Not Baskets Or Pots: The Unexpected Thrift Store Find That Makes A Stunning Planter

If you're tired of seeing the same old basket planter DIYs over and over on social media (though we do love a good basket), and you're looking for unique ways to decorate your home with plants, the perfect unconventional planter might be waiting on the shelves of a local thrift store. We're scouring our local secondhand shops for a brass tissue holder. You know, the old school contraptions that are supposed to elevate the look of cardboard tissue boxes? There are a million different styles, but basically they are covers for tissue boxes. We're going to turn that vintage brass tissue box into a stunning DIY wall hanging planter that will add charm to any entryway, family room, or other living space.

If you have trouble finding a brass tissue box cover at your local stores, you can also look at secondhand options online, like eBay. Once you have that, you will need a small plant to go inside. A faux plant actually works great with this DIY, though the true green thumbs who want a live plant can do that, too. You'll just need a few extra supplies, like an old plastic bottle and a hot glue gun with glue sticks. To hang the planter, you'll need a nail, hammer, and optional sawtooth hanger.

For tissue box covers that have a lid attached with a hinge, you can lift the lid and set the faux plant inside, allowing the leaves to hold it in place or attaching it with a touch of glue. With older boxes like these, the lids stay propped open on their own fairly easily. If yours doesn't, place a drop of hot glue in the open hinges to keep it in place. Alternatively, you can seal the lid shut by hot gluing around the top and closing the lid. Allow it to dry and flip the entire thing upside down. Then use the open bottom as the top of the planter. For those that don't have opening lids, simply flip the whole thing upside down.

If you are not using a faux plant, you can line the box with an old plastic bottle that has been cut in half (or to the size of your planter). Poke drainage holes in the bottom and place it inside the planter, using hot glue to attach the outer walls of the bottle to the inside walls of the box planter. Fill with potting soil, either an easy DIY soil mix or a pre-made mix from a garden center, and add your plant of choice.

Hammer a nail into the wall where you want to hang the planter. If your tissue box cover is solid brass, you'll want to attach a sawtooth hanger on the back. If your box has openings in the design, you can skip the sawtooth hanger and simply use the openings to hang it on a nail or two in the wall.