DIY flower shelves: workshops on making wood, metal, plywood, glass

Houseplant lovers know how difficult it can be to place all the flowers because window sills and tables are not enough to create a beautiful home greenhouse.

Those for whom growing indoor flowers becomes a real hobby always have a rich collection of various plants that require a lot of space. Each of them must be provided with enough well-lit space to ensure comfortable conditions.

To make them look impressive, it is important to place them well in the interior of the room. Floor, wall, and hanging flower shelves, which are made in any, even the most unusual design, are ideal for this.

Advantages of self-made shelves

There are products on sale that can be used to quickly solve the problem of placing a home flower garden. But they are not very diverse; they are the same type of standard designs.

When you make flower shelves yourself, you can create your own unique room design, choose the best option for each plant, and how to present it more effectively.

When you make shelves yourself, you can choose the materials for them yourself, calculate their dimensions, the required number of stands, and develop your own original design.

The cost of a shelf or several shelves will be much cheaper than store-bought products. And if you make such structures from waste materials, unnecessary old furniture or other suitable items stored in the house, then the only costs will be time and labor.

Decorative screen for heating radiator

By assembling a box from an old laminate or its remains on a frame, you can create a product that simultaneously has an important functional and decorative purpose. When making such a design - a screen, it is enough to fasten the remaining pieces of material together with a locking connection, and then close the ends with strips or self-adhesive tape. The assembled shield is attached to the corner of the window sill.

Laminate screen for decorating heating radiators. The master's mistake was that he did not leave side holes for air.

Using a decorative screen, you can hide any communication elements that do not fit into the design of the room - pipes, radiators, wiring.

Be sure to leave holes for heat to escape. It is better to do this from above and from the side.

Types of shelves for flowers

According to their designs and placement methods, flower shelves are divided into several types:

1. Floor-standing. The most durable, reliable products that are especially suitable for large plants in large, heavy pots. They come in various designs - in the form of racks, whatnots, single stands, spacers, pyramids, A-shapes, ladders, etc. They require a lot of free space to accommodate them.
2. Wall-mounted. Can be hung on walls using various fasteners. They allow you to save more space, especially corner ones. The most common types are shelves, racks, compositions of several separately placed single shelves or various original configurations (triangles, squares, honeycombs, etc.).
3. Hanging. An excellent solution for saving space. Such structures are attached to ceilings, window openings, and are designed for light, small flower pots. For reliability, strong anchor hooks are used as fastenings to ceiling surfaces, onto which hanging shelves are then attached. Rope, leather belts, chains, cables and other suitable materials are used as hangers to which the shelves are attached.
4. For window sills. Shelves for flowers on the windowsill are made in the form of small figured stands or in the form of multi-level racks that are attached to window openings.

All these structures can be installed not only indoors, but also used to decorate balconies, loggias, verandas, and some even open areas in summer cottages.

Compositions of several, made in the same style, different types of shelves - floor, wall, hanging - look beautiful. You can choose homogeneous materials for them (wood, plastic, metal) or combine different ones.

The following materials are used to make shelves:

1. Wood. Shelves made of this durable, eco-friendly material, when assembled correctly, can withstand heavy loads. Wood is easy to process; even beginners can handle making shelves of simple designs. Experienced craftsmen make wooden shelves decorated with carvings, inlays, and paintings. Without professional training, you can beautifully decorate a shelf using the decoupage technique.
2. Plywood. This material is even easier to work with, but it is no longer as durable as wood. Various shaped products can be easily cut from plywood. The original design can be made using the technique of painting with paints, decoupage, decorated with rhinestones, beads, other decor, and also covered with self-adhesive film with an imitation of any texture. Plywood shelves can be combined with other materials.
3. MDF boards, chipboards. From the waste of these cheap, but durable and neat materials, with the help of a set of simple tools you can make cute original shelves. Cuts of all parts must be treated with a special adhesive tape, selected by color.
4. Metal. This material is used in the form of profiles or chrome tubes for the frame, as well as metal grids or solid sheets for shelves. Beautiful exclusive products are made from forged metal.
5. Plastic. To make shelves, plastic pipes, sheet plastic (transparent, colored, smooth, textured) and even PVC window sills are used.
6. Strained glass. Transparent shelves visually save space. But they are only suitable for light, small flower pots. The glass should be no thinner than 0.5 cm. They are attached to metal frames with special clamps. Slots are made for them in the wooden frames, into which the glass is then inserted.

What forms are there?

Design templates have a huge selection of different variations. The following types of flower stands are often found in shape:

• Ladder. The multi-stage model will create a cascading effect in your floral corner.
• A-shaped floor models. This variation, in addition to the cascading body, has a double-sided position, which favorably emphasizes the visual image of a flower gallery.
• Rack. The simplest form of the options for floor or wall shelves. Here you can find the most unusual types of products: corner, straight, without crossbars.
• Retractable stand. The model is complex in execution, but convenient in practical use.
• The swing is paused. We have already mentioned this option: horizontal strips are laid on suspended supports.

