How to Install Window Boxes | How To Anything

[Music] hello my name is Ricky and you are watching Lowe's how to anything now have you ever wanted to add a little color and texture to the outside of your house well window planner boxes are a perfect solution and we're going to install some in the front of this house so let's get [Music] started so these are the windows where we are going to install our window boxes and these are the window boxes we picked up from Lowe's Lowe's has tons of pre-made window box options so you can pick the color design and style that's right for you first we want to eye and measure our space I'll take these boxes perfect now we want to measure now my boxes are 35 in wide so I'm going to measure about 70 in but because of this trim piece it's about a 2-in trim piece I want to leave a 2in gap between the two boxes I think aesthetically that'll look a lot better all right so let's get to measuring [Music] so I've marked the ends of both of my wall boxes and now I have to take the measurement of each window box divide that into half and then each half divide that into half and that's while I will install the included two wall brackets so we can have even distribu [Music] and now I have my two marks of where my brackets are supposed to go so what we want to do is take a level make sure we're nice and level line it up make ourself a mark and that's where we're going to put our brackets now what I would do is take my bracket line it up and if I see that line through those holes I know I'm flush so I'll mark it drill it and we'll put them in a quick tip when making the hole for your second bracket you want to get a level long enough to go from that first hole over to where you want to mark your second hole to make sure that both of your brackets will be the same height I now have all four of my spots marked and we want to pre-drill [Music] as you can see this house has wood siding so if we attach the bracket directly to the house it will angle so we want to get a nylon spacer to put right behind this top bracket and that'll ensure that our bracket will be nice and level we're also going to use different screws than what came with the bracket these are larger screws and these are going to be perfect to get in there and get some good bite into the wood now if you're drilling into something like stucco you want to use wall anchors but today we're going directly C the wood so we're good [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] it's perfect let's go do the other one [Music] [Music] it's time to plant now when planting window boxes I like to use a system Thriller filler and Spiller so our focal point will be our Thriller and that is cyclan for today and then our filler will be lavender and then our Spiller which will go over the boxes that'll be Periwinkle now let's add some soil you want to make sure you add a nutrient-rich soil to help your flowers grow nice and big all right now first I'm going to add my Thriller and that will be the cyclan make sure to turn your plant on ins side while you're pulling it out we want to break up the bottom so we can get the roots exposed we will put two of these in this box one on each side okay now it's time for our filler and that will be our lavender we want to disperse the lavender throughout the box to fill in boy that lavender smells good and now we're going to fill up the rest of the box with our Spiller now that will go over the boxes it will be a beautiful showcase and we are going to use perrywinkle [Music] and there you have it our window boxes are done and I think they look beautiful they just give a splash of color and Life to everything on an exterior of a home it's gorgeous now if you want to plant your own boxes you can find everything you need at Lowe's or lowe.com now while you're there if you need some assistance just talk to Al L Lo's red vest associate and they'll be more than happy to assist you please like And subscribe down below and in the comments let us know what you want to see next on Lowe's how to anything a

Channel: Lowe's Home Improvement

Views: 5,638

Keywords: how, to, diy, lowe's, lowes, how-to

Id: 0oTfiAYjYCs

Length: 6min 9sec (369 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 01 2024