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Guess What This Is?
True, the Envi is a planter, but it's also another very practical home product. Can you tell me what this planter doubles as? (Hint: you'd find one in your kitchen.)
Etsy Find: Wood Windowsill Planter
A whopping 72 percent of you said you keep potted plants on your windowsill. So it's about time we all give our growing greenery a nicer home. Lose the ubiquitous terracotta planters and consider this Wood Windowsill Planter ($40).
Cool Idea: Stool as Plant Stand
The folks at Sunset Magazine never cease to impress me with their crafty chic makeovers. Believe it or not, this sunny yellow plant stand used to be a metal stool that had seen better days. Sunset staffers removed the seat and sanded and spray-painted the frame.
Roundup: Modern Planters
Your standard terra cotta planters are classics that will never go out of style. But for those of us who live in contemporary homes, a modern planter may be more fitting. So, I thought I'd round up a few planters that will assimilate well with your streamlined architecture.
Love It or Hate It? Swan Planter
Are swans going to replace peacocks as 2009's top fowl? Anthropologie's certainly putting them to good use in the garden. The Anthropologie Swan Planter ($78 for large) reminds me of my grandmother's ceramic planters.
Cool Idea: I.V. Self-Watering Plant Pot
I once showed you how to make a self-watering planter from a recycled soda bottle, and while the DIY was pretty easy and inventive, I will admit it wasn't the most handsome pot I've ever seen. I'm not someone who thinks we should need to make sacrifices when it comes to good design, so I kept my eyes peeled and was silently hoping for a sexier alternative. Then came the Vitamin I.V.
Cool Idea: Drawer Planters
I talk often about various forms of recycling and upcycling, and I've seen plenty of ingenious ideas for reusing what might seem useless. But sometimes you needn't change a thing about a household item to give it a new purpose. Sometimes all it takes is a little dirt.
Casa Quickie: White Picket Fence Planter
Yet again, Martha Stewart wins me over with an ingenious and simple craft project! By gluing wooden plant markers to a wooden planter box, and painting it white, you can create your very own indoor white picket fenced garden. Here, herbs are grown, but you can certainly choose any plant you like.
Casa Quickie: Slug Safe
While flowers gardens may be pretty, and herb gardens yummy, one of the realities of gardening is that bugs are inevitable (and gross). I've shown you before how to make homemade aphid spray, but that's not a solution to all insect problems. One garden annoyance I tend to encounter is slugs.
Etsy Find: Turquoise and Grey Felted Wool Bowl
Whether you use it to stash keys or as a clever cozy for a four-inch planter, this Turquoise and Grey Felted Wool Bowl ($34) will add a splash of craft and color to your home. Hand crocheted with wool in charcoal grey with a bright turquoise base and band, this bowl is wet felted, dried around a mold to create its shape, and then steam blocked. Seller Papaververt recommends wrapping the plant's base in a plastic bag before setting it in the felted bowl, to assure that the planter won't leak onto the wool.
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