Make it: Rusty Air Plant Wall
Posted by Aleah & Nick on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 · 3 Comments
While much of the country is cozying up as the snow quietly blankets the outdoors, we’re {well, Aleah is} yearning for a dose of more winter-like weather. Memories of winter to us mean trips cross-country skiing in the mountains of Washington, snowboarding and après-snowboarding consisting of big piping hot mugs of hot cocoa, afternoons spent stoking the fire and watching movies. We can say we do just miss it a bit. Don’t get us wrong, living in San Diego is amazing. Our mid-afternoon walk yesterday had us peeling back our light sweatshirts as we ogled at the waves. But if you’ve spent the majority of your life living in a place with seasons, you’ll surely understand! The magic of winter means bundling up in chunky knit sweaters and scarves and rushing indoors from the car before the rain drenches your hair or the snow melts on your head.
Nonetheless, this post is an idea for anyone at any time of year, but it’s also a great green-thumb type project that is perfect for those chilly wintry days. Bring the outdoors in.
You’ll need: a metal decorative screen with larger holes {ours came from a home remodel project} – look to a used store | air plants and Spanish moss {we like Air Plant Supply Co.} | hot glue
Start playing with the air plants and figuring out out where you’ll glue them. We went rather dense with ours to create a really unique effect.
Put a big bead of glue on the back of the screen and plug one air plant into the hole cinching through and holding tight until the hot glue dries around the roots. Don’t worry, air plant are really durable and can take hot glue.
Keep repeating until you’ve created the density and effect you want. String the Spanish moss through as a beautiful accent.
Pretty gorgeous, isn’t it? It’s the perfect project you can make and keep indoors amidst the chill of winter, add to in the spring, and bring outdoors in the summer to enjoy on a patio or in a cabana.
To care for your air plants, spray them with a mist of water once a week or two – you can see when they start to dry out a bit. The beauty is they don’t need soil to grow!
Photos by Elle G. Photography for Valley & Co.
So. What do you think? Will you give our winter green thumb project a go?
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That a cool project, just love the DIY style projects. Probably the neatest part to this whole deal is it doesn’t require getting your hands dirty, yet it connects you with nature. Well done!
Thanks so much! Quite glad you enjoyed it and yes, it’s the perfect clean green thumb project!
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