Plywood wall shelf

To manufacture such a product with a structure assembled only from sheets, you will need plywood and veneer for processing cuts. If the plywood shelves will be attached to a wooden frame, then another beam is prepared.

Tools and additional materials you will need:

• a manual (or electric) jigsaw for cutting plywood along curly lines;
• circular saw - to obtain more even straight cuts;
• a set of figured files for processing edges;
• sandpaper for sanding surfaces;
• screwdriver;
• self-tapping screws;
• fastening elements, awnings;
• scissors, pencil, paper;
• PVA glue (or carpentry glue);
• stain, paints and varnishes for surface finishing.

How to make a shelf for flowers from plywood, sequence of work:

• draw a sketch and make patterns from paper;
• according to the patterns and calculations made, cut parts from plywood (timber);
• align the edges using needle files;
• sand the surfaces with sandpaper;
• assemble the entire structure using glue and screws,
• treat with stain;
• stick edge veneer tape onto the open sections of the parts;
• varnish;
• After the varnish has dried, secure the canopies.

Countertop finishing

When thinking about what can be made from pieces of laminate and where to put its scraps, you should pay attention to the work surfaces in the kitchen, dining area or office. The tables here are often used for decades, but over time they lose their former presentability. A new coating, assembled into a lock from the remains of the laminate, will allow you to easily and quickly update this piece of furniture without much expense. First, the number of planks and their laying scheme are calculated. The excess will have to be carefully sawed off with a jigsaw and the edges processed, protecting them from moisture.

The finishing of the countertop from the remnants of the laminate can be contrasting or to match the floor. Typesetting options with color transitions or contrasting inserts look interesting. They give the table covering a special originality and go well with glass coverings and transparent tablecloths.

For a kitchen set, a new covering of the work area from leftover laminate will help give greater functionality. Laying is carried out using liquid nails, on top of a well-degreased and cleaned old base. The edges are protected with silicone sealant, which prevents the penetration of moisture. This way you can significantly update a set that has lost its original appearance. The only thing worth considering is that the material is not suitable for placement next to a sink or other sources of high humidity. Constantly in contact with water, the lamellas will swell, lose strength, and the locking connections will become unreliable.

Read more about making a countertop in the article “How to make a countertop from leftover laminate flooring with your own hands.”

Corner flower shelves

You can save space using a corner shelf. These products are floor-mounted and wall-mounted, placed on internal or external corners. They are made from any materials.

They can be compositions of several single shelves or full-fledged spacious racks. The assembly and fixation of such structures depends on their types and materials.

Photo background

Experienced decorators know well that it is possible to make not only practical things for the interior from pieces of laminate, but also elements necessary in the work of a photographer or artist. Photographs of their own work are regularly taken by handicraft lovers and chefs working on individual orders. Products for online stores of craft products are also usually photographed in a spectacular setting. This is where leftover laminate flooring can come in handy.

What is a photophone? This is a specially equipped area, a kind of decoration for the photographer, on which he places objects and objects. Laminated panels with a vintage or bleached effect, imitating noble wood, look especially good here. To create a photo backdrop, you only need a frame and trim strips.

Wooden shelves

The preparation of wood parts and the assembly of shelves from them is done using almost the same technology as from plywood. The resulting wooden flower shelves are stronger and have a greater variety of designs. They use timber and boards.

Even from the remaining scraps you can make beautiful original products. Interesting designs of flower shelves are made from ordinary containers - boxes, pallets.

Flower shelf made of wood and metal

Combined products with metal frames made of profiles or pipes and wooden shelves are assembled in the form of volumetric racks, small shelves, or hanging shelves.

Holders for pots are made from metal, which are then attached to wooden planks.

Forged metal shelf

Products made by artistic forging create a classic, luxurious environment. Such shelves can be made only of metal or combined with wood or glass. The results are very impressive interior details.

Most of these shelves are made to be floor-mounted due to their heavy weight. Forged shelves for flowers on the wall are made in small and medium sizes, and special fasteners with increased strength are installed for them. The walls must also be strong enough to support this weight.

Kitchen apron

When deciding what to do with the remains of the laminate, it is worth paying attention to the fact that this coating was originally used in the cladding of kitchen countertops. It has sufficient wear resistance, looks attractive, and is easy to install. An apron made of laminate or its remnants is suitable for functional areas located outside the work triangle. They can be used to decorate the wall under cabinets, corner areas between furniture pieces.

The idea of ​​a kitchen apron made of laminate covered with glass looks interesting. This will protect it from excess moisture and make cleaning the surface easier. Such a detail in the interior can be mosaic or classic, in the form of tightly fitted planks that form a solid canvas. An apron made of laminate or its remnants goes well with cutting boards and coasters made of the same material.

