How To Make Cedar Window Boxes
Add together instant mode to your home's exterior with these unproblematic DIY cedar window boxes! Allow me show you how to make easy window boxes for under $fifteen and in just a few hours.
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For my project in this outdoor DIY claiming, I'g going to teach you how to make cedar window boxes.
Nosotros recently added a cedar window box to the forepart of our she-shed and I'g seriously in love with information technology. It's astonishing what a bit of greenery and flowers tin practice for a space!
Not only are these like shooting fish in a barrel window boxes a super simple woodworking projection, only they are the perfect manner to increase your habitation'southward adjourn appeal for cheap!
Our box only cost about $15 (for a 42″ window) and I was actually impressed with how much prettier the front of the shed looked subsequently adding a such a basic cedar window planter box to it!
Well, permit's become to it, shall we?
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DIY Cedar Window Boxes Tutorial
For a printable copy of the materials and instructions, scroll down.
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How to Make Window Boxes
Begin by measuring the width of your window.
We chose to install ours underneath the bottom window trim, so we made the box as wide as that piece of trim.
Next, apply your cop saw to cut 3 of your cedar fence boards to that length.
Then, use your table saw to rip one of those boards down by 1″ for the bottom.
Later the front, bottom and back pieces are cutting, it's time to cutting your two side pieces and middle support.
Begin by measuring and marking a piece that is the width of your board at the meridian and that width minus ane″ on the bottom. This will give the the forepart of the box a slight taper.
And so, while keeping your board flat against the guide on your chop saw, rotate your saw's blade until the direct edge of the hole lines upwardly with your cutting marker.
Cut the first slice, then keep the bending the aforementioned and use it equally a template for the other two in terms of length.
Two of those pieces are your sides, the other is your centre support.
For the middle support, cutting .5″ off the bottom (narrower end) to account for the bottom of your box and then 2″ off the meridian (wider stop) to keep it underneath the top of the dirt.
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Now that you have all your pieces cut, it's time to assemble!
Begin by gluing and nailing your sides into the dorsum (with the back covering the end of the side.)
Then install the front the same manner.
Once the main box is built, push your bottom piece in from the top and nail information technology in on all four sides with about iv″ between nails all the way around.
Next, install the middle back up. Identify it in the eye of the box and nail information technology in from the front, back and bottom.
The last part of the assembly is building and installing the top trim.
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Begin by using your table saw to rip down 1 cedar lath into ii 1.5″ side strips.
Then, measure out the width of and depth of the box you congenital.
Cut ii pieces out of those 1.5″ strips at the width plus .5″ and 2 strips at the length plus .5″ (both with mitered ends and the dimension as your LONG side.)
Piece of work your way around the box installing the mitered pieces as a frame on the top with 1/4″ overhang.
Be sure to nail them into the box from the tiptop and into each other from the sides.
Now it'south fourth dimension to install the box on your house!
Using a drill and construction screws, screw the box into the siding where in that location is a stud (typically along the border and center of the window.)
For h2o drainage, apply a drill with a 1/iv″ drill fleck to drill holes along the bottom.
Now it's time to fill the box!
Begin by lining the box with plastic. We just used a plastic drib cloth from the painting department. This keeps the wood from getting soggy and damaged by the soil and water.
Don't forget to punch holes in the plastic in line with the holes in your box.
Then, line the bottom with a chip of gravel (to prevent the h2o holes from filling up) and fill the box one-half-style with potting soil.
Line your flowers up underneath the window to get a feel for how it will look and once you're happy, plant them in the box!
And that's it! Now you take a lovely DIY window box!
I love how ours looks on the front end of the she-shed. 🙂
I wonder what Chris would say if I told him I wanted cedar window planters on the firm as well? 😉
In case you lot're curious nearly the flowers we chose, we planted Large Falls White Bacopa, Yellow Violas, White Impatiens, and Vinca Vine. The front of our shed is near full shade, and then nosotros chose some annuals and some perennials, all of which enjoy shade.
I hope this uncomplicated tutorial for building a DIY cedar window planter box helps you add some logroller upper window boxes to your home!
Here are the printable instructions:
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Total Time: 2 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
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