Tiered Plant Stand

Here's a cute pot stand for mini terracotta pots and is perfect for displaying small succulents! (Mine are always fake.) I had bought a package of 3 mini terra-cotta pots and wasn't quite sure how I would display them, so they sat around unused until I came up with this. This is perfect for a little something to place in a corner somewhere to spruce things up a bit.

What You'll Need:

• 4 cubes w/ drawers - you will be using the outside cubes only
• 3 mini terracotta clay pots
• Paint, stain or both
• Paint brush
• Suitable craft glue
• A small amount of jute twine or other embellishment
• Bits of floral foam, as needed
• 3 artificial succulent plants (or plants of your choice)
• Scissors

These boxes come with
a variety of cut-out shapes.

For paint, I used Waverly Chalk paint in Scallion and Metallic Real Gold for the pots. I painted the stand with Waverly white chalk paint and stained it afterward with a dark walnut stain. For one of the succulent plants I used, you could see the floral foam, so I added some aquarium gravel that I had on hand to hide it.

STEP 1: Remove drawers from cubes, set aside for another project. Glue 3 cubes together, open sides down, forming an L-shape. Glue the last cube on top of the corner cube. Let glue set completely.

Note: The cubes will not be the same identical size. Align the cubes so all outside edges are flush. You will be disguising the fit inconsistencies on the inside later.

STEP 2: Paint or stain your cube configuration. Let dry.

STEP 3: To disguise the fit inconsistencies, glue jute twine, (or a strand of small beads or whatever suits your fancy), around the bottom of the top cube and up the center where the two bottom cubes meet in the front. Trim off any excess.

STEP 4: Paint pots as desired or leave as-is. If desired, you can embellish with some jute twine, (or whatever you used on the stand), beneath the rim of each pot to tie the overall design into the stand.

STEP 5: Add your floral foam and plants.

Done!

PROJECT COST (not including paint and tools):

Cubes = $4

1 pkg Mini Terracotta Pots = $1

Succulent plants = $3

Floral foam = $1

Total Project Cost = $9

BUYING GUIDE:

Cubes, Pots, Floral Foam and Succulents were purchased at the Dollar Tree.

All other items I had on hand.