Do you love the look of flowers blooming out of window planter boxes? I do. This is why we decided to add some to our home this year, to add a bit of color at the above-ground level.
Step-By-Step Instructions to Create Your Own DIY Window Planter Box To Brighten Up Your Home
This is a pretty straightforward DIY project, great for beginner or advanced builders. (With my boards cut, each box took me about 20 minutes to build, start to finish.) So even if you’ve never built anything before, I think you can do this one! Of course, you could just start off by building one of these boxes or go for a whole collection of them. Once completed, you’ll love adding flowers of various colors to create stunning displays in your new window box planter.
Materials needed to build a window box planter:
- 3 – 1×8 cedar boards, cut to the desired length (for example, the width of your window)
- 2 – 1×6 cedar boards, cut to 7-1/16” (the true width of a 1×8 board)
- 2” exterior decking screws
Step 1: Attach Corners of the Front Board to the Bottom Board
Attach corners of the front board to the bottom board. Cedar planks come with one side smoother than the other. Out of your three window-width-cut boards, choose the one you want on the front of your box and hold it upright. Lay another board, smooth-side-down, next to this one to form an “L” shape. Check for alignment on both ends. At the bottom of your box-front board (and, thus, through the side of the bottom board), predrill about 2” in from the board end. Put in a screw. Do the same on the other end.
Step 2: Secure the Front and Bottom Board Attachments
Secure front and bottom board attachment with more screws. Flip the L-shaped boards over (to form a tent) and continue screwing the two boards together. Place a screw about every 6”-8” apart.
Tip: Cedar is very prone to splitting, so you can predrill these if you’d like. (My boards were wet from the morning’s rain, so I did not predrill during this step.)
Step 3: Attach the Back Plank
Attach back plank. Repeat these steps to attach the back plank to your bottom board. Because the interior face of the back plank is the one that will be seen in your window box (the top few inches, anyway), make sure the smooth side is facing the inside of the box. In other words, the smooth faces of both your front and back boards should face the same direction. Predrill and insert your two corner screws of your back plank, then complete the attachment with additional screws.
Tip: Cedar planks can be slightly warped; check for plumb and hold securely in place while you screw to force the plank in place.
Would you believe you’re almost done? Because you are. Nice work.
Step 4: Position the Sides Ready to Attach to the Window Box Planter
Position the sides. Position a 1×6 side piece where you want it in your box. This example shows the sides inset about ½”.
Step 5: Attach the Sides to the Bottom of the Box
Attach side piece to bottom of the box. Holding the side piece in place, predrill then screw through the bottom plank into the side piece. If your cedar is a bit warped, this will help to pull things more squarely into place before you attach the sides.
Step 6: Finish Securing the Sides
Secure sides completely. Predrill, then screw into the holes to attach the side piece to the front and back boards. Tip: Pre-drilling is almost always necessary for preventing or minimizing splitting the wood when you’re working closely to the end of a plank.
Step 7: Add the Finishing Touches to Your Window Box Planter
Step back and give yourself a high five. Of course, you can stain, paint, and/or seal the boxes at this point. Although cedar is a great exterior wood in and of itself, it will grey more quickly without protection. To hang the boxes, screw two L brackets into your house’s framing studs under the window, checking for level often, and then screw the bottom of the box to the bottom of the L brackets.
Now the fun begins of adding your flowers to the window box planter. Once you’ve made your desired number of planters, get your flowers ready to create beautiful floral displays to brighten up your home. If you have children, this is a great time to get them involved in the fun, and you can even designate one planter for each child to create their own unique display. Window box planters can be changed each season, and it’s an easy way to keep up with the colors for different times of the year.
I hope you enjoy building your own window boxes!
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