DIY flower pots and planters: 10 brilliant pallet recycling ideas

Pallets are perfect for DIY recycling projects. You could furnish your whole home using pallets (which also cost very little). Pallets can be used to make benches, seats and tables - and even planters - for our gardens and balconies.

There are many ideas out there and they can be easily adapted to environments of any type - from the smallest to the most spacious, from very rustic to the most elegant and modern. All you need to do is get yourself some tools and paint and you're ready to get going! Below, are 10 ideas for making wonderful flower pots and planters from pallets:

1. Simple and rustic

If you love simplicity, then you just need to position a pallet vertically - leaning it against or hanging it on a wall - and use it as a stand for your flower pots.

2. Steps

Staying with simplicity, you can divide a pallet into its different sections and secure these to the walls to form a sort of staircase: your plants will have more room to grow and this project takes very little effort.

3. Bright colors

Paint the pallet in your favorite color and simply lean it against the wall. It will be perfect for decorating a corner of your garden and will liven up the environment.

4. Compositions

If you like DIY projects, remove the planks from the pallet and rearrange them in a simple composition, creating flower palnters in shapes and sizes you prefer.

5. Like a portrait painting

Remove the base from the pallet, paint the rest in colors you like and hang it on the wall. You can hang up your vases and flower pots using hooks and the result will be wonderful - just like a painting!

6. Planters

Suitable for entrances or borders, these large planters allow you to accommodate your large plants in the best possible way. Left raw or painted, you also add wheels so you can move them around easily, when necessary.

7. Romantic

A wood-clad wall, some planters for your favorite flowers and some candles: this is the perfect recipe to turn your porch into a corner dedicated to romance.

8. Kitchen herbs and spices

If you love cooking, you probably grow fresh aromatic herbs to use in your dishes. Make a vertical garden using a pallet, and personalize it by stenciling the names of your favorite herbs on the wood. Then hang your creation on a wall, on the balcony or in the kitchen itself!

9. Palleted wall

If you have very little space but don't want to sacrifice the pleasure of having a garden, clad a wall from top to bottom with pallets and use them to hang up your flower pots. Your new, vertical garden will look amazing.

10. An artistic touch

This is a very unique shape for your flowering plants: very little is needed to give your garden, entrances or balcony an interesting personality. Gorgeous to look at and easy to make.