Upcycling Household Items as Repurposed Planters
You don’t need to spend a fortune on pretty planters. Take a look around and see what household items you can transform into creative repurposed planters!
Repurposing household items is a great way to save money and hold on to items with sentimental value. Take a look at these creative repurposed planters for inspiration.
Creative Repurposed Planters for your Home
It is my favorite time of the month again. Time for the International Bloggers Club Challenge. We are a group of friends from all over the world who get together every month to share our projects and discuss how things are done in our countries. Last time we shared projects with fabrics. And the month before it was projects that were new for us, I painted an abstract art piece.
This month we are going to work on gardening projects. You know things that grow!
Do I hear you laughing? I’m sure I do, because I am famous for my brown thumb.
I am going to show you what household items I used for repurposed planters – for the plants, you know the ones that are supposed to grow!
As many of you may know I am pretty hopeless when it comes to gardening. But for the sake of my good friends at the Int’l bloggers Club, I thought I’d give this a try.
I also had another motive. I wanted to do a vignette, cause there is no way I am going to grow anything and have it see the light of day. And the vignette would have all sorts of repurposed items that were going to go bye-bye at a yard sale. Since I believe in giving everybody and everything a second chance, they would instead get a new life as planters.
What I used for my Repurposed Planters:
- Various neglected ceramic items such as cups, a sugar and creamer set, and a ceramic swan
- Plants that will not dies soon (fingers crossed on that one)
- One vine plant because I’m feeling brave
- One elephant ceramic
I got these succulents because they are kind of hard to kill although it can be done, I assure you.
And then I remembered this. It was a clay pot that was used for baking food, but unfortunately it had a crack in it so instead I used it as a decorative piece. But the ceramic color was too intense for my current look so what did I do? Why I went over it with a decorative wax in white.
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How It’s Done:
I just plunked that big fat succulent right in there. I’m hoping that it will grow eventually and balance out the pot. I guess I should also add some pebbles on the bottom and then put more soil in? Am I doing it right?
My lovely swan got a Vinca vine. Hopefully this one will survive, if I don’t over water it.
Should I also put it in a bigger pot after a while? Any help is welcome.
Next up is the sugar bowl. I added this succulent to it.
And its’ other half, the creamer… another succulent but in a different color. If he doesn’t make it, I may just swap him out with these lovely potted felt succulents!
And to add a bit of color to the vignette, some dried flowers. Ha, I certainly can’t kill those!
To finish off this unusual vignette I also added a ceramic elephant with gold tusks that I found keeping the swan company in the basement.
Lastly, because we need balance I stuck a yellow daffodil in a spice jar.
You may have noticed that I didn’t use all of the household items I showed you in the first photo. That’s okay, we don’t want to have too much going on here so we end up taking away from the beauty of the plants. At least that is what I think.
See how easy that was? I not only showed you my gardening “skills”…
…but I also got to re-purpose all those ceramic containers that would certainly have ended up in my yard sale.
Let’s hope that the plants stay alive long enough so I can prove myself wrong. I bought them a week ago and they are still green. Now go into your stash and see what you can find from your household items that can be used as planter. As please give me all the tips you can so that my plants will stay green!
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Used household items make some of the cutest planters. I think your succulents will do find as long as they get sun, and you don’t over water them like I did.
Sun? What is this thing called sun? It has been raining non-stop for a week. My girls are in shock Linda, they have never seen anything like this in May.
Hi Mary, your gardening skills sound about as good as mine, but you can’t beat cactus and succulents for hanging in there. I like your old baking pot the best, the white wax make sit look really nice. I also like the jug, my one concern is that the ceramics don’t have drainage holes. Do plants mind?… I really have no idea!
xx
Debbie, we won’t tell them so they won’t mind at all. After all they are there for as long as they want to be. I don’t want to discourage them. 😉
Great ideas – I love how they turned out. Thanks for sharing with Party in Your PJs!
Thank you Lynda I’m glad I was able to save them.
