It’s the season of gardening and all the wonderful things that comes with spring, followed by summer. I get so excited of blooms popping up and birdsong welcoming me each day. During this time, I’ve been repairing and restoring our garden shed. So, of course, I couldn’t toss out these awesome old windows. I’m inspired to create an upcycled window planter with them.
If you want to see where I’ve started with our garden shed, you can take a peek at my first improvements HERE. My goal was to finish it last summer, but a hot mess was dropped in my lap, so I am now able to get back to it.
Also, despite the extremely wet spring, we’re able to get the major repairs done. I’ll be sharing my reveal when done, so stay tuned. Okay, back to those windows peeking out of my shed mess.
DIY TIME
First, let me say that both of the windows had broken panes. My kids did them in last summer, so I knew I needed to give them a new purpose once we removed them. They’re still relatively solid but needed some TLC. I begin by taking out the old putty and glazier’s points.
It’s a tedious job, but kinda like therapy too. Once I remove the remnants, I clean it up and add a whitewash of paint to match the existing chippy white. The finished face of the window is raw wood, which means whoever installed these did them backwards. oops… I wanted to dress it up and age them a bit.
NEXT STEPS
Next, it’s time to add the planter part to my upcycled window planters. A few months back, I found this set of brand-new galvanized planters at the thrift store. Each one retailed at $12. I can guarantee I didn’t pay but a third of that for each one. Yay!
However, I don’t care for the stenciled rooster on them – kinda too “made in ….” look. No worries, I’ll just make them my own. tee hee.
THE REVEAL
Here are my upcycled window planters ready for some garden goodness.
Can you tell I had fun with them? I decided to use all three galvanized planters, so that meant I needed to upcycle each window differently. The first one I added chicken wire to each pane, plus the planters.
To see all the lushness of nature really sends my heart to pitter-pat. Don’t you agree? And., for me, seeing my #trashure windows made new is also super fun.
For the second window, I added a couple of trellis parts from clematis I planted in my garden. I couldn’t let those go to waste either. (big surprise)
I’ve gotta ask…which one is your favorite? Lily thinks she is the star of the show. Calico cats are so sassy!!
If you’d like to own either of these, just head to my online store. You’ll find many other vintage, handmade, and supply goodies too!
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Dang girl; I love them both. They R Fab-U – lus.
Have a Great day and a wonderful evening.
Yahoo!! Thank you so much! 😀
So CUTE!!! I like them both! …maaaaybe the horizontal one is a smidge more my favorite. Hmmm. I have old windows around, they’re not quite right for this, but maybe this will start the ideas rolling?
Yippee!! That’s the spirit, Becky! You will have fun with it, no doubt.
I love them both! From a distance, I prefer the horizontal one, but once closer, I adore the clematis fence panels – though the chicken wire is very cute as well.
Excellent job!
Thanks so much! I can’t choose – both were fun to create. hee hee
I Love them both!! Great idea! Thanks for sharing and have a great day!
Right back at ya, Cheryl. 😀
Great job! Both are keepers, very nice looking.
I’m so stoked to have the idea out of my head. Thanks so much, Mary.
I Love these! I would never have thought of using old windows this way, but they are awesome!
Once the idea hit I couldn’t wait to put it together. Thanks, girl!
Hi Larissa, your recycled windows are just beautiful. I really love them both and they do look so pretty on your fence.
Thank you, Kaycee. They do look better there than on my busted shed. haha. 😀
Awesome idea! I love the chicken wire one the best! I think I have a few of these windows sitting in my shed, so it may be my next project to spruce up my porch!
Hooray! That’s the spirit, Debbie! 😀
I LOVE these!!!
You are so fun, Maria! Thank you for the smile.
Love love love how you recycled your old windows, Larissa! My backyard needs some of these rustic planters and I have the windows too. The flowers you planted are so pretty. Fabulous idea for dressing up a backyard fence 🙂
You have the best backyard decor too. Thanks so much, Marie! 😀
I LOVE your windows!! I have 3 in my garage that I purchased at antique sales. This will be the summer that I will get them into my backyard/on my fence! But I have to ask, how did you mount them?!?! My privacy fence is on the older side, and I don’t want to add any additional/unnecessary holes.
Thank you, Kathy! I used long screws placed where the fence panels meet and slide them in between. However, you can use over-the-door hooks attached to the back – they make various kinds for flower boxes etc that are heavy duty that work. Have fun with it!