Hello friends!! Today I’m sharing our DIY Potting Bench with a sink and lots of bells-and-whistles! This post begins with an apology…. I’m so sorry everyone. I promised I would post this tutorial a few months ago after I gave you a sneak peek at the finished results…. and the summer just got away from me. But great news! I have the full tutorial and photos finished – so today I’m sharing all the details on how you can make our gorgeous DIY Pallet Potting Bench! I hope you love it as much as we do!
Even though the weather is cooling here, it’s a great time to make potting bench so that it’s all ready for spring planting and gardening….and for fall gardening if you still have your garden in – lucky you!
Thank you for ALL of your compliments that you shared in my sneak peek post on the design and stain color! We LOVE that it came together just the way we wanted it to from my hubby’s original design and especially love the fact that our potting bench is almost completely built with upcycled and FREE materials!
This potting bench is an original design created by my hubby! Thank you Shawn for your ingenuity and clever building skills! You are a ROCKSTAR!
I’m also sharing with you the supply and materials list, so that you can build your very own potting bench! We truly hope you’ll be inspired to make one of your own!
Here’s our finished Potting Bench with pictures of all it’s amazing bells-and-whistles and features!
1. Sink and faucet with water drainage into flower garden:
2. Mounted Hose Reel with Gardening Hose connected to the water supply at the side of the house:
When I want to water the plants on our deck and patio I just unroll the hose and water away! I can also easily hose off the potting bench if I want!
3. Bench cleanup holes for excess soil and a cleanup container:
Excess soil falls through the cleanup holes into the container below for quick and easy cleanup when potting plants!
4. Here’s another fabulous feature that I added to our DIY potting bench – see below! A cover for the bench cleanup holes: I stained an old cutting board with the same stain that I used for the potting bench… and use it to cover the cleanup holes when we use the potting bench for entertaining and holding drinks and snacks ect!
5. We also added pegboard and hooks for organizing and storing gardening tools:
6. We also added this amazingly simple DIY twine dispenser! Just hang a funnel on a hook to hold and dispense twine: String the end of the twine through the end of the funnel and pull the end of the twine to dispense as much as you need!
This is such a handy storage and organization idea!
7. Upper and lower shelves for storing and organizing pots, gardening containers and soil:
Click the arrows below to see the instructions and supply list to make this beautiful DIY potting bench!
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Your potting bench is fabulous.
Thank you so much!!! We just LOVE it beyond words!! I’ll pass on your compliments to my hubby – he designed all the features himself! 🙂
I love this bench and I’m going to attempt to make something like this with my husband. I think it’s just lovely, thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you love it! We use it all the time and get lots of compliments on it! 🙂 Heather
Wow, your potting bench is amazing! There are so many smart features that make it so useful. I’ve never been so excited to try to find some old pallets!
Thanks Vineta – there sure are tons of fabulous features! Have fun making it – I know you’ll love it!
This looks like a really fun project! You did an amazing job Heather!
Thanks so much McKenzi! So glad you like our potting bench – we used it so much this summer! 🙂
Your husband is a genius! I’m so coveting it. Especially the sink with running water. Great job!
He sure is a genius Debbie!!! I agree! 🙂 I’ll pass that on to him – he’ll be thrilled to hear that! So glad you like our potting bench and his beautiful design!
Wow! Your hubby is amazing! He has thought of every brilliant feature you could ever want on a potting bench! Congratulations to you both on a fantastic project! I’m definitely going to give this a go. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hi Vicky! You’re right – my hubby is really amazing!! I’ll pass on your comments – he’ll be tickled to hear that! We are so glad you like this project and have fun making it! 🙂
We’ve been trying to build this and having troubling finding a hose reel we like. Could you tell us where you got yours? Thanks!
We bought ours at a local hardware store but you can have a look at this affiliate link – it’s a similar style! http://amzn.to/2a8ZcaN
I’m in need of a good potting bench, and I’ve been considering making my own. Yours is beautiful! We’d love to have you share this at our weekly link party. http://www.thelifeofjenniferdawn.com/2016/06/farmers-market-meals-and-little-bird.html Hope to see you there!
how did you attach the top shelf with the decorative brackets to the pegboard? thank you!
My husband attached the brackets with wood screws and screwed them in from the back of the potting bench! Your welcome!
I am getting ready to build mine today! I am so ready to have this done, I have lots to do!
Thank you,
Kathy
Yay! I’m so thrilled to hear that!!! I hope you enjoy your potting bench – we just love ours! xo Heather
You say you “picked up a few pallets.” Where do you find them? Grocery stores or big box lumber yards or along the road? I don’t know where to find them. Please give me some ideas on how to connect with some. I have a fabulous cast iron sink that I want to incorporate into an outdoor sink/potting bench. Thank you for your assistance.
Hi Debora – We found our pallets by the side of the road when companies were putting them out for garbage day. Hope that helps! 🙂
I checked on Facebook’s Marketplace and found lots of pallets there, just need to pick them up…hope to pick up a number of them for 1) that amazing garden potting bench and 2) for shelving above some windows to display collectables & antiques!
Great! Have fun building this potting bench! 🙂
Hi from Australia! I’m going to attempt this as a Christmas present for the hubby. Wish me luck!
Oh fun!! What a fabulous gift idea!