How to make a small planter box

For Mother's day, I wanted to make my wife a little planter box for in the kitchen. Something to hold a couple of small succulents.

Like most of my projects, I like to follow an organic process and discover my dimensions as I work.

I had a very long and thin piece of scrap wood that I was saving for some reason and thought this was the perfect opportunity to glue it up and use it for the sides.

I also had some larger thin scraps that I resawed ( previously ) off some chair backs. I definitely could have made this project a lot simple on my self, the glue-up was less than smooth but it worked in the end 😁

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*Tools Used:*
Miter saw
Table Saw
Random Orbital Sander
Clamps
Glue

*Table of Contents*
0:00 Intro
0:30 Rough Cutting materials
0:40 Glueing the sides
1:20 Planing the sides
1:32 The rest of the material
1:35 Getting the rough dimensions cut
2:17 Figuring out the final dimensions
4:04 Cutting everything
6:27 Sanding
7:38 Glue-up... I could have done this way better!
10:00 Final sanding
10:20 Attaching the feet
10:56 Applying Finish
12:20 Done!

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[cady.moriarty]

Looks great! I'll have to make something similar for my wife soon. Thank you for making it approachable! ✌️

[CharacterRedWorkshop]

That’s some nice wood for scrap my man! This turned out awesome and I love how you come up with the measurements on the fly and think through your process very quickly.

[MakerMaddox]

Gah! The perfect succulents for that shape too! Looks great!

[Poor_Mans_DIY]

The wood seems too nice to be scrap wood and makes the planter look major expensive. We enjoyed watching this!!

[JolienBrebels]

Beautiful scrapwood! I know the struggle of gluing up slippery things haha, very stressfull!

[TheWoodYogi]

Really nice Adam 😊 It looks beautiful my friend ॐ

[TheGrantAlexander]

Beautiful use of scraps, but Mother's day was a long time ago! lol

[MarkMcCluney]

That was enjoyable and rather restful with a very tidy end result; the little risers are an especially good idea. I have to say though that I found your glueing method a bit baffling! Oh well, all's well that ends well. Cheers mate.

[MoscaWoodworking]

I really like this planter box. the wood is so beautiful. Which camera do you use? I really like the color of the video

[WoodenItBeNice]

Hi Adam, Great little project that looks really nice. As Mark said nice touch with the risers. The build seemed to be a bit long winded for a butt joint box though. Did you have some issues? I'm sure your wife loved it. Take care Adam. Cheers, Huw

[ArtGardenFoodExpressions]

what kind of finish did you use and was it oil based?

[karlpopewoodcraft]

Lovely looking display pot, but what the hell was you doing in that glue up😂😂😂😂😂🍯😂😂😂😂 Ps private joke🤣

[KirstiePervinDavies]

Great little project and those scraps are beautiful. What finish did you use?

[MarkBoyer-odhi]

Looks good, but no real joinery here. Dovetail, fingerjoint, or even some contrasting splines would elevate the design and add durability. Still very pretty though.