Beautiful and convenient flower stands perform practical and aesthetic functions in the house, which are important when arranging a home.
Making a flower stand with your own hands is quite simple and even a beginner can handle this process, and you can use available materials as consumables.
The proposed ideas and solutions will help transform the room and arrange all the plants, creating an aesthetic composition. Using self-made stands will be an excellent solution for those who value the individuality of room design and strive for originality of decor.
Flower stands help solve problems with allocating free space for pots with tall, climbing, flowering plants.
Proper arrangement and freeing up free space will help organize simple and convenient flower care, and water for watering will not get on the furniture or floor.
Types of flower stands
Using flower stands of different shapes and sizes that replace wall shelves, you can unload and free up window sills. At the same time, all plants are not deprived of natural light and remain to develop in a microclimate that is comfortable for them, which is important for normal growth and flowering.
Installing a stand with an original design and in a certain area of the room will help present flowers in the most favorable light. Pots of different shapes and sizes will fit perfectly into the interior composition if you correctly decide on the type of flower stand from the proposed range of ideas:
- stationary stands;
- flower stands;
- decoration stand;
- corner structures;
- hanging stands.
You can use such stands in the interior individually or create certain compositions from them, combining them into groups. These designs can unite the design of different rooms, being additional and accent accessories located in each room.
Additionally, flower stands are classified by design style and materials, which will help you choose the idea you like.
When starting the manufacture of a stand with the selection of a project, it is important to pay attention to such design features as sizes, methods of installing pots and the number of places for them.
Classic wall flower stand
Perhaps the simplest thing you can do yourself. You can take the first board you come across and nail it to the wall - this is a workable option, but not pretty. But, if you know how to work with a manual or electric jigsaw, then there are no restrictions for you.
Here is a simple template for one pot that can be cut from plywood, chipboard or natural wood. To assemble, you can take a wooden dowel so that the seams are not visible, or glue PVA together.
If you are planning a shelf for several pots, this wooden flower stand will help organize your home greenhouse.
Materials and tools for making stands
In your home workshop there are many materials that are suitable for making flower stands. In such designs, you can use only one type of possible materials or combine several textures, which will increase the originality of the product and improve its performance parameters.
Based on the proposed variety of ideas, flower stands can be made from various and the most affordable materials. Having decided on the shape and size, you can begin to select materials and they can be combined with each other to obtain an unsurpassed result:
- sawn wood, timber or other lumber;
- metal rods, galvanized metal and corners;
- plastic pallets and pipes, fittings and adapters;
- wicker materials, natural wicker and rattan;
- glass and polycarbonate, remains of building materials.
To process the presented materials, professional tools and equipment or home tools are used. The master will need accessories for marking, sawing and cutting, grinding and polishing, compounds for anti-fungal and anti-corrosion treatment, varnish and paint.
The technology and equipment for processing are selected based on the prepared materials and the selected sketch of the future design. A beautiful flower stand: floor, table, or hanging can be made in the same style and it will not be difficult for a home craftsman to repeat a master class from professionals.
Types of Plant Stands
It is not difficult to purchase a stand in a store that will cope with the functions assigned to it. But the appearance of the majority leaves much to be desired, and one cannot dream of individual characteristics that meet the needs of a particular buyer. Therefore, the way out of the situation is to make a flower stand with your own hands.
The first step is to decide which stand is suitable, and for this you need to know what types of designs exist.
- By location: mounted, floor-mounted, mobile. Hanging stands that are attached to the ceiling or walls save space, but are only suitable for small flowers. Creating the effect of floating plants or replacing familiar paintings, they look original, but can complicate plant care. After all, the availability of domestic fauna is decreasing. The solution is to choose unpretentious flowers for the upper tier that require infrequent watering, and get a ladder or stepladder if the plants are located higher than at arm's length.
Wall mounted glass shelf Floor
stands are a universal and traditional placement option that is appropriate if the room has sufficient space. Flowers are suitable only for places with sufficient lighting, which complicates the placement of other objects in the room. In a small room, having to place a plant in a floor stand can be a real challenge.
The third type of flower stands are mobile, which are easy to move around the room thanks to wheels and compact sizes. Such stands simplify the cleaning process and allow you to change the interior design.
- By capacity: single, double and multi-seat. The choice of stand according to this criterion depends on the number of flowers in the house. Collecting all the plants on one spacious stand, creating a green mini-oasis, is an interesting solution that also makes caring for them easier.
- By design: forged, wicker, bent, racks, shelves, bookcases... The choice of design is dictated by personal preferences and compatibility with the interior. But when choosing a stand for a heavy flower, consider its strength and stability.
