Pot feet / Planter feet

So we’ve all heard of “pot heads” right? Either in the form of marijuana smokers or those ugly chia seed heads that are advertised at Christmas – but have you heard of pot feet? Little stands to keep your garden pots off of your deck or floor.

I came across pot feet a couple of weeks ago in a magazine and I thought “what a brilliant use of scrap wood!” Really, you could just cut four little blocks of 2″ x 2″ and place them under your pot and be done, but I wanted to come up with something a bit different and more interesting.

I pulled some scrap 2″ x 2″ out of my wood bin and cut four pieces down to 3″ long. (See those crappy little tidbits do come in handy!) I drew a line 1″ in.

The 1″ section is where my design will be and the 2″ section is what will sit under the garden pots.

I traced my image onto the 1″ section, making sure that a section of it overlapped into the 2″ part of the wood.

I was able to cut my simple leaf pattern with my Rockwell BladeRunner X2 , but I did bring out the scroll saw for my more intricate high-heel shape. (affiliate link. There is no difference in price for you, the purchaser, but 100T2D will receive a small commission for referring you to Amazon)

I used my Bladerunner again to remove a section of the 2″ part of the wood. Low enough so that the plant feet will hug the pot, but not so low that there is no longer a connection between my little cut outs and the rest of the board. For these pot feet I had to work with the high-heel image/cut out, so I only cut about ½” out of the wood.

See how the cut leaf comes up the side of the planter pot slightly? It’s just a prettier look than a straight piece of 2″ x 2″.

I like the look of these pot feet in the plain wood, but because I’m using pine they will rot pretty quickly. I decided to paint them in outdoor-appropriate paint to help them last a bit longer and stand out a bit more.

These high-heel planter feet are so cute – but I think I like the leaf pattern better.

If decorative planter feet / pot feet aren’t your thing, then you can easily make simple, stained pot feet as well.

These pot feet are still 2″ x 2″ scrap pieces of wood, but they are cut to about 2″ long. I notched out a section using my BladeRunner X2 so that the wood would keep the planter off of the ground, but still have a lip to hug the garden pot.

I used a bit of stain and an outdoor polyurethane to seal them and done!

If you want to avoid finishing your pot feet, then cedar or teak are a better wood to use for outdoors.

The best part is that these will fit any size pot you can find. If your planter is smaller, you might only need 3 planter feet, but for larger ones 4 pot feet should do the trick to keep them off of your patio or deck and keep those pill bugs in check.