I simply love re-purposing items! I had lightly touched on these planters I made awhile back, upcycled from old light fixture globes, but I wanted to revist it and let you know how I made them. (Note: I love coming up with ideas – but I’m never going to claim to be the best gardener, so see my disclaimer at the bottom of the post!)
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the best gardener. I tend to get excited about plants … then forget to water them, and then remember, and drown them. Ack! However, I’ve had some occasional luck with container gardening, and I wanted to share that idea I had that I think is very pretty. However, I recently read that adding gravel to the bottom of a container doesn’t really help drain plants. So considering my general lack of knowledge with plants, you can take or leave my steps – this is an outline of how I made my planters, but if you know of a better way to approach non-draining terrarium style planters, by all means do that – and please come back and share your tips, because I’d love to hear them! :)
Share your green-thumb tips (or lack of green-thumb woes like me) in the comments below! :)
I always feel bad throwing those old fixtures away. This is a wonderful solution.
Thanks, I’m glad you like it! :)
Oh my gosh – your photos are amazing – this is such a great DIY! I have to show this to my hubby as he has been wanting to create one of these for a long time. Super fun!
Happy Monday – Brandi
Awww, thanks Brandi! :D And happy Monday to you too! :)
Oh so cute! My garden outside is looking very sad right now, so any green idea for this spring I am bookmarking! ;)
Thanks! Yeah, I think this time of year we are all getting ready to see green again! We just got about 5 inches of snow yesterday … I’m ready to move on from winter, haha! :)
This is such a great idea! I love the images on your blog. I found you through blog brunch :)
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Thanks Lauren! The Blog Brunch was definitely a lot of fun – it was so nice to meet you all! :)
I was just looking around for ideas for planters when I ran across this! We are re-doing the light fixtures in our bathrooms, so this is perfect timing!
Awesome, I’m glad you like it! Thanks for stopping by my blog! :)
Awesome repurposing!
Thanks Jen! :D
I’ve seen a similar idea, but only using the larger, much more shallow frosted glass ceiling light covers as bird feeders. Somehow (and I wish I knew how they did it) a hole was drilled in the corners of the cover and a beaded string was strung from each hole to hang the feeder. It was stunning. Looked like a chandelier for birds.
Oh, wow, I’ve never seen anything like that – it sounds beautiful!! Thanks for sharing! Yeah, if you were able to drill holes in these that would definitely be good and would solve the issue of draining. :)
Really like this idea and am enjoying your site!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Pamela! :)
What succulents did you use? I love the plant that has pink in it! Do you know what it’s called? Thanks. Great pictures and DIY instructions. Cute Idea too!
Ahhh, sorry Natalie, I don’t remember what they were called! :-/