Repurpose an old sneaker to make a DIY cement planter. I saw a cement planter that someone made using a rain boot and I thought it would be really cute to make a planter out of a Converse high top sneaker. I love experimenting with unique shapes of existing items to make planters out of. Why not a cement sneaker…
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Make an easy homemade succulent planter from cement. Here’s a written and video tutorial for this fun DIY. If you read my cement bird bath tutorial post or watched the video version of the tutorial, then you’ll see that this flower-shaped succulent planter is strongly inspired by that. While making the bird bath, I thought of another way to utilize…
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An easy and unique cement door stopper, wrapped with a decorative leather inlay. When I made this cement door stopper with leather, we were living up on a ridge and when we had our windows open, we could get crazy wind tunnels through the house, so doors were slamming all over the place. I couldn’t find the generic door stopper…
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These pigmented mini cement Balloon planters are a spin on the original Cement Balloon Planter I made! Color the concrete with cement pigment for a vibrant contrast with the succulents. *Updated February 2020 I loved making the DIY balloon planters so much that I wanted to make them again, but this time I wanted them to be darker to give…
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Use a Dollar Store bowl to make a brightly colored cement bird bath. I’ve mentioned before, I’m a birder (bird watcher) and I made this Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder for the birds, but I was feeling like something was missing, a bird bath! A colleague at work was talking about how she watches the owls and hawks splash around in…
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A step by step, very detailed tutorial on how to make these adorable wine cork planters for wedding guest or party favors. I made these wine cork succulent planters for my own DIY rustic wedding. They came out beautiful! Years later, many guests are still talking about how much they loved them. That’s why I created the ultimate guide with…
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Adorable concrete wine cork planters! Make a mould and create as many multiples as you’d like of these cool succulent planters. I came up with the idea to make concrete wine cork planters because we were getting ready to go to WORKBENCHcon. WORKBENCHcon, if you haven’t heard of it, is a conference for woodworkers, interior decor, concrete and any kind…
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Open bottles with this refrigerator mounted bottle opener. Catch multiple caps with a super strong magnet! We wanted to make these bottle openers as a thank you gift for some friends and family who provided some extra help for our rustic wedding- if you want to read about our DIY wedding story, you can see it here. They went the…
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Make a modern DIY concrete planter, with white concrete. Minimalistic with clean lines. Plant with your favorite succulents! I seem to always be in need of more planters. I love succulents and can’t help getting more when I’m at a nursery, so you’ll be finding lots of planter tutorials on this website as time goes on, because my plants need…
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