Learn how to make a bookcase, flower shelf. There are also original ideas here that will help place all the seedlings on the windowsill in plastic boxes. Sometimes, there is not enough space on the windowsills to place your favorite flowers and seedlings. Of course, if you have extra funds, you can buy a bookcase, a shelf for plants. To save money, make these devices to your liking, make such a system with your own hands.
How to make a wood plant shelf?
There are many options for such products, choose the one for which you have materials. You can make a high shelf or not.
Notice how beautiful this looks like. Here you will place several flower pots, each plant will be illuminated by the sun. To craft such a miracle, you will need:
- plywood;
- jigsaw;
- acrylic or oil paints;
- brushes;
- self-tapping screws;
- boards;
- roulette.
First, on a sheet of plywood, you need to draw with a pencil the outlines of the sides of the future flower girl. On the reverse side, they are wavy, on the one where the shelves will be located, you need to draw parallel segments.
Saw through the pattern with a jigsaw. Mark the distance from one edge of the shelf to the other, based on this figure, saw the boards of this length. Paint them and the plywood sides white. Once the finish is dry, use a stencil to paint on the plywood with a different paint. When it dries up, then attach the boards to the cut straight parts of the plywood using self-tapping screws, while on one and the second side of each shelf, you need to screw in two self-tapping screws. The work has been completed.
If you do not have a jigsaw, do not know how to work with it, or you are looking for an easier option, then another shelf will do.
To recreate this model use:
- boards;
- small section bars;
- paint;
- brush;
- small corners;
- self-tapping screws.
Here's how to make a flower shelf so that it is three-tiered, at the bottom of the windowsill, you can place plants under the lower tier.
Saw off the first plank so that it is as long as or slightly shorter than a window sill. The second tier will be above it. You can make this element the same length as the first, or cut it by a third or half. Also determine the size of the top shelf yourself, depending on how many flower pots you need to place.
Pick up the beams so long that they are higher than the pots along with the plant planted in it, add a few more centimeters so that the flower does not rest on the shelf above it and is well lit.
As you can see, on the right and left, the shelf rests on a base of bars, assemble each of the 4 strips, connect with flat corners and self-tapping screws. The left rectangle is high, fasten one more bar across it, in order to then attach the shelves here using self-tapping corners.
On the right side, the middle shelf rests on two vertical bars, and the top one on one. Secure all elements well, then leave the flower shelf the same or paint. After it dries up, you can install plants and enjoy the vacated space.
If you do not have wide boards, this is not a reason to give up. Use subtle by studying the following master class. As you can see, the height of this shelf for flowers is 1 m 20 cm, its length is the same, and its width is 28 cm. The distance between the shelves, depending on the height of the plants, is 35–40 cm.
Here is a list of materials and tools that will be required:
- planks;
- bars with a cross section of 20 cm;
- roulette;
- self-tapping screws;
- saw;
- wood stain or varnish.
Sequence of work:
- Place two bars parallel to the work surface, at a distance of 28 cm, if they are of different lengths, saw them off to make them equal to 120 cm. Attach three bars perpendicularly 28 cm long at the same distance.
- If some flowers are large, others are not, then arrange them according to their height, make some shelves more spacious in height, and others less.
- Saw off the board so that it is 28 cm long or as wide as your windowsill. You will need 2 pieces for one shelf.
- Lay them parallel to each other. On top, place the boards 120 cm long perpendicularly, stuff them on these two rivers, attaching them on one side and the other.
- Attach these shelves with self-tapping screws to the transverse bars that are on the vertical posts.
- Cover the wooden parts with wood stain or varnish and wait for them to dry. Now you can arrange the plants.
If you need to quickly make a shelf for flowers, then take:
- two straps for bags;
- 8 nails;
- wooden board;
- saw;
- hammer.
Saw off the boards to the same length, if you wish, you can paint them or leave them as they are to give them an antique look. Adjust the adjuster so that the lengths of the belts are the same. Attach each to 1 and 2 boards on both sides, hammering in nails here. Then you can arrange flowers and other interior items.
Plastic, glass flower stand
This model will allow you to place many small pots with violets, rooting cuttings and leaves. To make such a shelf for flowers, you need:
- plastic window sills;
- nickel-plated or galvanized pipes;
- two brackets;
- nine flange mountings.
If you have one long plastic sill, then cut it into 3 equal pieces. If there are several of the same size, then you will use them. Using a special drill bit, punch three holes in each shelf. In this case, two should be near the corners, in the third in the middle near the other side of the plastic window sill.
Pass the pipes through the holes, fix the structure with slate fasteners. If the shelf is near a wall, then attach to it to secure the shelf. In this case, the plants will need lighting, using small self-tapping screws, attach fluorescent or phytolamps under each shelf.
A great option is a shelf with glass beams. They will transmit light, which is so necessary for plants.
In order to make a glass flower shelf with your own hands, it is better to take tempered glass with a thickness of at least 5 mm. This is more durable. If you want to make an openwork, almost weightless-looking shelf, then take:
- durable glass rectangles;
- openwork brackets;
- self-tapping screws;
- adhesive pads;
- screwdriver or screwdriver.
If you have rectangular glasses that are not as long as you need, then cut them off with a glass cutter or, better, ask to do this in the shop at the store. Attach the openwork metal brackets to the wooden window frame using a screw. Place the glass shelves on top, fix them with glue pads. Place flowers.
