Then, and based on Ana’s plans for her slatted bench, I knew the alternating boards had to be half-width to get the look I was going for. I ripped down the rough pine boards to ¾” strips – enough so that I had 12 at 38″ long and another 12 at 18 ½” long. It’s true! I had to dismantle the ginormous shoe rack I’d built for Jen Woodhouse a couple of years ago because we no longer needed it, so I had several 1″ x 12″x 60″ rough pine boards sitting off to the side waiting to be repurposed. I know you’re probably sick of hearing this, but I made my slatted plant stand entirely from scrap wood. Her bench is made from 2″ x 4″s and 1″ x 4″s (I made one a few years ago here) so I shrunk down her dimensions to fit my Aunt’s space of 38″ wide, 19 ½” tall and 12″ deep. I’m linking to “ Ana White slatted bench building plans” so you can see her project and get the build details directly from the genius behind them. Ana White has building plans for a “ Modern slat top outdoor bench” that I thought I could alter to make something both pretty and functional. I looked all over Pinterest for ideas ( I’m not one to reinvent the wheel if there is a perfect solution out there already), but I could only find single plant stands and/or large layered ones that would have been too much.īUT, Mrs. was only 12″ deep so that it didn’t jut too far into her living space.that had slats in it so that water could drain if it spilled.would fit in the space, at the same height as the window sill and within the angled walls of her bay window.She asked if I could come up with something that: Only problem was that she was running out of space on the small side table she had set in front of her kitchen bay window. Yup, a fern, succulents and my fiddle leaf fig has exactly 5 leaves left ( which, if I’m being honest, my kids may have glued on just to keep me from feeling like such a failure.)īut my Aunt can not only keep indoor plants alive, but she has a hibiscus that flowers all winter long ( spectacular for Canada!) I water, I fertilize, I place them near windows – and so far I’ve all-but-killed 3 in the last month ( since I brought them indoors). It’s kind of irritating really, because I TRY. ![]() ![]() Do you have a bay window? One that lets in lots of natural light, but is impossible to fit a piece of furniture in? Today I’m showing how I made a slatted plant stand to take advantage of the light without taking up much space.
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