DIY Window Boxes & Gallows Brackets | The Carpenter's Daughter

I've wanted to make some flower window boxes with wooden angle brackets for a few weeks now.
I was quite nervous about getting the structure right overall, because I wanted something that lasted. So, this week, I decided to drive to pay a visit to my Dad's woodyard in Doncaster for a day of learning.
I fell in love with some planters in this style that had been made for a customer. But I honestly thought they'd be too heavy to work and my Dad assured me they'd be fine. And guess what? THEY ARE! :)
So here's the things I used to make it:
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Pressure treated timber - roughly 30mm x 37mm thickness
Dad's nail gun
Multico cross cut saw
Bosch Combi Drill: geni.us/Ov6zC [Amazon]
6mm masonry drill bit from www.toolstation.com/shop/p276...
Spax screws *I used gold: geni.us/C80wo [Amazon]
Wood drill bits (roughly a 3 or 4mm for pilot holes): geni.us/beq5u [Amazon]
Torx screwdriver bit to attach the Spax screws: geni.us/K4aN [Amazon]
Ronseal Clear Wood Preserve (I used a mucky brush by mistake): geni.us/J2jYas [Amazon]
Spirit level: geni.us/DIkVPjB [Amazon]
Dickies Fogbuster Goggles (*GIFTED) geni.us/zHXksA1 [Amazon]
Dickies Overalls/Boilersuit (*GIFTED) geni.us/B6F95k [Amazon]
Dickies Safety Boots (*GIFTED) geni.us/X67B [Amazon]
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[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Here's my step by step: thecarpentersdaughter.co.uk/gardening/diy-flower-window-boxes-gallows-brackets/

[@RumMonkeyable]

What a great Dad! Thanks for another great video.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Yes, definitely! I'm grateful he finds the time to fit me in. He's always very busy down the yard 😀

[@barryparks8055]

Looks great!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Cheers!

[@LauraSideStreet]

Oh wow these flower boxes are so cool! I love this, may try and have my own go at making one as my garden could do with a few of these

[@sleavesleather]

Great build! Simple, effective but really look great. I love the overlaps on the corners, great design choice. 👍👍

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks 😀 it wasn't what I had in mind at all until I saw a customer order stacked up waiting to go!

[@MGMakes]

Happy days, that will look fantastic when your plants are in bloom. 👊👊

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks Martin 😀 looking forward to them coming through very soon 😁

[@mc4kvb]

How lucky you are you still have your dad and get to spend time learning and working along side of him Vikkie. Those boxes are not cheap to buy I know that for sure. A great job done by you both! They turned out really beautiful too!! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thank you Becky. I know it sounds morbid, but I knew I'd regret it if I didn't go down to his yard and ask for lessons at some point. I wish I had taken an interest sooner, but I suppose I wasn't ready. And tell me about it... the prices of these to buy were surprising!

[@Biaknabben]

amazing work

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thank you 😀

[@josepherwin8709]

I absolutely adore your enthusiasm! That looks like a quick, fun build!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks! :D Hopefully I can inspire others to make and save money, too! It was a very simple build :)

[@HueyLionsheart]

Top job on the window boxes, they look great! 👍

[@maxximumb]

A nice simple design that looks very effective. Looking forward to more videos.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks 😊 now can't wait to see the flowers im full bloom 😀

[@Create2make]

Great design, the finished boxes look great

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thank you Paul 😀 Initially I had something much plainer in mind, so these exceeded my expectations!

[@alanscannell]

Super job it looks great 👍

[@alexhardwick2855]

That looks beautiful. Well done and good to see the dog was checking your work lol 😂

[@maingun07]

Nice job! With all of the work you've been doing to your property, I think I might want to buy it when you move.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Haha, that won't be for quite some time lol

[@cmal90]

It's not right if there isn't a dog right in the middle of what's going on, Love it well done.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Hahaha, I agree! He's my little star 😁

[@OllyParryJones]

A job well done, Vikkie. :-) Those kind of planter boxes can be surprisingly expensive to buy and yet quite simple to make.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks Olly 😀 I've been looking at the prices since and completely shocked about 68-100 for one of these 😯

[@kaycox5555]

AWESOME!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks! 😊

[@ericcorse]

Well done, pretty nice to have a Dad with a lumber yard. Those large radial arm saws are a bit scary.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

They really are scary! 😂 I think just growing up down the Woodyard has scared me off a lot of power tools in general as Dad ALWAYS told us to keep away from them.

