FIVE DOLLAR WINDOW BOX

Hello friends! Today I’m sharing my five dollar window boxes (just the cost of lumber). This is a super easy, fast, and obviously inexpensive project. I love the way these window boxes added so much to the front of my house. Just like in my DIY shutters post, here is a before shot of my house with just paint.

The reason this project even came about is that I had to fix a couple of boards on my fence. Since I had purchased too many fence pickets, I wanted to find something to do with the leftover boards. I already had the shutters planned out and thought window boxes would make a good addition to the front of the house, plus I could add some color with flowers. Here is how I did it…

Tools

Saw to cut boards to length
Drill
Pocket Hole Jig
Hammer Drill (if drilling into the brick)

Supplies

20 – 1 1/4″ pocket hole screws
8 – 2″ masonry screws
masonry drill bit
Paint or stain of choice
Sealer (especially if using Pine)

Lumber and Cut List (this is for one window box)

3 Fence Pickets (pine or cedar will work)

Pocket Hole Placement

I started out by cutting off the dog-eared part of my fence panels. Then, I cut all of my boards according to the cut list. Once the boards were cut, I drilled all of the pocket holes I needed.

I attached the three 70.5″ boards together with 1 1/4″ pocket hole screws to form an open top box with no sides. The pocket holes should be located on the bottom side of the bottom board.

To make this a true window box, I added sides to each end of my open box.

The window box is fully assembled at this point. These things are huge!!

I decided to paint mine, to match the simple DIY shutters I made previously. I used the same black paint, Modern Masters front door paint. I gave the window boxes three coats of paint and allowed to dry.

Once the paint was dry, it was time to hang them. I was drilling into brick, so I needed to use a hammer drill to drill into my concrete. If you are drilling into vinyl or wood siding, a regular power drill would work just fine. I drilled four holes into the backboard of the window box and used those to mark the brick for drilling.

When I went to hang the window boxes, I realized I didn’t have enough room to drill in the screws. This wasn’t really a big deal though. I just unscrewed the pocket hole screw holding on the front board and attached the box to the wall. Once I was done, just re-attach the front board.

The last thing to do is add dirt and flowers. I love the way this project turned out. It gives my white house the perfect amount of color with the black boxes and some pretty flowers.