Happy Wednesday Ya’ll!
If you saw my post yesterday, you read about how we added shutters & window boxes to the back of our home in an attempt to bring make things pretty & bring in some more color!
Today, I wanted to show you how we made them!
We found this tutorial online, bought our supplies & got to work!
First, we purchased a total of five dog-eared fenced panels (around $2.00 a piece-you only need two per window box, but we bought one more just in case) to build the actual box & three 1×2’s (99 cents a piece) for the trim.
Then we measured the width of our windows & cut the fence panels to the length we needed…
Once you determine the length you need (width of the window), you will need to cut three boards in that length….(front side, back side, & base.)
Then you will take the three boards & assemble your window box using some screws & a drill…
Take the scraps or leftover fence panels to use on the ends of your box….
When you are finished you should have a box that looks something like this…..
You can leave the boxes like this & hang them or to add a little more detail you can add some trim work like we did using 1×2’s…
We just added the trim to the front and sides of the box since the back side would be up against the house….
Before you hang the box, it is important to make sure that you drill some holes in the bottom to allow for water drainage…
To hang the boxes, we just screwed them into the siding underneath the window frame…
Ideally, it would have been easier to paint the boxes prior to hanging them, but the hubby had other things to do & needed to go ahead & hang them, so I painted after they were hung! I used some spackling to fill in the screw holes & then gave them two coats of paint to match the shutters.
After they were dry, I filled them with potting soil & flowers!
I used pink wave petunias….
And white geraniums…
I also added in some greenery to fill things in a bit!
I’m looking forward to seeing what it will look like when everything matures & the plants start to thicken up a bit! Time to get out the Miracle Grow! 🙂
I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial & that maybe you’ll be inspired to build some window boxes of your own!
Thanks for stopping by & have a great day! 🙂
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I’m pinning this so that I can make some for my daughter’s play house! Thanks for the easy tutorial!
Anna
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Thank you! I have been looking for an easy way to make these. I am going to see if I can convince my hubby to help!
I love it! I have been thinking of making one for my home for a while now and after reading your post … I have the bug to do it!
Hugs,
Bj
These turned out beautiful! I love petunias too! I would love for you to link this up at the “I Made This” party at Grits & Giggles. http://www.gritsandgiggles.blogspot.com/2012/06/i-made-this-8.html
HI! Visiting from Tatertots & Jello and I love your window boxes! We have a house in our subdivision that did shutters and awnings to the back of their house and it’s so beautiful! You guys did a great job with your window boxes. Your going to have so much fun enjoying them!!
So lovely!. I also wanted to put window boxes at home.
Nice tutorial.
I so want to do this!! I really love how your window boxes turned out 🙂
I featured this on my blog today:
http://christinasadventures.com/2012/06/sunday-features-76.html
I also pinned it:
http://pinterest.com/christinasadven/20-below-features/
This is too cute! I live in an apartment, so a little window box like this would help work with the limited outdoor space I have. I’m cooped up all day in my office at Dish, so happy flowers in my window will be nice to come home to! By the way, kudos for laying this out in steps that are easy to follow. I never use blogs to find projects since the instructions can be so vague. My usual resources are HGTV and the DIY network. My DVR is chalk full of DIY episodes I’ve recorded just so I can pause, rewind, and replay a step if I need clarification. I’m lucky I have the Hopper DVR box because it has so much recording space to foster my little DIY addiction. I will definitely use your blog as a resource now too. Keep up the good posts and I’ll let you know how this one goes for me! 🙂
Really cute I can think of some places those would look nice.
However I did see a pic of hubby cutting wood between two saw horses. That is dangerous and can cause the saw the kick back towards his leg. Always cut on the outside never in between.
Andrea