Revamp old windows into chic decor with our easy upcycling tips for a stylish, sustainable home.
Green thumbs, get ready to show your handy side.
A new addition to my workshop! We completed the greenhouse seedling boxes this weekend, just in time for Spring... ... but with snowflakes fluttering in the wind and the cold temps, we were reminded it is still winter here. I was hoping for more of the white stuff to keep falling, but to no avail this weekend. It is so pretty when everything is freshly covered in snow and it makes the cold weather worth it! This is a pic of our place after a snow in 2009! You have to admit, it is pretty isn't it? My wonderful husband, Walter, came up with a simple design for this project and the old windows we had stored in our shed were going to work perfectly. We started by building a box out of cypress lumber. The box is large enough to hold a shelf and have two levels of seedlings growing! Last spring I coudn't find a lot of the veggies I wanted in small plants and it was too late in the year to start the seeds. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this is a successful new adventure in gardening for me this year. I found a clever idea on Pinterest from MarthaStewart.com using eggshells as the pots to grow your seeds in and once they are large enough you can plant them in the ground, right in the shells. Now to figure out how to break the eggs just right for this project. Any tips? Anyways, a couple hours later we hinged the old windows onto the box we built and we were finished for now. Now off to warm up and do some reading to learn more about this whole seed growing process! 'til next time, Adina Linking to:
This year I have truly noticed a change in the weather patterns. I live in a coastal area and the fog banks this summer left me in a cold cloud for a couple of weeks. On several days the fog never burned off. With this happening it cemented the "Greenhouse" plan for the garden. Here are some creative ways to build Greenhouses and Cold Frames using re-purposed windows and doors, and a few other things tossed if for inspiration!Please check out member Richard Morgan's Profile Page and take a look at the greenhouse he built! Wonderful job! Here's an odd one! Made out of car windshields! This might be a nice concept for a sauna, just what every hard working farmer/gardener needs after a day working the soil!
Det är ju inte så svårt att bygga sig ett eget litet växthus inte om man har en drös med gamla cd-fodral skräpandes...
conceived as a three-dimensional collage, the temporary villa is constructed entirely out of recycled materials including old bottles, oil barrels, wooden window frames, and used car doors.
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Old windows upcycled into DIY decor
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Creator Richard Pim admires his workWine buff Richard Pim needs a lot of bottle for his hobby – he is building a garden folly made out of 5,000 of them.He has spent the last three years creating the structure at the bottom of his garden out of empty wine bottles.
The Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. –2 Thess.3:3 There is something on my heart this Purim/Palm Sunday. I want you to know, that if the Lord should c…
The story ends this way: Here is the beginning.... My petite garden conservatory..how it came to be: It started...
A friend gave us storm windows and we designed a green house from what we were given. Purchased treated lumber posts and 2x4's to frame the house. Used Plexigla…
I don't even know where to begin, my excitement over this project is out of control. Winter has had me itching for spring planting. The days of picking vegetables in the winter are few and far between, at least in my first little winter garden. I ordered my seeds from Seed Savers Exchange, and I'm counting down to when it's warm enough to start my seeds! I needed a "greenhouse" of sorts, and there was pretty much nothing that was going to stop my determination. Husband at work? Oh well. Drill batteries dead? Charge those suckers up. Case in point, the photo above, that I thought to stop and snap while the battery was charging on the saw. This door has been in our storage trailer for years. It's solid wood, and I knew I'd use it someday for something. I decided the height I wanted, and the angle for the top, and cut my two side pieces out of this door. Next, I used an old french door (glass still in tact, holllllaaa!) as my front, and screwed them together with long wood screws. This seemed a heck of a lot easier than framing up the entire thing out of wood, then covering the front with individual wood slats. Plus, it's super cute and adds more sunlight! Next, I just measured, cut, and screwed in the four framing pieces you see around the top edges. This gave me something to rest and hinge the windows on. I'm still debating on what to do on the inside, because I know the grass will grow. I am leaning toward pinning down thick black plastic, and topping with tiny gravel, like in our garden. All I had to buy were four hinges, a couple of hooks, and a small length of chain. The hooks are on the fence, and the chain loops are screwed to the center of each window. Simply lift the window, and hook the chain to the fence to work inside. Ahh! You can tell I'm super proud of this one! Now I have to figure out what to put on the walls of my house, where I removed those decorative windows.
Creative ways to recycle old windows offer fantastic home decorating projects and backyard ideas
A friend gave us storm windows and we designed a green house from what we were given. Purchased treated lumber posts and 2x4's to frame the house. Used Plexigla…
These beautiful greenhouses made from old windows prove that your dream greenhouse doesn't have to be costly. These are all made with reclaimed materials.
A friend gave us storm windows and we designed a green house from what we were given. Purchased treated lumber posts and 2x4's to frame the house. Used Plexigla…
Don't toss those old broken windows. Turn them into an upcycled window planter for your garden or inside your home. Easy & fun!
Did you know that you can use salvaged timber-framed windows to build a greenhouse?
As you can see, building a greenhouse from old windows and pallets is a brilliant way to drastically cut costs on a beautiful, functional structure.
