outdoors
get
organized
1) REDUCE CLEANUP
Give spilled soil an escape
hatch. With a jigsaw, cut a hole slightly smaller
than a grill grate. Mount the grate underneath.
Position a bucket or tub below the hole.
2) REFINE THE LOOK
Stain the potting bench—
black gives this one instant sophistication—and
make a skirt out of burlap. (We ironed on stripes
with fusible tape.) Mount a rod on the front
edge of the bench; hang burlap with clip rings.
3) TIDY UP
Steal sensible storage ideas from the
pantry— here, clear plastic containers hold seed-
starting pellets, bulk garden seed, and pebbles.
D
irty jobs such as
otting often
et relegated to
dark corner in
he garage. But
this delightful
gardener’s
workstation is so sleek and efficient,
it belongs in the limelight of a porch
or breezeway. We took a basic, bland
cedar potting bench and, in just one
weekend’s spare hours, souped it up
with repurposed kitchen mainstays,
from serving trays and drawer pulls
to canisters and carafes. Keep your
project on the cheap by using garage
sale or discount store finds, or
castoffs from your own cupboards.
Start with a plain potting bench (ours
came from
cedarwoodfurniture.com)
and refine it with some simple and.
and refine it with some simple anc
smart add-ons that organize tools
and conceal the mess.
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