Spring DIY Upcycled Chair Planter. Take a broken chair and give it new life by planting beautiful flowers in it to enjoy in your yard!
Spring DIY Upcycled Chair Planter
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Don’t you love Spring? I always get so excited to plant flowers and get my yard ready for outdoor entertaining! When my kids were little I remember taking an old chair, spray painting it yellow and planting flowers in it. So over the weekend when my husband and I were out on our early morning Saturday, walk and I came across an old chair abandoned on a street corner, I knew what I wanted to do!
![Spring DIY Upcycled Chair Planter. Take a broken chair and give it new life by planting beautiful flowers in it to enjoy in your yard!](https://tatertotsandjello.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/chairplanterIMG_6288.jpg)
DIY Spring Ideas
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I’m joining some friends who are sharing the prettiest spring DIY ideas. Scroll down and hop over to see the tutorials!
Upcycle an Old Chair Into a Planter
![Spring DIY Upcycled Chair Planter. Take a broken chair and give it new life by planting beautiful flowers in it to enjoy in your yard!](https://tatertotsandjello.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/chairplanterIMG_6285.jpg)
An old chair can become the perfect upcycled planter. There are a few ways to turn an old chair into a planter. I am going to share two ways to turn an old chair into a delightful flower planter.
Chair Planter with No Pot
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This is the way I made a chair into a planter about 20 years ago. You don’t need a pot to use this method. This is a great upcycle if you have a chair with a seat that is broken or missing.
No Pot Chair Planter Supplies:
- old chair with no seat
- chicken wire or screen door material
- coco liner material
- garden dirt
- flowers
- Staple Gun
![planted garden chair](https://tatertotsandjello.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/planted-chair-.jpeg)
How to Make a Chair Planter with No Pot
- Cut a large length of window screen or chicken wire and staple it onto the top edges of the chair cavity, leave enough in the middle so it creates a cavity in the middle of the open chair seat.
- Line the chicken wire or window screen material with coir/coco liner.
- Fill cavity 3/4 way full with garden soil.
- Plant flowers in the cavity.
- Fill in holes between flowers with garden soil.
- Enjoy your planter!
Make a Chair Planter with a Pot
![Spring DIY Upcycled Chair Planter. Take a broken chair and give it new life by planting beautiful flowers in it to enjoy in your yard!](https://tatertotsandjello.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/chairplanterIMG_6279.jpg)
I find this to be an easier way but it might not be as charming? What do you think? The chair that I found on the side of the road was originally a “commode chair” so it already had a hole cut out fo a container. I also love that it has a large apron that conceals the bowl. It’s perfect for a planter! But you don’t need this type of chair to make this planter. Any chair with a removable seat will work!
Potted Chair Planter Supplies:
![Spring DIY Upcycled Chair Planter. Take a broken chair and give it new life by planting beautiful flowers in it to enjoy in your yard!](https://tatertotsandjello.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/chairplanterIMG_6284-768x1024.jpg)
- Old chair
- Hammer and nails
- Shims or a couple pieces of scrap wood
- Primer and spray paint (optional)
- Pot
- Garden Soil
- Flowers
How to Make a Potted Chair Planter
![Spring DIY Upcycled Chair Planter. Take a broken chair and give it new life by planting beautiful flowers in it to enjoy in your yard!](https://tatertotsandjello.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/chairplanterIMG_6283-768x1024.jpg)
Here is how you can transform an old chair into a cute planter in minutes!
- Take the seat off your chair. Or, if your seat is hard to remove, but a hole in the middle of the seat. Measure your pot and cut the hole to be smaller than the widest point of the pot.
- Paint your chair (optional). I painted my chair to give it more strength against the elements but you can also leave the bare wood of your chair or give it a coat of polyurethane to protect it. I used a ultra-bonding primer first and then put a chalk spray paint over the top.
- If you didn’t cut a hole in the seat, you will want to add some pieces of wood around the base of the chair to hold your pot edges. I used a couple pieces of the wood from the seat and nailed them on both sides of the seat so that the pot could rest on them.
- Add garden soil to your pot and plant your flowers.
- Put the pot in the cavity of your chair.
- Enjoy your adorable chair planter!
![Spring DIY Upcycled Chair Planter. Take a broken chair and give it new life by planting beautiful flowers in it to enjoy in your yard!](https://tatertotsandjello.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/chairplanterIMG_6277.jpg)
More Potted Chair Inspiration
Here are a few other chair planters to give you inspiration! I hope you score your neighborhood or your Facebook marketplace for free chair to give new life to in your yard!
![DIY Succulent Chair Planter](https://tatertotsandjello.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DIY-Succulent-Chair-Planter.jpeg)
DIY Succulent Chair Planter at Garden Therapy
How fun is this succulent chair? It would be so cute inside too!
![potted chair with herbs](https://tatertotsandjello.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/herb-potted-chair--810x1024.jpeg)
Potted Chair with Herbs (source unknown)
Wouldn’t this be perfect to place right outside of your kitchen? I love the idea of planting herbs! It’s a perfect idea if you have a smaller yard or apartment.
Blogger’s Best Spring Decor DIY
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How to Make Your Own Lemon Plates | My 100 Year Old Home
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Spring Home Decor Trends for 2022 | Modern Glam
Easy Spring Flower Arrangement Featuring Cabbage | Inspiration for Moms
![Easter wreath diy](https://happyhappynester.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/spring-decor-diy-C.jpg)
A Simple Easter Table Centerpiece Idea | My Sweet Savannah
5 Easy Steps to a Beautiful Dough Bowl Centerpiece | Robyn’s French Nest
How to Decorate for Spring | The Happy Housie
Spring Upcycled Chair Yard Planter | Tatertots and Jello
![spring projects](https://happyhappynester.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/spring-decor-diy-B.jpg)
Easy Spring Decor Ideas | Zevy Joy
A Few Simple Ways To Welcome Spring | Sincerely Marie
Easter Wreath DIY | Happy Happy Nester
Simple Living Room Spring Decor | Twelve on Main
Which project do you want to make first?
xoxo
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This is so pretty. I love it. I would love it if you would share this on the Fabulous Friday Link Party. You can find the link on my website. Hugs to you, my friend.