Make A Garden Planter From Decking

Step 3 Making It Fancy

With a tiny bit of extra effort in a couple of places you can make the planter look more professional. Before constructing it we chamfered the edges of the longer side pieces, this was done by setting the chop saw at a 45 degree angle and starting the cut 12mm from the edge (our decks were 30mm). You can see the outcome in the image below.

TIP FROM MY DAD: Chamfer the bottoms of the legs to stop the wood splitting. I had a go at this on an offcut and made it look like a stake that could kill a vampire! My dad just eyeballed all six legs and they came out perfect. I hate to admit it, but sometimes he's right about stuff.