Here at A Beautiful Mess, we love plants and plant stands alike, and adding greenery to your space is one of our favorite ways to liven up any area of your home.
I recently came across a domed plant stand that I loved, but just couldn’t make the $70 price tag. I figured it would be fun to make my own and use the supplies to make a few stands at a time for a fraction of the cost.
For this DIY, I use small foam rims because they’re inexpensive, easy to cut (I used a bread knife), and can be glued together and painted. These fluted arch plant stands take minutes to put together, but the result is really fun and trendy too.
Love a DIY plant stand? Try these:
You can see that there are two ways to make the stand – either fluted horizontally (which is great easy and quick) or curved, which just takes a little more time (but is totally worth it).
Deliveries:
– Foam wreath rings (I used this 8″ size)
– Superglue or hot glue gun
-Wooden circles slightly smaller than your wreath rings (I used these 7 inch circles)
– painter’s tape (optional)
– small craft hand saw or bread knife
– Spray paint or acrylic paint of your choice
Horizontal knurled stand: To make the horizontally knurled stand, all you have to do is glue together several foam rings for the base. I made two but you could do more to make it bigger.
Once they are attached, glue your wooden circle to the center and you’re ready to paint!
Arched plant stand: For this one, you’ll want to glue your rings together like you did for the other planter, but then use a serrated bread knife or craft saw to cut the donuts in half.
You can wrap some painter’s tape around where you are going to cut to keep the edges from fraying as you saw. This way you get two bases for stands. If you only want one, you can cut a ring in half and then glue the two halves together.
Once your donuts are cut in half, use your knife or saw to cut the rounded top of your half circle again (cut off about 1 inch) so your wooden circle top has a flat place to sit.
Once you have your base cut, center and glue onto your wood circle for the top and allow the glue to set.
Once your glue for your bases is dry, you’re ready to paint your stands! You can use either spray paint or acrylic paint for this. I’ve noticed that spray paint tends to enhance the snakeskin-like texture of the foam more than acrylic paint that’s brushed on, but I like the textured look so I used spray paint on mine.
Once your paint is dry, add your plant and your stand is ready to work!
Real plants too hard to keep alive? Buy the most compelling artificial plants or DIY artificial living wall!
I have to say I love how these turned out. They’re super trendy with all things scalloped and fluted in style, and they’re great on the wallet (and you can make several at once since they’re quick and easy).
I hope this helps you bring more green into your home soon! xo. laura
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Single Fluted Arched Plant Stand (two choices!)
Make a fluted and arched plant stand with foam wreaths
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8th”
Foam rings - Superglue or hot glue gun
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7″
Wood circles slightly smaller than your wreath rings -
painters tape
Optional -
spray paint
or acrylic paint of your choice
Horizontal knurled stand:
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To make the horizontally fluted one you just need to glue together several foam rings for the base. I made two but you could do more to make it bigger.
Once they are attached, glue your wooden circle to the center and you’re ready to paint!
Arched plant stand:
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For this one, you’ll want to glue your rings together like you did for the other planter, but then use a serrated bread knife or craft saw to cut the donuts in half. You can wrap some painter’s tape around where you are going to cut to keep the edges from fraying as you saw.
Once your donuts are cut in half, use your knife or saw to cut the rounded top of your half circle again (cut off about 1 inch) so your wooden circle top has a flat place to sit.
-
Once you have your base cut, center and glue onto your wood circle for the top and allow the glue to set.
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Once your glue for your bases is dry, you’re ready to paint your stands! You can use either spray paint or acrylic paint for this. I’ve noticed that spray paint tends to enhance the snakeskin-like texture of the foam more than acrylic paint that’s brushed on, but I like the textured look so I used spray paint on mine.
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Once your paint is dry, add your plant and your stand is ready to work!
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