Add a touch of elegant flair to your potted plants with these do it yourself cork planter boxes.

What you’ll need: planter box, a lot of corks, hot glue, potting soil, and plants. We recommend enjoying a glass of wine whilst DIYing – Rosé is a perfect pairing.

Step 1: Choose a planter box of your desired size. Depending on where you put the planter box, and what types of flowers you put inside of it, consider having a plastic liner or holes in the bottom of the planter box to drain water.

Step 2: Glue corks onto the outside of the planter box. We chose new corks for our planter boxes, so that each cork was the same size and shape. Feel free to experiment with used corks, which add a pop of color and different textures. We found that using hot glue worked best to adhere the corks to the wooden box frame.

We used a pattern of two-by-two, alternating with vertical and horizontal patterns.

Step 3: Fill planter box half way with potting soil. Be thoughtful about what you’ll be planting and make sure you use an appropriate soil type.

Step 4: The fun part…choose your plants! We used a variety of succulents because we loved the color scheme and the variety of textures, but any type of potted plant or flower will work. We chose succulents because these planter boxes were made for our tasting room patio, which gets a lot of sunlight.

Step 5: Plant your flowers or succulents, filling in gaps with leftover potting soil. Water lightly.

Your beautiful and simple planter box is complete! Now you have the perfect excuse to open more bottles of wine and keep those corks.