DIY succulent planter boxes

Hello, hello. Did you catch my post on creativity over on The Blog Market? I may or may not have rambled on. Anyway, I’m currently sitting at a cafe near my apartment because we had a few little ants wander in over the weekend and obvs I freaked out and called to get the place sprayed. Well, they showed up to do the job this morning and I had no idea they were coming then or that the kitties needed to be out. It was majorly stressful and by some miracle I decided to get up early, shower, even DRY my hair, and put on a cute dress. If you work from home you know that this is pretty rare. So it’s a darn good thing I did that because I had to run out in a rush with my laptop in search of internet to continue working. Now that I’ve caught up on all the social media I was late on this morning, I finally have a few minutes to write up this little DIY. Let’s all try and forget that my morning was an absolute mess and learn how to make a little succulent home, please!

You’ll need:

Three slabs of hobby board, found at the very back of the hardware store in the miscellaneous section. I went thick for the bottom and cut off each and for the two short sides. Lots of tiny succulents. Paint or stain. Paint brush. Hammer and nails. Saw if not cut to size already.

DIY Succulent Planter Box

1. Measure your two short sides. Cut the size that you’ll need for the two blocks at the short ends off of the longer pieces.

2. Nail your two long pieces onto the thicker base and the two short blocks.

3. Sand down any rough pieces.

4. Paint a stain around the outside. I tested out this Martha Stewart wood stain I purchased on clearance ages ago. I didn’t feel it was different enough from the wooden coffee table it will sit on so I decided to paint the top a gray blue as well.

5. Here, you can repot your succulents into the whole length of the box, add them to decorative pots, or be lazy like me, and leave as is. I went into this thinking I’d create potted planter box, but I ran out of soil. If they aren’t thriving in their little pots I’ll switch them over but for now I left as is.

6. Add to your coffee table or window sill, and make sure they get lots of light and love.

A few crystals = optional.

There’s more than three boards in the photos because I planned to do one for my entryway too. We’ll see if I ever get around to that! You can see the rest of my coffee table tour here. Now, off to check on the apartment…