartanburg Saturday and she was sure hurtin' from her first day in the garden. Can't wait to feel that way myself -- he he.

Phoenix,
If you'd like a close-up picture to see how it's put together, let me know. 2x4s should work fine too. And Yes, that's a Florida Beauty

Sheri,
Great idea -- I'll send him on the road, hammer in hand, in exchange for exotic plants. He's so handy. It all started last year when I said I'd like to have a winepress and when we were looking at $700 presses he said "I could build that way cheaper!"
He's learning to keep his mouth shut...poor guy never gets out of the basement anymore!

I'm hoping to have the bench this week. I'll post a pic when it's up and running.

Gisela

We are having beautiful weather today. A little warm with the temp being 76, but I'm not complaining. I want to get the garden planted, but it is soaked. Hopefully, it will dry out by tomorrow.

Mating bumblebees chased me off our deck while I was looking at gardening catalogs. I filled up the hummingbird feeders and are eagerly waiting their arrival.

Sure could have used a potting bench today!

Dianna

The weather is beautiful here too but it's too wet to plow or plant. I've been sick for over 2 months and I'm finally feeling better. So, hopefully things will dry out a little and I'll get out into the yard and work until I'm exhausted loving every minute of it.

By the way GiselaT, great plant rack. You're fortunate that your DH is so handy.

GiselaT,
That is a very nice plant stand...
Very nice indeed!!!

After Sheritoots is done with the
DH building one of those, send him up here.
I could use a couple of those.

I like the look of it...

Weezie

Only one, Weezie? Gee, I really had my heart set on 10 at least!

Gisela that stand is fantastic .......I wouldn't mind a couple of those(a little smaller for out on my back porch)........

One of our projects coming up will be to make a couple of mosaic tables for the porches.....we do good working together, so he can build the table and I'll do the mosaic work......should be pretty cheap I think....

i like it!

Thanks everyone!

I told Hubby I'm sending him on a road trip...

I let him know that you all liked the plant stand and now his head's all puffed up -- can't fit him through the door... :rolleyes:

Gisela

Think the prospect of building 10 of those plant stands just for one person would cause any deflation? At least you could get him through the door with a little elbow grease...

Gisela:

Kudos to you and your DH on the plant stand. I am now the proud owner of 2 folding tables plunked next to 2 large windows. These hold the house plants and some seedlings at the moment. There's an amatuer saw mill and a handy man nearby. What was I thinkin'? I could have myself a couple of cool plant stands!

Belle

Thanks Belle!

I think i'm going to have to put hubby back to work. I need a place to put a few hundred peat pot in trays...Oh wait! He has to finish the potting bench first! I picked up the wood for him today, so I'll have pics of that by Friday.
Poor guy, he has to go back to work after his days off, just to get a rest from my 'projects'!

Gisela

Gisela,
That's sounds EXACTLY like my husband..
He just looks at me like this :rolleyes: :p <img border="0" alt="[perplexed]" title="" src="graemlins/confused.gif" /> now when I ask him for something simple in the backyard.
Welllllllllll, they looked simple to me..

Weezie

Poor FH. I have him working on a "hitching post" and a picnic table at the time, but am anxiously awaiting the potting bench pictures. Good thing that he likes to do wood crafts!

Dianna

So that's why FH goes to work every Monday....

Dianna

Gee, it must be nice to have hubbies that will do it for you. If I bought the supplies, they'd have to magically put themselves together, then float into the house, and kick my DH out from his spot in front of the TV....ooops...did I say that?

Mine's getting that way Sheritoots!!! :p