How to make boxes

How to make boxes

Pay attention as colourfully and elegantly the windows decorated with flowers outside look. Flowerpots are inserted into wooden boxes which are made by the windowsill size. It is possible to plant flowers and without pots - directly in these boxes, but it is more difficult to make such capacity, for a start try to make the simplest model.

It is required to you

  • - wooden plates;
  • - self-tapping screws on tree;
  • - screw-driver;
  • - hacksaw;
  • - ruler or meter.

Instruction

1. In the drawing already quite decorative box for flowers is represented, but if to make the supports supporting box, not figured, but just triangular, then to make it really and to the person far from joiner's skill. The main thing not to be mistaken with product sizes therefore carefully measure the place on which there will be box. Do not forget to look in what party shutters of your window - open if the window opens outside, then it is necessary to leave some distance under flowers not to break them.

2. Instead of simple plates it is possible to buy figured borders or plinth - such boxes look much more interestingly! Pots with flowers weigh much therefore at wide window it is necessary to do more than the supporting racks corners. You should not be fond and with box width - stop on 20 centimeters not to overload design.

3. Cut off by the size box part hacksaw, process cuts abrasive paper not to get a splinter into hand during the further work and for product of an accurate type. Plan places for screwing of self-tapping screws, drill drill there small deepenings that heads of self-tapping screws did not stick out of finished product. Collect parts of box and holders. Depending on what you will attach box to, choose fixing material - long self-tapping screws or nails also will be suitable for tree, and in stone or brick previously drill openings under chopik that already to twist fixture in them.

4. That your product has served long, it is necessary to process tree special moisture protective equipment, to cover with primer, and to paint or varnish from above. Before putting the following means, wait when previous dries. Somehow you should not paint or apply ornament on box not to distract attention from flowers.

5. Strengthen holders on wall or windowsill, at the same time by means of level you will expose them exactly that the box hung parallel to windowsill. Fasten box for back wall to the holder's rack. Now you can put pots with flowers here. If you want to plant flowers in wooden box at once, then in bottom drill several drainage holes. Down put stones, crocks or fill haydite, this layer is followed by layer of the washed-out bank sand 2-3 cm thick. Already put the earth soil suitable for your flowers on sand. Fill it, without reaching box top that rain has not washed away soil and has not soiled your wall and window.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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