The Kitchen Sink Planter, Part 1

Recession Proof Craft #1::Kitchen Sink Planter: Cost- Around ten dollars


I've had an old sink laying around for a few years now, I couldn't decide what to do with it. I didn't want to trash it, yet we couldn't use it in the house. A few months ago after finding an old faucet in the basement that didn't work either, I came up with a plan for both. Planting the basin with blue flowers to look like water and beading floral wire to insert into the broken faucet to imitate running water! I know it doesn't look like much in these pictures but this is just the first stage. Since this tutorial is pretty long I'm breaking it up into two installments.

Materials-

• An old sink-FREE
• A broken faucet-FREE
• Floral Wire Stems or Floral Wire-1 $ (for a package of floral stems)
  
• Beads in shades of blue, Teal, and Clear-Around 5 $
  
• Wire Cutters
• Dirt
• Blue Flowers-About 5$

Assembly-

1. Find a spot in your yard for the sink. After finding a spot, place the sink either on some bricks or dig a hole to place it in so it is flush with the ground.
   
2. Clean the sink off if it needs it, a squirt with the hose will do
3. Pour potting soil or dirt from your yard into the basin of the sink.
4. Add flowers, I used Lobelia in shades of blue and white to resemble water.

Second Installment will be posted Monday.