So to start, I used some old oak flooring that I had in my garage. I used a belt sander to get all the old stain off. I used the flooring for 3 braces on the back as well to hold everything together.
Then I added some streaks of white paint
And some red (we're going for rustic here)
And I used stain on top of all that...but after it dried it was too light
So I ended up using dark wax on top of it to make it darker. I used Valspars line from their chalk paint selection. (I didn't put the dark wax on until after I put the jute on...you'll notice it's still light in the picture below) I wrapped the jute around 5 times on each side and secured it with hot glue on the back.
Then I used some metal hose clamps that you can find in the plumbing section at the hardware store. They were less than $2 a piece. To attach these I pre-drilled a hole in each of them.
And then attached them each with 1 screw.
And finally attached the mason jars after putting the labels on them. The labels themselves are pretty neat. They came with a chalk pen that you can wipe off and reuse if you decided to put something else in there.
And there you have it. I decided to go with green mason jars instead of clear....just to be different. They also had purple on amazon,,,maybe next time. I'll try to post a picture again once they have some herbs growing in them.
Everything has been planted.