It is possible to fix the glass elements to nickel or galvanized posts using flange mountings.
When you are walking in the woods, you can grab a few snags, intricately curved branches, to make a beautiful flower stand out of them.
Clean them from bark, dirt, sand with sandpaper. Assemble the composition by looking at how to connect the pieces, where to place the stands. Combine the driftwood, branches with bolts and screws, after making holes with a drill. Saw circles from plywood, fasten them to the branches with self-tapping screws.
If you have wooden boxes, then a bookcase rack can look like this. The base is made like a ladder, then the boxes are fixed on it.
If you have balusters on your farm, then make such a carved whatnot.
Even a wooden pallet can be turned into a flower shelf. Use it in whole or in part.
And here is another excellent use of the driftwood found in the forest. The basis for such a stand for flowers, the shelves are made of plywood. Then the product is covered with yacht varnish.
We make a rack for seedlings with our own hands
The time for its cultivation begins. Seasoned gardeners know how often there is not enough space to sow seeds of various crops. Therefore, vertical shelves will be an excellent solution to the problem.
You can buy a plastic rack to place all the containers and cups on it.
But it is better to make it yourself from plastic vegetable boxes. See how little it will take to implement such an idea:
- four metal tubes;
- pieces of rubber hose;
- plastic boxes with low sides;
- secateurs or scissors.
If you wish, you can paint the boxes to make the design look festive. Or get ready-made colored storage containers.
In this case, 4 boxes were used, for them you will need 12 pieces of hose 15 centimeters long. Cut it with pruning shears or scissors.
Slide the first box onto the four rods. To prevent them from coming out of the hole, attach one wine bottle stopper to this place. If they are not available, then you can cut off pieces of branches, thread the rods through the side recesses of the plastic boxes, hammer these pieces of wood into their ends.
Now install one piece of hose on each rod, put the box on top, then the hose sections go again, then the plastic container. Thus, collect the entire structure, put it on the windowsill. Such a seedling rack will help save space and will be made according to your individual measurements.
The room needs to be ventilated periodically. To prevent the seedlings from freezing, place pieces of cardboard on the side to prevent a draft.
And if you have balusters, make a shelf out of them and wooden planks. This will also accommodate a lot of seedlings. Sometimes the rack can be rotated 180 degrees so that it does not stretch to one side.
To solve the watering problem and the boards are not soggy with water, place the cups in clear plastic containers that sell marshmallows or cookies. The next option is one of the simplest. To implement it, take:
- three boards;
- rope rope;
- drill with a wide drill;
- optionally a wood treatment agent.
Drill the same holes in all three planks. Collect them with the rope rope. As you can see, knots need to be tied on the back of the structure. Hang up a seedling rack for good sunshine.
The next option is even more creative. For such a rack you will need:
- empty glass bottles;
- wooden boards;
- fasteners in the form of screw-in brackets and links.
Drill 4 holes in each board so that the bottle necks pass through them, screw the fasteners.
Assemble a structure of two boards and 4 bottles, fix it with staples.
If you make three of these fragments, then you get a wonderful whatnot or rack for seedlings.
But the next idea is very simple to implement. Even beginners can make such a rack for flower seedlings.
It is enough to fix two brackets on a wooden window frame, fix a pre-painted board on them.
Using the same elements, you can make corner shelves.
To supplement each shelf with seedlings in the morning and in the evening, install fluorescent or phyto lamps or LED strip here.
Making a stand for flowers: a detailed master class
To make one, take:
- plywood, impregnated with a moisture-repellent agent, 15 mm thick;
- 17 pcs. flanges of the Joker system;
- chrome-plated tubes of the same system with a diameter of 25 mm;
- 4 things. furniture legs;
- self-tapping screws;
- screws;
- 5 pieces. threaded bushings;
- furniture edge;
- 5 pieces. furniture bolts;
- auto enamel in a spray can;
- jigsaw;
- wood putty;
- drill;
- screwdriver;
- metal pipe cutter;
- screwdriver;
- grinder.
Using the provided drawings, make a mold, transfer its outline to plywood, cut it out, grind the edges.
Using a pencil, mark on the lower platform the place where the bolts will be attached, drill the holes with a drill. On the elements of the rack, you need to determine where the flanges will be, make holes with a diameter of 2.5 cm. Apply the putty to the blanks of the shelves, when it dries, sand these surfaces with a typewriter or manually using fine sandpaper. Paint the shelves in the desired color, apply two coats alternately, letting each dry. Now glue the edging to the ends of the plywood shelves.
With the help of a pipe cutter, we need to get: three tubes with a length of 1 m 20 cm, one 60 cm, and another 90 cm.
When buying pipes, you need to purchase such that their total length is 5 m 10 cm. When sawing, it is better to use a saw to make the cut more even. Using the flanges on the lower platform, fix all the tubes, screw them to the base with self-tapping screws.
Fix the second and all subsequent tiers in the same way.
To move the flower stand, attach the wheels, if this is not necessary, then fix the furniture supports on the lower structure with self-tapping screws.
Here are how many ways there are to make racks, bookcases, flower and seedling shelves. But these are not all the ideas that can be used. If you want to know even more on this topic, then open the video player.
The first plot is for those who have the skills and tools to work with metal. You will get a beautiful openwork flower stand.
Here's another interesting and quick idea.
In the third video, you will learn how to make a seedling stand.
