It’s my favourite time of the month! Home Depot gift challenge time!
If this is your first time hearing about this, each month we choose one item from Home Depot (not affiliated with the projects!), and one gift recipient. Then we get creative! This month the classic 2 x 4 wood was chosen and we were invited to make a project for a new home owner. You will be amazed by the projects that this talented group of bloggers came up with! Since I give plants to almost every new home owner I ever come across, I decided to stay with the plant theme and make a simple Hexagon Wall Planter :)
Here’s what you need for this project:
A 2 x 4 (about 2 feet per box)
1/4″ thick plywood for front
Glass jar (mine are from the dollar store)
Wood stain
Plants (real or fake)
Wood glue
Nail gun
Putty
Table saw
Drill
Scroll saw or jigsaw
Backing to hang the planter box
To start, here are the glass jars I bought from the dollar store. I had to plan my hexagon so that this would fit inside, so I planned a hexagon that was 3.5″ on each side.
Next, using the table saw, my handy husband sawed the 2×4 in half, width wise. He ran them through the planer to clean them up (you could just sand them too), and he cut 6 3.5″ pieces for each box.
Next (not pictured), we cut an angle into the sides of each 3.5″ piece. Set your saw to 30 degrees, and cut each side of the wood so that the angles both go inwards (see photos below). The outside (long side) of each piece should remain 3.5″ long.
Next, you need to cut a hole into one of those sides that is large enough for your jar to slide through (mine was 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″). I found the center of the blocks, and made a square around the center point. Then I drilled into the block, so that I could get into the hole easily with the scroll saw (or jig saw), I used the saw to cut the square out – leaving the perfect opening for my jars :)
Here’s what the hexagon looks like all layed out, with the hole cut out for the planter jar.
Next, you want to cut your plywood piece so that it fits on top perfectly. My husband inlayed our front piece (because he’s crazy talented like that), but if I was doing this on my own, I would’ve traced the box, and nailed a piece directly to the front of the hexagon.
Next, put wood glue between each joint, then temporary use nails to hold the wood pieces in place until the glue dries. I used 1″ brad nails.
Since the jar can’t float in mid-air, we cut a box out from our 2×4 to fit just underneath the jar. Then we cut a piece of wood to back the planter box so that we would have something to attach our wall hanger. This piece is made to fit your box (ours was 3/8″ thick x 2 3/4″ wide).
Next, putty EVERYTHING. you don’t want any empty spaces. When the putty dries, sand everything down so that you like the finish. Then stain your boxes with your colour of choice :) These can sit up on the counter, but if you want them to hang on the wall, you have to add the hanging hardward last.
This project went SO quickly from start to finish. A couple of evenings in the garage and 3 boxes were done! I love, love, LOVE how they turned out!
Here are my hexagon wall planters, hanging in my home :)
I hope you liked my 2×4 project!! For more great wooden “welcome-to-your-new-home” gifts, Click on the photos of the amazing projects below!
If you missed last month’s challenge, we were using Peg Board to make projects for the home, and I made this DIY Desk Organizer!
I am in LOVE with these! Mega-creative!
Thank you so much!! I loved them too much to give them away, lol
OK, I just have to say, you are awesome. These are too cool, and now I have yet another project I want to do. I’m totally digging the hexagon shape these days and these would be perfect on my wall.
I’m loving hexagons these days too! I was looking for a creative way to use them. This project was perfect!
Way to transform a plain jane product!! These are so beautiful!
Thank you!! I love working with wood these days! It’s SO versatile!
I so want to make these! Love them. Everything about them!
Thank you :) All the projects this month were amazing!
How fun are these?! I love them!! I’m totally scheming right now where these could fit in our house… ha! I love that they’re a hexagon and not a plain square or something!
Thank you! Making them a hexagon was the hard part! But it was totally worth it :)
Dude! Lindi, these planters are so awesome and I’m so impressed with your wood working skills.:) I would buy these in a heartbeat! Nice work.:)
Thank you!! My husband is teaching me a lot! And is very, very patient… lol.
Lindi this is so stink in creative! I love the geometric shape and the dark stain too! Great job!
Thanks Shelly!! It may be one of my favourite projects so far!
Such a great idea!! Love it!!
Thank you!! So glad you stopped by :)
Wow Lindi! These look awesome! I love that you found a way to update the new-homeowner-houseplant-gift and make it super fun! Any homeowner would just loooooove to recieve this!
Thanks Amy! We were thinking along the same lines sort of this month :) So glad you liked it!
