How To Make a Simple DIY Plant Shelf

Cut the Wood

Ask someone at your home improvement center to do this for you, or do it yourself with a miter and/or hand saw.

Safety note: Always wear safety glasses, hearing protection and gloves when using power saws.

• Cut 4×4 posts into:
  • Four pieces, 2-1/2-ft. long.
• Cut fence pickets into:
  • Four pieces, 36-in. long.
  • Six pieces, 28-3/4-in. long (use dog-ear ends from the previous cuts for four of these).
• Cut 2x4s into:
  • Two pieces, 36-in. long.
  • Four pieces, 18-in. long.
  • Two pieces, 11-1/4-in. long (for spacers). You can use scrap wood if you have it.