DIY: Stocking Planter

My first DIH project with The Home Depot was the paver planters back in April. I remember being so intimidated since I had never used tools before and was pretty much clueless about what to buy, what to do, and how to use the tools. So my husband helped me a lot. He basically ran the whole thing, and just told me what to do next, as I followed his step-by-step instructions. But as the projects went on, he helped less and less, and with this stocking planter, I am proud to say I made it all by myself! He didn’t help me one bit. I went and purchased all the supplies, and cut, drew, painted and painted everything myself! Woo-hoo!!! 

It helped that my husband has a shed with all the tools you could think of, so I didn’t have to purchase any of the tools. But I know not everyone will have what’s necessary to make these projects. The  Home Depot’s monthly Do-It-Herself Workshops are a great way to get step-by-step instructions and hands- on experience to gain the skills and confidence to be a DIY-er, since they’ll have everything already there and will be there to help you and answer any of the questions you have. Then soon enough, you won’t need anyone else’s help- you’d be able to do it all by yourself, and it’ll be such an awesome feeling! 

I am obsessed with gold. Can you tell? Three out of my four DIH projects have had some gold in them-  it’s my favorite! And I wish my house was cute and decorated with Christmas decorations, but our house is not cute. We have yet to decorate the upstairs fireplace, so ideally, I wish it was all renovated and cute and I could take “Pinterest” worthy pictures of the after, with the stocking planters hanging and all cute but just lying it on a white blanket on my porch outside and taking pictures will have to do. 😀