Every time we needed a key the dig happened. I really hate digging around for keys and I’m sure I am not the only one! Even placing them in a basket where they were altogether didn’t help. I know I’m dying to see how Stacy from Not Just a Housewife and Taryn from Design, Dining, and Diapers used there concrete planters.Barnwood is so trendy right now…funny considering that it’s old, worn out and been around forever! In general, barnwood doesn’t fit in with most of my home decor but when I saw this new scrapbook paper at Hobby Lobby, I knew I had to use it! Almost immediately I knew what I would do with it…make a faux barnwood key holder! Now all you have to do is hang your key holder on the wall, and add your potted plant. You have to do that or your plants will get root rot and die. Since I didn’t want to add a drainage hole, I filled the bottom inch of my planter with gravel so the water can drain. Now you can flip your board over without the shelf sliding all over the place! Flip it shelf side down and finish drilling in the screws from the back.Īt this point I stenciled on “hello”, but you can use a different word, or skip this step all together.Īlmost finished! All you have to do now is add your plant pot! This is the concrete planter I was given.Īnd here it is after I painted it and filled it with succulents. Press down and the screws will grip the shelf. Add a bit of wood glue, then place the shelf onto your board, lining up the holes with the tips of the screws. Press down firmly, and the screw tips will make tiny holes in the wood. Make sure it’s level, and that the screws are in the middle of the board. Place the back end of your shelf centered over the screw tips. (Hope that makes sense.) Then drill the two screws in from the back, till the tips are barely poking through. Then drill two small holes in the line where the shelf will be. Make pencil marks on the side showing where the shelf lines up. Place it where you want it on the board, and make sure it’s level. I like to distress the edges with sandpaper, but that’s up to you. Sand your wood, wipe it off really well, then paint it. But it doesn’t matter that much, so don’t worry if yours is too. I have never cut a curved line with the jigsaw before, and I was terrible at it! You can’t really tell from the photo, but my circle is totally uneven and wonky. But it was malfunctioning, and I had to use the jigsaw.

I drilled a pilot hole with my drill, and was planning to cut the circle with my scroll saw. Then you need to cut a hole in the square that is about 1/2″ smaller than the diameter of the top of your pot. Since my board was 5 1/2″ across, I cut off a piece 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″.

*You can make your key holder any size, just adjust your cuts and the hole in your board to accommodate your pot.Ĭut one end of your board so that you have a square piece. Gravel, soil, and plants (I used succulents) – Cement planter or other pot that is about 4 1/2″ across the top – Metal hooks (I got mine at Walmart, but Amazon carries a wide variety as well) – Sandpaper and palm sander if you have one Chop saw (Or have the guys at the hardware store cut your wood for you) Piece of scrap lumber (Mine was a pine board 5 1/2″ wide by 11″ long.) Need a place for your keys? You can make your own Key Holder with Plant Shelf! I love how it turned out, and I am so excited that we now have a place to hang our keys! I’d seen similar ones with mason jars, but though this planter would work just as well. I knew it was time to fix the problem, so I used my little cement planter in this Key Holder with Plant Shelf. We are always misplacing our keys, and I’ve been meaning to make a place for them for months. When I got mine, I tossed a few ideas around, but finally decided to make something I really needed, rather than just something pretty. How fun is that?įor this challenge, each of us was given a little concrete planter. Basically three bloggers take one home decor accessory, and put their own take on it. I was pretty thrilled when my super talented friend Stacy from Not Just a Housewife invited me to participate in her new series called Styled x3. Both beautiful and functional, this DIY Key Holder with Plant Shelf is a perfect afternoon project.

Walmart wood key holder