Choose from these easy plans to construct your own decorative planter box to fill with colorful flowers, stunning vines, or scrumptious herbs to dress up your home, patio, porch, or yard.

If you opt for a more rustic-looking planter, skip this step. Use a band clamp and some thin wedges to hold the panels together, then drive deck screws through the upper corners of the planter [4].

Take the pieces of your wood pallet apart, separating the boards from the studs. Then, measure your plastic planter box lengthwise, add 6 inches, and grab a few boards from your pile.

One of the quickest and least expensive ways to upgrade the looks of your home—indoors and out—is by adding a handsome planter box or two. These three designs shown here are built from redwood.