Gardening Houseplants Choosing Houseplants The Indoor Gardener How to Make a Geometric Hanging Planter Make these streamlined hanging planters in an afternoon. Start with basic store-bought unfinished wood planters, then dress them up into a modern hanging plant display. By Sydney Price Sydney Price Sydney Price got her start in journalism while in college, writing food and fashion content for her university's magazine and campus newspaper. She also interned at Modern Luxury, freelanced for Blue Frog Dynamic Marketing, and served as the copy chief at Urban Plains. After graduating, she became the editorial assistant for Better Homes & Gardens, writing about food, holidays, gardening, and home. After two years, she transitioned to copywriting at ITA Group where she wrote digital and print copy for B2B employee engagement programs. Her clients included technology, finance, and fashion industries. Sydney moved on to be the contract copywriter for Arbonne, helping create content for social media, emails, and event announcements. She is now the copywriter at AuditBoard, a risk management platform based in California.Sydney Price holds a bachelor of arts degree in magazine journalism with a minor in biology. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on April 23, 2018 Share Tweet Pin Email Project Overview Working Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 5 hours Skill Level: Beginner Hanging planters are a stylish solution to keeping your greenery from cluttering the floor or taking up table space. Your plants lifted up to eye level also double as wall decor in their own right. We started with plain wooden geometric planters, then added a minimal stripe of paint and hoisted them up on cords for hanging. Learn how to make trendy and practical hanging planters of your own. What You'll Need Equipment / Tools 1 Sanding block 1 Brush 1 Drill and drill bit 1 Pencil 1 Straightedge 1 Heavy-duty scissors Materials 1 Store-bought wood planters 1 Polyurethane 1 Painters tape 1 Spray paint 1 Parachute cord 1 Lighter or matches 1 Masking tape 1 Jars to fit in planters 1 Plants of choice Instructions Seal Wood Planter Apply two coats of polyurethane to your small wood planter, sanding between coats. Allow about two hours of drying time between coats. This will create a protective barrier and lengthen the planter's lifetime. Related: What to Know About Primers and Sealers Drill Holes into Wood Planter Use a straightedge to mark a small X in the center of every other top panel of your planter. (There will be two blank panels with no holes in the back). Drill holes in the center of the Xs for the cord. Paint Wood Planter Tape off the bottom panels of the wood planter, leaving an exposed stripe around the top. Spray-paint in color of your choice. Once the paint is dry, remove the tape. Refer to your spray paint manufacturer's instructions for drying times. Avoid breathing in spray paint fumes. Always paint outdoors or in a well-ventilated area. Cut Cords and Thread Through Holes Cut three lengths of cord and carefully use a match or a lighter to melt the ends. This will help prevent fraying. Allow the ends to cool, then thread each cord through a hole and tie a knot on the inside end to secure. Arrange Plants and Hang Place the plants in jars slightly smaller than the planter opening, and gently set them into the wood planters. Hang your new hanging planter in the desired location. Make more than one planter and display them as a group for a unique living wall hanging. Related: 4 Tips for Choosing Houseplant Containers