Not only am I terrible at gardening, I don’t have a creative bone in my body. But I found your site and I think I might be able to copy some of your ideas. The repurpose household items as planters is a wonderful idea and I will definitely give this a try.
Thank you Marion for stumbling onto my site. Sometimes I feel as if I too am stumbling around here. Believe me when I tell you that I am just making things up as I go along so you don’t need to be creative to do what I do. We can learn together. 🙂
Mary, love the concept. Be careful if you move the vinca outdoors as it is very invasive so do not let it touch the ground. And yes, you will need drainage holes if you keep the plants in the pots for an extensive period of time.
Deb I gave them all to my dad so I can sleep at night. Haha, imagine if I left them home, they’d be dead by now. Thanks for all your great tips.
Deb I bought the Vinca at a Home Depot and the label said nothing about this. Thanks for telling me.
I love using quirky things for house plants. You have a good selection here.
You just need to be careful with drainage, plenty of pebbles at the bottom, especially if you are planting straight into the pot. An sparing watering, so nothing drowns.
I have learnt these things the hard way! Apparently more plants die from overwatering than underwatering. – I read that somewhere so it must be true!!
Julie I definitely believe that . I am so scared I will starve them that I tend to over water.
Repurposing households items as planters – I love the idea. I’m sure I have tons of items in storage that I can use. Thanks for the inspiration, and sharing on Sunday’s Best.
Thanks Rhonda. It would have been a shame to get rid of them without giving them one last repurposing shot.
Yes, thank heavens for dried flowers!
I so agree Michele. I decorate with them all the time. My real plants are given to my dad who is the real gardener of the family.
I loved how you repurposed items.Succulents are perfect for these planters #Bloggerspitstop
They certainly are the perfect plants for the smaller planters. And they tend to withstand my abuse.
What a cool idea? I might have to look around my house and see what I can find!
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A quick look around and I’m sure that you will find much more than you ever expected!
That plant vignette turned out perfect!
Happy Spring,
Kippi #kippiathome
Thank you Kippi and the best part is that it cost nothing. We always have so much stuff at home that can be reused.
What a great idea! I keep thinking I need more flower pots, but maybe I don’t? Now I’m going to look in my cupboard, maybe start some herbs or micro greens in those old cups and creamers. Thanks for the inspiration!
That is such a wonderful idea Leslie. We all have some cups that are remnants from a set that is no longer a set. Or one of a kind pieces!
It looks like you found the perfect homes for the plants! I love them! Thank you for sharing at Celebrate It!
Thank you and they are so happy to have a new home.
This is gorgeous, Mary! I love using things that I already have around my house. It’s such a great way to freshen things up. How did you do with the succulents? I’m pretty sure I’ve killed succulents before… I am okay with outdoor gardening but I can’t keep an indoor plant alive to save my life. Oh, well. Thanks for sharing!
Same here Amy. I left the succulents in the care of my girl and a month later it had died. She had neglected to water it, even though it only needed a little.
Hallo dear Mary!
Your arrangement is so wonderfull. A lovely idea that looks so great. Thank you for inspiration.
Thanks so much Simona! The best part is that I had all this stuff.
Great post! I just love the little elephant! So cute! I have so much fun making planters out of garage sale, thrift, and flea market finds. It’s a great exercise in creativity to find new uses for things like this.
It truly is and I have a hard time controlling myself every time I go out to a garage sale.
I used to collect those little creamers and thus I have a bunch of them. I no longer display them, but they would look adorable with little succulents in them. Hmmm, maybe
a Christmas gift idea?
That sounds like a really sweet gift to give. And if the recipient is like me, a brown thumb, they can still use the creamers.
Hi Mary!
Thanks for sharing at Best of the Weekend! I’ll be featuring this post tomorrow!
Thank you so much Liberty!
I love this. I had plans to thrift tomorrow. This is on my to do list to create. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Chrissy. I hope you find lots of great stuff!
HI Mary
Judging from all the comments you nailed this blog post! I am featuring it on Inspire Me Monday on my blog, Everday Edits ! laura
Thank you so much Laura! It’s always great when a project has lasting appeal.