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Make it! DIY Potting Bench with Sink

by heather 29 Comments

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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!

Love to garden? How to make a gorgeous DIY Potting Bench from FREE pallet wood! Has ALL the bells and whistles: a faucet, sink, running water, mounted hose reel, shelves, tool storage, pegboard and more! Free building tutorial, instructions and supply list included. www.settingforfour.com

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!

 

 

Love to garden? How to make a gorgeous DIY Potting Bench from FREE pallet wood! Has ALL the bells and whistles: a faucet, sink, running water, mounted hose reel, shelves, tool storage, pegboard and more! Free tutorial instructions and supply list included. www.settingforfour.comI’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:

This DIY Potting Bench made from pallet wood has a sink and faucet with water drainage into the flower garden. So clever! www.settingforfour.com

2. Mounted Hose Reel with Gardening Hose connected to the water supply at the side of the house:

Love to garden? This DIY Pallet Wood Potting bench was so inexpensive to make and has all the bells and whistles! Like a Mounted Hose Reel with Gardening Hose connected to a water supply for watering my flowers and gardens! See instructions and supply list at www.settingforfour.com

Love to garden? This DIY Pallet Wood Potting bench was so inexpensive to make and has all the bells and whistles! Like a Mounted Hose Reel with Gardening Hose connected to a water supply for watering my flowers and gardens! See instructions and supply list at www.settingforfour.com

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!

Love to garden? This DIY Pallet Wood Potting bench was so inexpensive to make and has all the bells and whistles! Like a Mounted Hose Reel with Gardening Hose connected to a water supply for watering my flowers and gardens! See instructions and supply list at www.settingforfour.com

3. Bench cleanup holes for excess soil and a cleanup container:

Love to garden? This DIY Pallet Wood Potting bench was so inexpensive to make and has all the bells and whistles! Like bench cleanup holes for excess soil and a cleanup container! See instructions to make and supply list at www.settingforfour.com

Excess soil falls through the cleanup holes into the container below for quick and easy cleanup when potting plants!

If you love to garden you'll want to make this!! DIY Pallet Wood Potting bench with tons of amazing features - like holes at one end for collecting potting soil and a container to catch and contain it! Easy cleanup! www.settingforfour.com

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:

If you love to garden you'll want to make this!! DIY Pallet Wood Potting bench with tons of amazing features - like pegboard and hooks for organizing and storing lots of gardening tools! Instructions and supply list to make it included at www.settingforfour.com

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!

This is so handy! Easy DIY Twine Dispenser. Shown with a beautiful DIY Pallet Wood Potting Bench. Tutorials for both here at www.settingforfour.com

7. Upper and lower shelves for storing and organizing pots, gardening containers and soil:

Attention gardeners! How to make a gorgeous DIY Potting Bench from FREE pallet wood! Has ALL the bells and whistles: a faucet, sink, running water, mounted hose reel, shelves, tool storage, pegboard and more! Free building tutorial, instructions and supply list included. www.settingforfour.com

Click the arrows below to see the instructions and supply list to make this beautiful DIY potting bench!

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heatherHeather is a Designer and the owner of the Interior Design and Lifestyle website SettingforFour.com Heather offers online EDesign services Instagram and family friendly, elegant interiors.

 

 

Comments

  1. Debrashoppeno5 says

    October 26, 2015 at 9:34 am

    Your potting bench is fabulous.

    Reply
    • heather says

      October 26, 2015 at 12:28 pm

      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! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Vineta @ The Handyman's Daughter says

    November 2, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • heather says

      November 5, 2015 at 5:55 pm

      Thanks Vineta – there sure are tons of fabulous features! Have fun making it – I know you’ll love it!

      Reply
  3. McKenzie says

    November 6, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    This looks like a really fun project! You did an amazing job Heather!

    Reply
    • heather says

      November 22, 2015 at 10:48 pm

      Thanks so much McKenzi! So glad you like our potting bench – we used it so much this summer! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Debbie says

    November 6, 2015 at 7:25 pm

    Your husband is a genius! I’m so coveting it. Especially the sink with running water. Great job!

    Reply
    • heather says

      November 22, 2015 at 10:45 pm

      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!

      Reply
  5. Vicky says

    May 29, 2016 at 7:00 am

    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 🙂

    Reply
    • heather says

      May 31, 2016 at 1:36 pm

      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! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Adrienne says

    June 18, 2016 at 7:41 am

    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!

    Reply
    • heather says

      July 19, 2016 at 6:10 pm

      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

      Reply
  7. Jennifer Dawn says

    July 1, 2016 at 10:11 am

    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!

    Reply
  8. JT says

    March 14, 2018 at 9:07 pm

    how did you attach the top shelf with the decorative brackets to the pegboard? thank you!

    Reply
    • heather says

      March 18, 2018 at 7:03 pm

      My husband attached the brackets with wood screws and screwed them in from the back of the potting bench! Your welcome!

      Reply
  9. Kathy says

    June 8, 2018 at 8:23 am

    I am getting ready to build mine today! I am so ready to have this done, I have lots to do!

    Thank you,

    Kathy

    Reply
    • heather says

      June 11, 2018 at 4:50 pm

      Yay! I’m so thrilled to hear that!!! I hope you enjoy your potting bench – we just love ours! xo Heather

      Reply
  10. Debora says

    March 8, 2019 at 12:52 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • heather says

      March 11, 2019 at 10:37 am

      Hi Debora – We found our pallets by the side of the road when companies were putting them out for garbage day. Hope that helps! 🙂

      Reply
      • Kim Marie Russell says

        April 13, 2020 at 6:26 pm

        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!

        Reply
        • heather says

          April 16, 2020 at 1:35 pm

          Great! Have fun building this potting bench! 🙂

          Reply
  11. Quin says

    November 9, 2019 at 2:57 pm

    Hi from Australia! I’m going to attempt this as a Christmas present for the hubby. Wish me luck!

    Reply
    • heather says

      November 16, 2019 at 8:29 pm

      Oh fun!! What a fabulous gift idea!

      Reply

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