Creating Your Own Cedar Window Boxes

You have built two units of wood porch swings; one for your front porch and one for the backyard with the help of free building plan that you have obtained from the internet. And you had fun doing the project during your free time and after almost a month, you finished the swing and it is now a decorative and functional feature in your patio. The swing is made of cedar wood and has simple cuts. You just made a typical porch swing with vertical slatted back and horizontal wood slats for the seat. 

With the spare woods from your previous project, you can use the extra pieces of cedar wood to make window boxes or planter boxes. When you finish these items, it will help you do your gardening easily and in an organized manner. Creating your own cedar window boxes is like creating your mini-garden. You can also acquire free building plans from the internet just like what you did when you make the porch swing. 

The function of the window boxes is that it can provide you a small gardening space above the ground. Or in other words, you can plant flowers right outside your window. Most of the window boxes available from the furniture shops or from the stores selling gardening essential are constructed with closed bottom that features drainage holes. You can place the box outside your window so each time you open the window, the fresh scent of flowers will greet you. It comes in different sizes and styles that can also add beauty to the place where it is mounted. 

You can also place the planter box outside the kitchen windows where you can plant some herbs and spices that you often use for cooking. This will help you lessen the list on your weekly groceries. 

From the featured designs and styles of the cedar window boxes that you can see from the internet, you can get idea from it if you wished to make your own window boxes. It would be a bit tricky building this type of project but it can also give you fun. If you will just enjoy what you are doing, you will certainly be contented with what you have done. It may not be as perfect like those made for commercial used you can still have that satisfaction for yourself because you have created the object. Well, not all people can do that so just enjoy and make the most of it.