Shelf made of laminated chipboard and chrome tubes

To make such structures, you can use scraps from new laminated chipboards or parts of disassembled used furniture. To process cuts, you will need an adhesive edge or T-shaped (U-shaped) edges.

For chrome-plated tubes, you need to select flanges corresponding to their sizes, which are needed as supports for fastening the shelves. If the structure is floor-mounted, then you can install wheels to conveniently move the shelf with plants to another place, if necessary.

Work order:

• cut the required number of shelves;
• process the edges with an adhesive edge or edging (the U-shaped one is filled with a rubber mallet, for the T-shaped one you need to make grooves in the edges on a milling machine);
• Using a Forstner drill or a milling cutter, make holes in the prepared slabs that correspond to the size of the tubes; in the upper shelf they should not be through;
• insert the tubes into the holes and secure them with flanges on both sides of the plates (the top one with the bottom one);
• attach furniture wheels or legs to the bottom of the tubes.

Glass shelf on the window

Glass shelves look light and airy and transmit light well, which is beneficial for plants. They choose strong tempered glass with an optimal thickness of 0.5 cm. They are made in the form of racks with wooden or metal frames that are attached to window openings.

The structures can be solid with vertical and horizontal supports, as well as without vertical supports, when only horizontal supports are attached to the window frame, on which glass shelves are then laid.

Stationary grilles and how to hang them correctly?

Stationary flower lattices compactly accommodate several pots or boxes at once and are placed behind a balcony or window. They will help save space and create comfortable conditions for caring for flowers for a long period.

It is only important to correctly calculate the size of the lattice, its length and height, which will suit the size of the boxes and plants that you plan to plant. It is also necessary to take into account the installation height of the stand so that it is convenient to water the plants, rearrange the pots and care for them.

If the grille is placed outside the window, it is necessary to hang the structure so that it does not interfere with opening the window frame.

Typically, forged or metal grilles are made to order to fit the size of a balcony or window. It is recommended to entrust installation to specialists who have the necessary tools and skills.

Ideas for making unusual shelves with your own hands

To make original designs for flower shelves, you can use the following ideas:

• the shelf is made in the form of a tree trunk; liana plants, reminiscent of tree branches with leaves, are placed on the stands;
• an arch in the shape of a heart is made, on the stands of which flowering plants are placed;
• The floor structure can be made in the form of a pyramid, house, bicycle, and the wall structure can be made in the form of a honeycomb, stairs, waves.

Crafts

Hand-made lovers probably already know what can be made from old laminate. Even a coating that has already served its useful life, but is still completely intact, can be reused for its intended purpose.

Among the ideas that allow you to use old laminate in a new way, you can highlight the following options:

1. Dollhouse. By replacing wooden planks with laminate, you can significantly lighten its design without giving up the traditional design. The house can have several floors, stairs, doors and windows, as well as many other elements necessary for the game. You can do creativity together with your child. For a boy, you can build a fire station from laminate or an entire race track for cars with jumps and pit stops.
2. Bird feeder or birdhouse. The planks are environmentally friendly and quite durable; even a schoolchild can make a small house out of them for feathered guests. Don't forget to stock up on slats to connect the parts.
3. A house or bed for a cat. There is a huge scope for imagination here. You can create interesting multi-tiered structures with an emphasis on the wall - cats love to move around, make a bed for a furry pet or a secluded refuge for a mother with babies.
4. Caskets and boxes. In such structures, made from ordinary laminate, you can easily store sewing supplies or small items. Several products of different sizes can be placed inside each other, like a nesting doll, or placed on a rack or shelf.
5. Garbage container. An interesting solution to make the waste storage area more presentable.
6. Toy box. It can be hanging or floor-standing, look like a chest with a lid, or resemble a laundry basket. The main thing is that with such an addition to the room, children quickly and easily learn to put their toys back in their place.
7. Holder for network extension cable.

This list of ideas for using leftover material for floor finishing does not end there. It is enough to use your imagination to get truly beautiful and functional things.

Simple rules for arranging shelves

When placing flower shelves, take into account the illumination that is necessary for plants. Shelves are installed further from the window for shade-tolerant plants, and those that love bright light are placed in well-lit places, but not in direct sunlight.

Some plants cannot tolerate drafts, especially when ventilated during the cold season. When arranging shelves, it is important to create a healthy environment for all plants.

All designs in color and shape must fit harmoniously into the interior of the room.

Conclusion

You can make beautiful flower shelves yourself without any special preparation. First you need to come up with your own original design or find a ready-made one suitable for the interior of the room where the plants will be placed.

Available materials make excellent products that create an unusual atmosphere in the room and become bright decorative elements.