There may be more hanging planter DIYs on the Internet than any other popular craft right now, but there is always a way to take your standard craft up a notch! Why not add oversized, hand-painted, wooden beads and copper pipe accents for a little more fun! Make a trio of coordinating hangers, and enjoy both cleaner air and a cuter house. You’re welcome.
Supplies:
-three plants inserted directly into airy pots with their containers still attached. You can repot if you wish, but I’d suggest repotting succulents or something tolerant enough that it doesn’t need to stay moist.
-7/32″ x 100′ package of braided cotton clothesline
-fifteen 3/4″ unfinished round wooden beads
-nine 1″ย unfinished round wooden beads
-eleven 1 1/2″ unfinished round wooden beads
-1/4″ x 2′ copper pipe
-pipe cutter
-acrylic craft paint
-paintbrush
For your first plant hanger, cut three strands of rope that equal 10′ each. Fold these in half and tie a loop knot to create your top knot as shown above.
Paint your wooden beads in your preferred colors. I didn’t sand mine before painting because I have more important things to do with my life, but it’s obviously up to you. The pink paints I used were from a craft paint set that belonged to Ruby and had more of a washed effect than the acrylics I used on the other two planters. I liked how subtle it turned out. I started to set my beads on copper string that I stuck in a box so the paint wouldn’t get messed up, but then I realized how fast they were drying and got a little lazy. They still turned out great.
You can see how these paints still allowed the wood grain pattern to show through. I’m a fan.
I had six strands of rope hanging down from my knot and knew I wanted to double up my rope to string through the beads. I added them according to size, two strands at a time, and then tied a knot where I wanted them to hang. I altered their heights for interest but you could make them all even instead.
Next, I split each set of ropes and knotted the left strand from one set of beads to the right strand of the beads next to it. Then I repeated that one more time but splitting the strands again. You can see how this makes a tubular effect.
Finally, I knotted all of the ropes together at the bottom and trimmed the ends. If you have more rope to work with, you can let the ends hang long.
For the next one, I cut my rope strands to be about 11′ long each before knotting them all into a loop knot in the middle. I then cut copper pipe into 3″ pieces and added them over double strands of rope before adding my painted beads. I used acrylic paint on these and left the small beads natural. I knotted them so they’d all be even and then continued tying my knots to make the netting.
For this planter I covered more of the rope by adding more copper and smaller beads.
You can play around with varied lengths and long ends underneath your plants, or even work on a smaller scale with smaller beads, rope and copper pipe. I love how the beads kind of steal the show in this arrangement, though. Sometimes bigger is just better.ย Would you paint yours or keep them natural? –Rachel
Credits // Author and Photography: Rachel Denbow. Photos edited withย A Beautiful Mess actions.
27 Comments
I love these, trying to figure out where I could put them in my house without children and animals getting hold of them! Great tutorial, thanks for sharing — Romany
I love the painted beads, they add a personal touch to the planters. They would be so cute on a windchime!
Juju Sprinkles
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You’re right I’ve seen a bunch of other hanging planters DIY’s lately but I have to say that this is by far my favorite! thank you so much for sharing ๐ <3
The copper and the white looks good. I think I’d like the beads alone or the copper alone to keep it a bit more simple if I did it though.
-M
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I love these! My house in needing more color and I think this is the perfect way to add it! Thanks for the tutorial!
Laura
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These are so cute! I especially love those pink beads of different shapes and sizes. It has a really interesting effect at quick glance, it looks like it’s moving almost.
Super cute! I love how you secured your beads with the wire and cardboard for painting. No messy fingers, no beads rolling everywhere getting paint on your countertop and floors. No cursing required. ๐ That’s smart thinking!
Wow this is so cute! Such a simple twist on the original but adds so much more personality. Love!
Love this project!! I’ve been wanting a hanging planter for some time now. Love that you can customize it anyway you want.
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I have been looking for round, white planters just like these! Can you share where they are from?!
Beautiful! I adore these with the wooden beads and the colors you chose.
Warm Regards,
Alexandra
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These are fun!
these are SO adorable!
xx nikki
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This might not be the best question to ask on this DIY…but how do plants drain? I love the hanging planter look it’s gorgeous but just don’t know how to let everything drain properly.
These are so cute!! Must make them! xx
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Your team is always coming up with unique, fun and trendy projects! I love the colourful beads on this one.
Mocha and Moccasins
M.
This is so pretty! http://www.hannamarielei.com
love it x looks amazing
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These are adorable, love how you incorporated the copper!
These are awesome!! I am in total macrame mode right now and needed some new ideas to make each one different. Thanks!
Kristin | http://oldschoolswank.blogspot.com/
Macrame everything right now- I’ll be turning straight into my mother if I make these. Lol! But I still like the trend. Your colored beads are a cute addition.
xo-Heather
I’m kind of freaking out right now because these are so cute!! I must make these this weekend.
I would also love to know what kind of plants these are and how they drain.
Such a cute project.
xoxo
I love these! So darling! I’ve been wanting to add more greenery to my home, but with a toddler running around, location is an issue. Hanging plants are well out of reach, and visually interesting – especially custom like this. I may have to make a trip to the hardware store this weekend… ๐
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I love these! And they are perfect for me, seeing as how I don’t have whole lot of shelf space in a tiny apartment. <3
Hanging planters are so great! Love the colorful elements of these!
What kind of paints are those? I love the colors!