Planters You Can Make for a Small Deck

If you have a small deck youve probably noticed other people who have much larger ones. They have the luxury of being able to arrange outdoor furniture and plants galore on their room decks but things are much different for you. Your deck is small but you still want it to look great! There are many different planters you can make for a small deck that will turn boring into fabulous.

Using wallpaper troughs you can change the look of your deck in no time. Youll find the troughs at a home improvement store and theyre not at all expensive. The troughs are long and narrow - perfect for setting on a deck railing. Whether you want real flowers or artificial ones poke holes in the bottom of the trough so rainwater can drain. Paint the trough the color you want.

Weight the trough with gravel or even dry beans so it wont blow off the railing in bad weather. Glue Styrofoam inside the trough to hold fake flowers. If youre using real ones you can set them in while still in small pots or you can fill the trough with dirt and plant them. Instead of setting the troughs on the deck railing you can hang them on the outside of the pickets. Before filling the trough poke holes on the backside and thread a pliable wire through them. Go in one hole, across the inside back of the trough, then out the other hole. Now you can wire the trough to the pickets and let it hang. Make planters for fake plants to hang on the outside of the pickets by using Styrofoam. Cut a large Styrofoam ball in half then poke a hole on the cut side, in the center, towards the top. Use most any type of waterproof glue to cover the ball in Spanish moss, raffia, small stones or something similar. Arrange the flowers and plants by first poking them in and then removing them. Add a drop of the glue to the hole then reinsert the piece. Hang the finished arrangement on a nail. Even coffee cans are easily made into planters for small decks. Cover the outside with adhesive contact paper. Poke holes in the bottom with a nail. Weight the can down with gravel or other heavy material. Now plant real flowers or fill the can with artificial plants. Set these on the corners of the deck rails. Just because your deck is small doesnt mean it cant be beautiful. No longer will you look at others decks and wish your deck looked like theirs. Flowers and plants give any home a more welcoming look but you dont have to spend a lot of money to achieve that look!