11 DIY Repurposed Planters from Filing Cabinets

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Make expensive looking, and movable DIY Repurposed Planters from old filing cabinets and save a lot of money you’d been splurging on large planters.

1. DIY Planter Using Cabinet Doors

DIY Filing Cabinet Planter

Transform four cabinet doors into a resourceful planter, which you can display in your porch or patio. Visit My Repurposed Life for the tutorial

2. Corner Cabinet Planter

Make expensive looking and movable DIY Repurposed Planters from old filing cabinets and save a lot of money you'd been splurging on large planters.

Create a multilevel corner cabinet planter to display combinations of flowers without occupying much space. Check out the tutorial here.

3. Kitchen Herb Planter

Paint a cabinet door and screw a loaf pan onto it to DIY this kitchen herb planter on a budget. An in-depth tutorial is available at My Repurposed Life.

Also Read: How to Start a Kitchen Garden

4. File Cabinet Planter

Attach casters to the base of the file cabinet and spray paint it for an attractive look. You can plant a variety of things in the planter depending on the compartments your cabinet has. We found it here.

5. Rusty Cabinet Cactus Planter

Make expensive looking and movable DIY Repurposed Planters from old filing cabinets and save a lot of money you'd been splurging on large planters.

Give a rustic appeal to your home front with this rusty file cabinet planter project available here. Check out more rusty metal planter ideas in this post.

6. DIY Flower Planter Dresser

Revamp any old dresser into a repurposed planter and grow your favorite annuals or foliage plants in it. Take inspiration from here.

7. DIY Wall Planter from an Old Cabinet Panel

DIY Repurposed Planters using Filing Cabinets

A wall planter created from a salvaged cabinet panel. How? Find out in the steps here.

Also Read: Vertical Succulent Garden Ideas

8. DIY Filling Cabinet Planter

One of the best DIY Filling Cabinet Planter Ideas and you can move it as well due to the big industrial style casters. Find the details here.

9. Bright Cabinet Turned Planter

Cabinet turned into a beautiful blue colored planter to grow annuals. Learn how to make one for yourself here.

10. DIY Filling Cabinet Planter

Get an old filing cabinet and transform it into an inexpensive modern planter that can improve your curb appeal. The instructions are here to follow.

11. Easy to Make, Cheap Planters

You can find old file cabinets at cheap cost in thrift stores, sometimes under $10 and customize them. This can save you hundreds of dollars, which you would be paying for buying large contemporary planters. Get more details here

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