These are beautiful! I love the look of dark wood and paired with the greenery, it looks amazing. Thanks for sharing : )
Kathryn | nimblenote.blogspot.com
Thank you! I’m always a fan of natural wood stains. I LOVE being able to see the grain of the wood when the project is all done :)
Oh wow, this is such an awesome project! I love all things hexagon so these will definitely be made in the future. Pinned and tweeted. Thanks so much for sharing at Merry Monday, hope to see you again next week!
I also LOVE all things hexagon! Hence the three other hexagon projects planned out in my head… lol. Thanks for stopping by!
Brilliant use of materials!!!! These planters and so cute and clever.
Thank you Carmody!! Those dollar store jobs came in handy! Lol
oh man, i love this. i need this.
b
Lol. Thank you! If only I could mass produce them… Lol
These look super cool! The succulents with the dark wood are a perfect pair, looks so sophisticated!
Thank you so much!! Thanks for stopping by my little space on the web :)
#3 of My faves things all in one..Perfection!
Thank you so much!!
I’m so impressed with your wood working! I have all my wood cut at Home Depot because I’m scared to cut anything myself! They turned out gorgeous.
Thanks Cat!! My husband is an amazing woodworker (built my daughter’s crib!) and he’s sloooowly teaching me his skills, lol.
I am loving everything about these planters! Featuring you on Friday… THANK YOU SO MUCH for linking up to our party!
xoxo
Yay!! Thank you SO much!! Made my day :)
Love these planters! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful creativity on The Inspiration Board at homework.
Have a wonderful and creative day!
carolyn ~ homework
I’m so glad. Thank you for stopping by!!
What a cool way to hang some plants on your wall. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty – we’re looking forward to what you have to share next week. :)
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Thanks Lorelai!!
These hexagon planters are amazing! This is such a great project, thanks for sharing. I’ve included your post in my Five on Friday roundup today. Have a great weekend :)
Thank you SO much!! I’m thrilled :) Cant wait to check it out!
Love this! I like that the plant is in a separate glass container. Thank you sharing on Merry Monday, you’re one of my feature picks.
Thank you so much Erlene!!
These are just so pretty, what a fun challenge… you nailed it!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
Hello beautiful! This looks so amazing. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you on tonight at 7 pm because we love to party with you! Happy Memorial Day! Lou Lou Girls
Awww… Thanks ladies!! I hope to stop by again for sure :)
This is so cute! I love geometric shapes and succulents! Like Erlene, I also picked your post as my feature for this week’s Merry Monday link party. Hope you’ll stop by to grab a “featured” button, and link up with us again!
Thank you SO much Ashley!!
You always have such fun projects! Love these. I would either have to use succulents or maybe some of the cute fake potted plants from Ikea I just bought.
Awww… Thanks Rachel!! Turns out I’m not very good at keeping plants alive, so these may turn into fake succulents one day too… Haha.
Lindi, these planters rock!! I love the shape and dimensionality of them! I’m featuring you at today’s Creative Spark party; hope you’ll link up with us again this week :)
Thank you SO much!! I will definitely be by again soon :) I love the dimensionality of them too!
These are adorable! Great project!!!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you stopped by my little space :)
I swear. Etsy shop girl, Etsy shop. LOVE!!!
Hahaha! Maybe one day… When I have 20 more hours every week… Lol. I’m honored that you think my projects are nice enough to buy though!
They look great! Thanks for sharing the tutorial. I hope one day I find some time to get to this project, myself. :)
I hope you do try it out! Let me know how the project goes if you do! I love the feedback :)
Love! Love! Love! These planters are sooooo good! I’ll be featuring them on Found & Foraged tonight!
Thank you SO much Kyla!!! I’m getting so much love for these hexagons! So glad that everyone likes them as much as I do :)
I adore hexagons. (Maybe I was a bee in a past life?) These are simply beautiful! I can imagine fresh flowers would look so nice for spring too.
Absolutely! I’ve actually been changing out the greenery each month for new items :) Love the flexability of these pieces!
Love this idea! I have never thought this hexagon planter could be DIY :o Thank you for sharing! It’s very beautiful.
I gotta say, these are really cool. I’ll try making some of these for my office out of some spare wood I have laying around. Thanks for the idea. Ever since I purchased my first home I can’t get enough cool DIY projects haha. Cheers!
How sweet! I have fallen in love with it!!! I’m an avid DIYer and always try to be busy with some new projects. Was searching for a unique idea to start. The wall planter made me stop and crazy to make it asap! In a hurry to start. Wish me good luck, Lindi! :)