Need a planter urgently? Or want a unique and catchy look for your space? Repurpose some old items into planters, pots and even gardens and you will get a unique solution without buying anything. It’s an eco-friendly idea, a beautiful and catchy solution and it will tell the story of your family and home. Here are some ideas of pieces that can become part of your garden or other outdoor spaces, and most of them can be DIYed without any instructions.
Tableware Planters
Kettles, mugs, teapots and bowls can become easy and cute planters for blooms, greenery and other plants. Vintage teaware will add a chic vintage touch to the space, and relaxed metal kettles, mugs and pots bring a farmhouse feel to the garden.
A white colander with succulents is a cool idea for a garden, it can be used indoors, too, and it's a nice way to repurpose a piece.
A kettle with blooms is a lovely decoration for both indoors and outdoors.
Stacked vintage tableware with blooms and greenery si a fresh way to upcycle old cookware and give it a new life.
A vintage kettle planter with blooms is a cool idea for both indoors and outdoors, reuse your old piece.
Furniture Planters
Dressers, chests of drawers and even desks can be turned into planters, too, and you can paint them any colors you like before planting. As there are several drawers, you can make up a whole vertical garden without applying any effort.
Color block drawers with bold blooms are a bright decoration for outdoors.
Vintage drawers can become planters, and even an old guitar can become one, just take a look here.
A black and white dresser with greenery and blooms is a fantastic idea for a modern space, black and white are great for modern nooks, and greenery refreshes them.
An old file cabinet with bright ranunculus and tulips is a bright and cool idea for outoodrs.
These rich-stained drawers with succulents are a unique idea to reuse and upcycle and they look very bold and creative.
A pink dresser with blooms and greenery is a vertical garden in itself and you don't need to make any changes.
Red drawers on legs can double as a vertical garden, and you don't have to make drastic changes on them, just plant something.
Repurpose old colorful file drawers into planters, just plant something and stack them on each other.
A bright blue dresser with blooms and greenery is a bold touch to any space, and you can grow anything you want.
A green drawer with moss and succulents is a cool decoration for both indoors and outdoors,.
This white dresser garden with greenery and blooms is a cool idea to reuse old furniture and not to throw it at all.
A bright yellow desk turned into a gorgeous outdoor decoration, a lamp with blooms, a planter with blooms are amazing for a fresh touch.
Stained drawers with bright flowers growing inside are amazing for styling a space in farmhouse or cottage way.
A large stained file cabinet with greenery and cacti is amazing for both outdoors and indoors.
Galvanized Items
Galvanized buckets, bowls and bathtubs are traditional rustic stuff for working in the garden mostly and you can easily make pots of them, just plant flowers and greenery into them and voila!
A bucket with colorful pansies is a gorgeous spring and summer decoration you can easily make yourself.
A small galvanized bathtub with blue muscari and forget-me-not is a cool solution for outdoor cottage styling.
A galvanized bucket with muscari, white blooms and pansies is amazing for styling a space for the spring or summer.
A large old galvanized bucket with blooms is a lovely addition to a farmhouse space.
Galvanized buckets with greenery are great for reusing old pieces and adding a less formal and more relaxed feel to the garden.
Stacked galvanized bathtubs and buckets with greenery is a cool and catchy idea for a farmhouse space, place them wherever you want.
A vertical garden of a ladder with galvanized buckets and greenery is a cool idea for a small space. It looks as whimsical as a tipsy pot garden., and will bring a cottage feel to any backyard.
Bright galvanized bathtubs with greenery and blooms are a cool coorful garden with a strong rustic feel.
A small galvanized bathtub with pink blooms and a pink lamp is amazing for a rustic or farmhouse garden.
A galvanized bathtub with blue and white blooms is a breezy and pretty decoration for outdoors.
Tyre Planters
That’s quite unexpected but yeah, tires can become lovely and comfy planters. Paint them bright colors and add plants and blooms that you like, and that’s it!
A whole vertical garden with painted tyres is a lovely idea for a rustic space, repurpose old tyres into pots.
Black tyre planters with greenery work always, these are alternatives to usual garden beds.
Purple tires with bright flowers are great to add accent to a garden, add color and make it bolder.
Other Planters
What else to repurpose? Tin cans, chests, even grills! Basically, a grill can be easily transformed into a planter, just remove the grid and plant anything you want there. The piece is already on casters and you will be able to move it! Get inspired by these and many other ideas below!
A basket filled with bright blooms is always a great idea for a rustic or cottage space, it looks adorable.
Baskets with pink tulips, purple tulips and astilbe will beautifully finish off the look of your garden with a cottage feel.
A galvanized bathtub with greenery and bright flowers is a cool rustic decoration for a garden or just for outdoors.
A chest with succulents and moss is a creative decoration and mini garden in one, it looks unique and cool.
Color block tin cans with greenery are a cool decoration for both indoors and outdoors, they add a bright touch to the space.
Vintage metal carts with blooms are a jaw-dropping alternatve to use them as planters, and you can move them whenever you want.
A vintage wooden suitcase planter composes a whole succulent garden with pebbles is a lovely idea to add a chic vintage feel to the space.
A metal grid and tin cans can be a nice idea of a herb and veggie garden without using any floor space at all.
A grey old grill piece on casters is a creative solution to use it instead of a planter and it has anything a plant may need.
A bright yellow grill planter with bold blooms will add a lot of color to the garden.
A wooden bucket or basket and bright pansies and tulips make te space bold, fun and cool.
A pink grill as a planter with greenery and blooms is a super cool and catchy idea, and you can paint your grill the color you like.
This vintage yellow storage unit and bright blooms and greenery will bring a bold and catchy touch to the space, here it's a small porch.