Hanging flower stands
Hanging stands are attached to a fixed base and in most cases their role is played by flowerpots fixed to the wall. An interesting solution would be an openwork shelf, which is fixed to a vertical and flat surface, and then flower pots are placed on it.
Hanging stands are different in that the pots are not attached to hooks and float in the air, unlike a stationary installation on shelves.
DIY floor flower stands
If there is enough free space in the house, then floor stands, which can be of different shapes and sizes, are used to decorate it.
They can be made from all kinds of materials, a serving table can be remade according to an original design, or created from scratch, filled with original solutions.
Frame and frameless structures are multi-level stands with dedicated space for pots and trays. This can be a floor-mounted metal or wooden flower stand, made in the shape of a bush or an original lattice with fastenings for flowers.
Floor stand
In stores you can buy a wide variety of designs for placing flowers that save space:
- multi-tiered racks;
- bookcases;
- hanging shelves;
- forged and bent stands.
They are beautiful, elegant, but quite expensive. You can save not only room space, but also your family budget if you make a floor stand for flowers with your own hands.
Moreover, it will be made according to your design and you will not find another like it.
Tabletop decorative flower stands
If there are a large number of flowers in the house, they do not have enough space on windowsills and tables, and a tabletop supply will come to the rescue. These are compact structures that can be of different shapes and sizes, with a certain decor and original decorations, uniform in style:
- several plastic containers are glued to each other;
- the finished stand is painted and decorated using decoupage technique;
- the stand is fixed on a material with an anti-slip coating;
- Flower pots are placed in the prepared holes and placed on the table.
Containers can be wicker, made of lumber and completely closed, with or without patterns. The design of the delivery must correspond in concept to the unified style of home improvement and the chosen stylistic composition, which will affect the aesthetics of the design.
Window sill stand
A do-it-yourself stand for flowers and seedlings on a windowsill is relevant in spring.
It can be very difficult to place both flowers and seedlings on a sunny windowsill during this period. Therefore it should be:
- compact;
- light;
- do not block sunlight;
- decorate the windowsill.
DIY bread box - step-by-step master class on making and tips on how to decorate a wooden model (105 photos + video)DIY high chair - interesting drawings and projects on how to make a comfortable and functional high chair (120 photo ideas)
DIY built-in wardrobe: 115 photos of original ideas and video tips for building built-in wardrobe models
The most popular materials in this case are scraps of wooden boards and chipboard. It is very simple and easy to make collapsible, multi-tiered shelves from them.
It is enough to have them the width of the window, and on the end sides of the window, screw the strips on which these boards are laid with self-tapping screws. The shelf is ready.
You can make hanging shelves from the same boards, on ropes or belts that can be easily dismantled.
Metal flower stand for windowsill
An openwork stand for flowers on the windowsill with a different number of places for pots will help decorate the window opening. The design should be such that individual parts of the plants do not come into contact with the glass, and its height should not block the light, stopping its penetration into the room.
In most cases, low and openwork metal structures for 3-5 flower pots are installed on the windowsill.
It is better to install large and spreading plants on a floor stand or secure them to a hanging and wall structure to save space.
Metal stand
A metal flower stand, which can be made independently, looks very aesthetically pleasing and openwork in the interior.
Those who have little skills in working with a welding machine can make stands with only:
- thin metal rod;
- welding wire;
- white, silver or gold paint.
For a simple floor stand you need:
- several rods (3-5), of different sizes, twist both ends tightly into a curl;
- Align the rods along the bottom edge and weld in the middle;
- move the ends with curls in different directions;
- weld small shelves to the upper curls;
- paint.
Drawer coasters
An original and conceptual floor wooden flower stand will be made from small boxes. This is an excellent solution for placement on an open terrace or in an apartment decorated in a loft style, rustic style or classic Provence style.
The boxes can be installed in a checkerboard pattern, creating a visible structure, or they can be formed into a pyramid or other geometric figure. For the Provence style, the wood is bleached or coated with white paint; for a loft, it is left in its original form; for classics, it can be artificially aged.
Stand made of plastic pipes
To assemble a flower stand from plastic pipes, you will need a minimum of technical skills. Prepare a sharp hacksaw, the plastic products themselves and the connecting elements for them - fittings. The planks from which shelves are made and acrylic paint will come in handy. According to the selected sketch, the plastic pipe is cut into pieces of the required size and fastened with fittings.
Based on the model of such hanging stands, a structure is made from plastic pipes
Several pipes, located as close to each other as possible and forming a flat surface, or planks laid on a plastic frame of the stand act as a shelf for the pot. If the standard white or gray color of the pipes does not fit into the interior, then paint the finished stand.
