| Project by Kelen | posted 561 days ago | 854 views | 2 times favorited | 4 comments |  |
 |
These are a couple of cedar planters I made for an online auction at work benefitting the United Way. I made them Texas inspired and sprayed them with a coat of wood protector with a honey gold tint to help highlight the grain. They ended up fetching $160 at the auction which is quite a bit more than my cost to build them fortunately.
Each vertical strip is routed with a roman ogee edge and butted up against the other, giving a nice decorative groove effect. Nothing too special about them, basic design with a little bit of added character with the state of Texas cut out and additional router detail. I know some probably appreciate a cleaner cedar grain without the knots, but personally I love the knots when placed right. Enjoy…
| Pin It |
4 comments so far
dbhost
home | projects | blog
4748 posts in 1402 days
#1 posted 561 days ago
Nice. I made one a couple of years ago like those, but I used rusted metal lone stars with a barbed wire ring around em… Be careful about the fire ants. They seem to like to eat Cedar…
-- Manufacturer of fine quality sawdust since 1984. Comments and advice on my shop welcome. Check it out at http://lumberjocks.com/dbhost/workshop. Gladly accepting shop build donations!
woodbutcherbynight
home | projects | blog
872 posts in 579 days
#2 posted 561 days ago
How well do these hold up over time with something planted in them? I have wanted to do a project like this but worry that they will rot in a few years like landscape timbers I just replaced this summer. (With a conrete block wall, zero maintenance and okay in the back yard, but maybe something more creative for the front?)
-- Live to tell the stories, they sound better that way.
Kelen
home | projects | blog
268 posts in 561 days
#3 posted 561 days ago
dbhost, I can imagine yours looks very nice with the metal effect! Would love to see a photo if you’d like to share some time.
Michael, I’ve only been in the woodworking hobby for a few years so I can’t speak with great confidence about the life expectancy, but my guess is that they’ll hold up for a pretty good period of time. I use a lot of screws and glue them up as much as I can, but there’s really no defense against rotting. I’ve read that some have put in some kind of liner to extend the life as well. I guess that’s an option. The other option is that I’ve made one at one point to fit snugly around a potted plant we had, instead of planting it directly. I’m sure your concrete wall would stand the test of time though…
Betsy
home | projects | blog
2826 posts in 2065 days
#4 posted 561 days ago
They look very nice. It’s great that they fetched such a nice price for charity.
I’ve made some of these before and they can last a very long time. You can make replaceable liners for them if you like which will extend the life expectancy of them – but it’s an added step. The ones I made are still being used at my old house and that would make them about 7 or 8 years old – they still look good (from the road anyway).
-- Like a bad penny, I keep coming back!
Have your say...