West Elm Inspired Plant Stand

Have y’all seen these modern/mid century plant stands? West Elm has inspired millions and I’m here to grind out an easy, fool proof tutorial that anyone can do. Did you see what I said there? Anyone can do. So gear up and make this plant stand with me.
SHOP LIST FOR WEST ELM INSPIRED PLANT HOLDERS

– Maple 1×3

– 4dowels

-silicone

-4 screws

-stain or paint of choice

-varnish

You want to make your cuts first. We also do a light sand. Take your pot that you will be using and measure the width of the widest part ( typically the top ). Ours was 10″ in width. That is what your longest arm will be. Here are the dimensions of our cuts:

Longest Arm: 10″

Short Arms: 4 5/8ths”

Legs: 16″

Three easy cuts, that’s it. You arms aren’t the full width of the longest arm because you need to subtract the width of the wood that you’re screwing the arms into. Also, when cutting your pieces, take into account that your saw blade is 1/8th”. So leave extra room for that. But if you’re getting these cuts done at the hardware store, you don’t need to worry about that.

Above is the longest arm. You want to drill two holes that will hold your dowels.

Next you want to drill your holes that will house the dowels. 1/8th”. Just drill two holes on one end of each arm.

Now you’ll want to make your pocket holes in the undersides of your arms. This is how you will attach the arms to the legs. We are using our kreg jig, but you can also do it by hand.

Yay – we are almost done our plant stand! Now, you want to screw all four arms into the four legs. It’s pretty self explanatory, but I thought I’d take a picture anyways.

Apply your wood glue/silicone to the edges where your dowels are and then put all the pieces together. Allow a good 12 hours for the wood glue to dry before you put your plant stand to use!