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If their personal projects are anything to go by, our Bunnings Team Members can’t get enough of D.I.Y. – both off and on the clock! Team member Leanne gave D.I.Y. a red hot go and created this rustic house-number planter after seeing similar ones for sale online. Her savvy build uses salvaged hardwood and artificial plants, making it both low cost and low maintenance. No watering, ever!
“I found some old wood from a playhouse and a flower bed and decided to make a house number planter that I kept seeing online. By using faux plants from Bunnings, I didn’t have to create a soil bed so it was super easy to make,” she says.
Leanne used three equal-sized timber lengths to build the backing panel. She edge-glued the boards together with exterior high-strength PVA and clamped them until set, cleaning off any excess adhesive. The house numbers were secured to the top board of the backing panel (you could use the screws supplied with the numbers, or swap out with black screws for a more seamless look).
For the planter, Leanne used two pieces of timber that were slightly thicker than the ones used for the backing board. She cut the planter pieces to length and glued them together. She then glued the planter assembly to the backing board flush with the base edge, and clamped until fully cured. Holes were then drilled into the top of the planter panel for the faux greenery stems. After hanging the house-number planter (using fixings appropriate for the weight and the wall type), Leanne popped artificial plants into the predrilled holes. Vision accomplished!
Check out the project steps from Leanne (Bunnings Workshop community member @craftyhopper) on the Bunnings Workshop website.
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