![]() ![]() The most important thing to remember is to be precise with your measurements. Here’s what they’ll look like when you’re finished: The total cost for all of this at Home Depot was $18.30 (we used paint and wood glue we already had on hand).īasically what you’re doing here is building a shallow box. *1×2 pine board to cut into small pieces to bring the shelf brackets level with the window frames We found it with the pressure treated lumber (at Home Depot)): you’ll need strips cut to go along the length of each shelf and smaller pieces for the ends. Apparently it’s supposed to be used for repairing lattice, but it was exactly the size for what we needed….just a very thin, skinny piece of wood. *8′ fill strip, cut to size (this is what we used to make the ledge around the shelf. Materials to make two window shelves (obviously you’ll need to adjust the lengths to fit your own windows): (okay, mostly just accidental bumps) and adding pieces of wood to bring the brackets level with the window moldings. The two main plant and window-friendly modifications we made (over just sticking some planks on some shelf brackets and calling it a day) were adding a little ledge all around the shelf to keep the pots safe from accidental bumps/rare Georgia earthquakes/etc. We toyed around with something hanging from above, but finally decided to pretty much just…hang shelves right in front of the window. We knew we couldn’t have anything climbable from the ground. We’re making slow progress on the garden in the backyard, and now we’re taking advantage of our super bright sunroom with some new plant shelves in the windows.ĭave and I sat and stared at the window for awhile to try to come up with a plan for cat-proof, baby-proof, dog-proof shelves, and the plan we ultimately settled on is really simple (and cheap!) Sadly, we’re not very good at growing stuff (except boys).īut we’re working on it. We don’t have malaria, but we also don’t have any trees, and, after a decade of living where it was nearly impossible to grow things (well, besides trees) because of the heavy tree cover, I feel almost an obligation to attempt to grow stuff here. ![]() At least when we moved in it was like a prairie, because it had been empty for two years, and the bank that foreclosed on had never bothered to mow the lawn. Now we live on our own very tiny prairie. We used to live in a (relatively) little house in the middle of (relatively) big woods. Thanks to BLACK+DECKER for sponsoring this post.
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