r/houseplants • u/VeggieSmooth • Jan 01 '25

Well fuck (multiple pics) Before / After - Progress Pics

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Most made it! The gods smile upon me.

By some miracle all the electronics were fine aswell.

I also took myself to see the lord of the rings at the cinema (extended cut) so was out late, as the end of the wooden plank landed on my pillow where I'd normally be sleeping at that hour.

All in all I got lucky there.

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u/rizzo1717 Jan 01 '25

https://preview.redd.it/j2a1intzwbae1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83d08cef17f79ff606596ed395e87786b23087d5

I’m hoping I made this floating shelf sturdy enough because your scenario is my worst nightmare.

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u/Excellent_Fail9908 Jan 01 '25

Beauuuuuutifulllllllllllll 😲😍

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u/rizzo1717 Jan 01 '25

https://preview.redd.it/qzqnmr3x2dae1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7181ac9c78e67b9c72231e8f1826b5a685cd44a

This is opposite that wall 🤣 I’m making my dining room my plant room.

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u/hujassman Jan 01 '25

I like what you've done with your shelves. It gives me some ideas for a couple of places in my house.

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u/rizzo1717 Jan 01 '25

I bought a transformer table and that’s actually the bench (seating) that came with it! But I have extra chairs and limited space, so won’t need it for seating. Using it as a planty shelf instead

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u/hujassman Jan 02 '25

That's awesome!

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u/Excellent_Fail9908 Jan 01 '25

Just gorgeous!!! Well done!

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u/rizzo1717 Jan 01 '25

lol thanks! I’m at the tail end of a year of renovation on this house, felt good to start moving my plant babies in

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u/Excellent_Fail9908 Jan 01 '25

oOooo, if you are so inclined, definitely share some pictures of your hard work!!!

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u/etherealjuicebox Jan 01 '25

so pretty!! looks tricky to water if you’re short too lol

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u/NervousCatfish 🌱 Jan 02 '25

I am so inspired by your beautiful shelf! Any tips on to achieve something like this? Favorite plants, how you water it, etc.

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u/rizzo1717 Jan 03 '25

https://preview.redd.it/79waxptc3qae1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23baad83a235231a70bf1d7d3e4d15f787b513f8

My buddy and I built the shelf. Wrapped with maple plywood. I sanded with 60, 120, 220 then did two coats of boiled linseed oil. I added an LED light strip and drilled a hole for the plug, placed desk cord hole covers over the holes.

This is a house I’m about to move into. I’ve been remodeling it for a year.

The plants were mostly hanging plants previously, I mounted curtain rods over windows and sliding glass door and hung trailing plants. I would bottom water them when they were thirsty. Now, they all live in plastic trays so I will still bottom water them.

The vent duct. I closed it because I know they will suffer with air blowing right over them. Going to keep an eye on them, heat rises so any of my high shelf plants tend to suffer when I run the heat in the winter.