How To Create A Faux Floral Window Box

I'm no good with plants and I didn't want to rot the siding of my home with a traditional flower box, so I covered an old board with painted flowers and made a faux window box instead. Super easy DIY...and no dead flowers.


This summer in between walks on the beach and dips in the pool I have been crafting...nothing big, just doing things that make me smile and feed my soul.

Last week, while I was sharing all the details about my new teeth and my summer of yes, some of you noticed a floral board and asked about it. What was I making? Where would it go? What would it be?

Obviously the suspense was just too much to bear ~ ok, well not really, but a reveal is alway better with a little drama right?

Well, no drama here today folks. The boring truth of the matter is I was making...a floral board.

Yup. That was the whole project. A board with flowers on it. Ta Da!

I guess now it's time for the why and for that we have to go all the way back to one of my very first posts.

July 2013.

I shared my yard and this sweet little pool cabana.


It's very pretty and a great place to change, store towels and the like.

It has cute curtains and signs on the inside, but the outside has always been kind of bland.

I used to have a wreath on the door, but with tons of teenagers going in and out all day long it took a beating.

I asked my husband to put up a flower box, but since he built this baby from scratch, from his own design and with his own two hands, he's a bit overprotective.

No...it's going to rot the wood from repeated waterings...and besides the flowers will never grow well. Everything in the pots always die.

He was right. I'm a terrible plant mother.

So after years and years of looking at a boring facade, I decided to make myself a faux window box of sorts. Of course, I decided to do this on July 4th. At like 3pm when we were supposed to be at a barbecue at 4pm.

Yeah, I'm that kind of crafter.

It's not the faux window box of my dreams, after all it's just a painted board. But considering I had to use only what I had on hand, which was not much, I think it turned out pretty well.

We ~ very luckily ~ had some plastic wood boards laying around in just the right size.

Amazing.

They wouldn't rot and I didn't need to cut anything.


Next, I dug out a stencil and some paint from my craft closet.



I taped it onto the board and began painting using a round foam stomper.

It's my favorite stenciling tool. I mapped out my colors and applied the paint sparingly so it wouldn't run.

UPDATE! I've found the best tool for stenciling a dense foam roller. Take a peek at my bathroom stencil project. Amazing!

It kind of did anyway, but since gardens are messy and flowers aren't perfect, I was ok with that.


When the paint dried, I moved the stencil down the board, lining the leaves up and repeating the same colors.

I had to do this about four times to complete the board.


I was in a rush and like I said, I'm not the neatest painter, but all in all, I was happy with the way it turned out.

As the clock ticked on, my husband grabbed two screws and secured it under the window.


It definitely added some much needed color, but once up I felt it was missing something.

I went back to the craft closet where I dug out a dollar bin WELCOME sign. I gave it a quick coat of black paint and added it to the board.

Much better. A colorful addition and flowers even I can't kill. Perfect.


Of course, by now it was almost party time and I was still in my bathing suit, so a complete "after" picture with all the visual bells and whistles was going to have to wait.

I'll do it tomorrow, I thought.

Yeah, like I said, that was on the 4th of July.

Suffice it to say that at this point, I'm not sure it's ever going to happen, so I'm sharing what I've got.

Without the big dramatic reveal.

That would never fly on HGTV, but I'm just fine with it.

I'm much too busy enjoying the flowers.

😉


Before you go, I would like to say thank you to the very kind person or persons who nominated me for my fourth Amara Interior Blog Award for Best Craft Blog!! Wow, I was honestly floored when I received the email. It's always an honor to be recognized and I am so grateful.