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DIY Window Flower Box Plans (Under $50!) — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 7"

4 boards · 12.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 78% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 5/8" left over

    1. Long decorative slats, miter both ends — 43"
    2. Long decorative slats, miter both ends — 43"
    3. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"

  2. Board 2 · 5/8" left over

    1. Long decorative slats, miter both ends — 43"
    2. Long decorative slats, miter both ends — 43"
    3. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"

  3. Board 3 · 3 1/8" left over

    1. Long decorative slats, miter both ends — 43"
    2. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"
    3. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"
    4. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"
    5. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"
    6. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"
    7. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"

  4. Board 4 · 78 3/4" left over

    1. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"
    2. Short decorative slats, miter one end — 8"

3/4" × 5"

2 boards · 2.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 6 5/8" left over

    1. Box front & back — 40"
    2. Box front & back — 40"
    3. Box sides — 8"

  2. Board 2 · 86 7/8" left over

    1. Box sides — 8"

3/4" × 2"

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 85% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 14 3/4" left over

    1. Cleats (if screwing into vinyl), beveled 45 degrees — 40"
    2. Cleats (if screwing into vinyl), beveled 45 degrees — 40"

3/4" × 1"

3 boards · 1.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 69% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

    1. Slat supports — 40"
    2. Slat supports — 40"
    3. Slats — 6"
    4. Slats — 6"

  2. Board 2 · 3 1/8" left over

    1. Slats — 6"
    2. Slats — 6"
    3. Slats — 6"
    4. Slats — 6"
    5. Slats — 6"
    6. Slats — 6"
    7. Slats — 6"
    8. Slats — 6"
    9. Slats — 6"
    10. Slats — 6"
    11. Slats — 6"
    12. Slats — 6"
    13. Slats — 6"
    14. Slats — 6"
    15. Slats — 6"

  3. Board 3 · 82 3/4" left over

    1. Slats — 6"
    2. Slats — 6"

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.