Make the look...
MID-CENTURY PLANT STAND Show off a favourite houseplant, like Antonia, with this easy-to-make raised wooden design that’s perfect for any room in your home
Top tip If you don’t have much room, go for a plant that grows vertically rather than horizontally, like a snake plant, so that it takes up less space.
You will need ● 4 square dowels ● Measuring tape ● 4 x 1cm L-brackets ● Power drill ● 8 screws ● Chopping board or
pre-cut circle of wood
● Ruler ● Pencil ● Basic tool kit
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Measure and mark 25cm from the bottom of each of your dowels. Lay a bracket on each dowel so that it lines up with the marking, with the hole centred. Mark the holes, then drill pilot holes and screw the brackets onto the dowels. Turn the chopping board upside down and use a ruler to draw two lines through the centre that intersect at right angles. Take one of the dowels and line up the bracket so that one of the marked lines on the board shows through the hole in the bracket. Make a mark for the pilot hole, then repeat for the other three dowels. Next, drill the four pilot holes. You could paint the chopping board or leave the wood finish if you prefer. Finally, attach the legs by screwing the brackets onto the base of the chopping board.
3 Extract from Home Is Where You
Make It by Geneva Vanderzeil, £14.99, Murdoch Books
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