Hanging stands for plants are also made from pipes. The pipe becomes a vertical support for hanging pots, which is attached to the ceiling or to two horizontal supports.
Pipe stand with wooden shelves
A high stand made of PVC pipes is a way to zone the interior
DIY plastic flower stands
Plastic polymer materials are characterized by increased wear resistance and a long service life. Outdoor stands for large flowerpots can be made from metal-plastic pipes of small diameters, which lend themselves well to DIY processing:
- several rings of different diameters are formed from pipe sections;
- the rings are secured using vertical crossbars;
- A plywood circle cut to the diameter is placed on the bottom.
All parts of the structure are designed identically and climbing plants can be placed on the top shelf. In addition to plastic pipes, you can use large-volume bottles, containers for bulk products and beautiful boxes made of polymer materials with a durable structure.
What can you do yourself?
A do-it-yourself flower stand made from scrap material is an operation that can be completed in a few hours. The main condition is the availability of tools and emergency supplies, where something useful for such activities can be found. There are completely simple designs, for the manufacture of which you do not have to empty your wallet or card.
Drawer construction
In this case, you won’t have to tinker with anything. Several boxes of any size (same or different) are painted in a suitable color. After the composition has dried, the objects are placed on top of each other in random order (large ones on the bottom, smaller ones on top).
For greater reliability, all elements are fastened with self-tapping screws. Flower pots are placed in the resulting niches and at the very top of the structure. Such a wall-floor stand will take a minimum of time, but will look quite interesting.
Pallet flower stand
This version of the stand is more suitable for a summer house, but after careful processing of the pallets it can be “fit” for an apartment. Even one pallet is suitable here, which is placed vertically, with the help of self-tapping screws, crossbars and shelves for flowers are screwed to it.
The wood is treated with antiseptic impregnation, sanded with sandpaper, covered with stain or paint, and several layers of varnish are applied. Such structures can not only be placed on the floor, but also hung on the wall.
Elementary wooden stand
This is the easiest way to get a single stand for indoor plants. To make it you will need a drill, a screwdriver, and a chisel. And materials:
- wood (timber, boards, chipboard);
- PVA glue;
- edge.
First, three parts are cut out - the base of the structure, the leg and the shelf for the flower pot. In order for the stand to stand securely on the floor, the minimum diameter of the base of the stand must be at least 30 cm.
A groove is made in it and the shelf for the vertical element. The leg and hole are coated with glue, connected, and the bottom of the product is fixed with self-tapping screws. The shelf is attached in the same way. The final steps are sanding, gluing the edge and applying several layers of varnish, each of which must be completely dry.
Stand-well or woodpile
The simplest option, for its manufacture you need the following materials:
- tubes left over from paper towels (12-16 pieces);
- PVA glue;
- paint: acrylic or oil.
A “woodpile” is made from the bushings: the rows of elements are alternated, each of them is attached to each other using glue. After the composition has dried, the resulting well is coated with paint.
Tree trunk for the benefit of flowers
Those who have become adherents of eco-style will love this natural stand made from a tree trunk. Its length is 100-150 cm, but the final decision is up to the owners of the future model.
- All branches are cut from the trunk with a grinder, obtaining a cylinder.
- 15-20 cm are retreated from its ends, then cuts are made to half the diameter of the tree.
- A hole is hollowed out between them. After processing the wood, pots with indoor flowers are placed in the resulting stand.
Such a “blooming tree” will look spectacular in any room - both in the country and in a city apartment.
Large wooden candlestick
In this case, you will have to look for two blanks - one wide for the cuts, the other for the candlestick itself. For a stand, the ideal section (or several) of the tree where the branching begins.
- The bottom of the second workpiece is cut down so that a smooth and stable surface is obtained.
- Several cuts are made from a wide log - according to the number of branches, the width of these disks is 2, 3 or 4 cm.
- The top of the branches is cut down parallel to the base of the candlestick, then discs are attached to it with self-tapping screws.
For a longer service life, the wood is pre-treated with an antiseptic. The finished product can be painted, varnished, or left without any protective or decorative coating.
Metal flower stands
Forged floor flower stands can be made only if the person knows forging techniques. In any case, you can order the production of an original product from a craftsman, according to a sketch created by yourself and control the quality of the created design and its design.
Unusual DIY flower stands
Non-standard and original designs are created from old bicycles with baskets, bedside tables and shelves. On your site, you can decorate the fence with bags in which various flower pots are placed, and after the warm season, all these structures can be easily collected for storage.
A stylish metal flower stand is not inferior in originality to a stand made from improvised means thanks to the careful development of the idea. To do this, it is important to follow the sequence of actions during production and always give the process a piece of soul and good mood.
