Turned an old dresser into a plant stand in my kitchen

I took this beat-up MDF dresser from a garage sale in Akron and hacked it down to just the top two drawers. After 3 coats of teal paint and some new knobs from the Habitat ReStore, it looks like a built-in for my herbs on the windowsill. The whole thing cost me like $12 and maybe 2 hours of my Saturday. Has anyone else repurposed a piece of furniture for plants instead of tossing it?

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grant13019d ago

Wait, did you use any kind of sealant on the MDF? I gotta say, that stuff soaks up moisture like a sponge if you don't coat it right, especially near a windowsill where water might splash from watering. Honestly, you could take this one step further and add a thin layer of waterproof contact paper inside the drawers before you put pots in. It saved my own repurposed desk from turning into a mushy mess last summer. Also, teal is a GREAT pick for herb gardens, gives the whole kitchen a funky retro vibe.

victor_butler5019d ago

Picked up some polyurethane spray from the hardware store and gave it like four coats, waited a day between each one. Idk if that's overkill but I had a cheap bookshelf get all warped and fuzzy on me once from a leaky pot and it drove me crazy. Actually your idea with the contact paper is smart, I might try that on the bottom drawer where I keep my watering can. Maybe it's just me but I also lay down a layer of those mesh cabinet liners under the pots just in case something drips through the drainage holes. The teal was honestly an accident, picked it up from a mis-tint shelf for like five bucks but it worked out way better than I thought it would.