[@OurLittleOrganicLife]

Fantastic DIY video. Even I could do this! The layering effect looks great, probably strengthens the piece and solves a lot of the problems novices like me have in making the piece look tidy.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks! It really was easy (until I got to the brackets where I definitely needed to take my time with that :D)

[@fjon4060]

Oh, Hans... 😝 Another great video with lots of good tips and tricks 👍

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Haha, thanks 😀... he's a little cuddle beggar, but I can't resist his charm lol

[@deltafox9429]

good job and very nice result :-)

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks so much 😀

[@SCRAPWOODTOCRAFTWOOD]

Vikkie you done it again they look amazing well done

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks Warren 😊 I'm still pinching myself everytime I look through my front window and can see them 😀

[@SCRAPWOODTOCRAFTWOOD]

The Carpenter's Daughter they look very classy

[@Thistledoo47603]

Great job!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ChrisandSohee]

Amazing Video, Keep up the good work!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thank you so much :D

[@CF-Gaming01]

Well done. Looks great. My only advice would be around 3:45. The drill wobbles like that as the drill bit isn't lined up in the chuck. With pressure it could snap. Easy fix, take it out line up and tighten. 😊

[@deansjball]

Love the design, so simple but looks great! May have to steal idea! 😀 Fab job.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Steal away 😂 I'd never seen these as a window box before and well chuffed how they turned out 😀

[@deansjball]

The Carpenter's Daughter what size timber?

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

I've just sent a message to my Dad, so will let you know asap!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

The timber was about 40ml by32ml

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Mm not ml lol. Copied and pasted my mum's typing 😁

[@Highlandboxes]

Love it so much great information thanks :-)

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks, Pam 😀 no matter how small a job may be, I always learn a new trick off my Dad 😁

[@garydouglass9577]

Lovely, super, smashing. Nice job.👏. I would have hours of fun in your dads workshop. 🤗🤗

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Haha, both times I've been, there's not been enough hours in the day 😁

[@garydouglass9577]

The Carpenter's Daughter . You've only been twice??? I would be there every weekend making all sorts of things haha tell him I want to work for him haha 💪🏽🛠 you learnt well 👏👏👏👏😉

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Well, twice to make something since getting in to woodwork myself 😁 Growing up, I would try and make keyring holders from scrap wood, but they were so bad, I was never allowed to take them home 🤣

[@garydouglass9577]

The Carpenter's Daughter . Haha good times though I bet. That's your next project sorted then! 🤗🤗🤗

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Sawhorses in fact 😊

[@WhatHannahDidNext]

These looks brilliant and you make it look so effortless! I'd love to a little creative and hands on like this :)

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks! I've found most things look scary until you get started, (apart from the nail gun lol). Old fashioned hammer and nails is less stressful 😆

[@WhatHannahDidNext]

This is the fear too as I actually think I would really do some harm to myself!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

I use mostly hand tools to stay in my comfort zone and just go at my own pace! Hope to see you make something soon :)

[@martijnfransen9933]

Nice work Vikkie.👍

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks again 😊👍

[@ilookafterthewater601]

Yet another terrific job well and truly jobbed, then. And on behalf of fathers everywhere I'd just like to add that few things make a fella happier or more pleased than when their daughters do as you do - which is to get stuck in there and learn that they are just as capable of doing outstanding work as our sons. Your dad has just got to be well chuffed with you! I would be :o)

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks 😊 I'm sure he is, but being Yorkshire folk, we don't talk about stuff like that 😂 (unless that's just us lol). Growing up, it my was my older brother who had to go down the yard to help at weekends for his pocket money. But he's not interested in DIY at all, so I completely agree girls are just as capable 😁

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Sorry, I forgot to say - he might have been gutted when he realised his son didn't want to take over the yard. The business has been owned by two generations in our family. There's still hope yet haha!

[@AdrianNelson1507]

The Carpenter's Daughter no reason why it has to follow the male line, right? ;) 👏 Bravo as ever.

[@ilookafterthewater601]

I'm with Adrian! :o)

[@CheckFred]

BLIMEY!! .... You're a lucky girl ..... a Dad with a Wood-Yard as 'stocked' as that! My idea of Heaven ..... (a confirmed Wood-Addict :-)

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

😂 it's funny how you take something for granted when you're exposed to it from birth. As soon as I moved away from home, I noticed it more. It sounds like you'd definitely love it there! 😊

[@martinmate2788]

Exceptional

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks so much 😊

[@trig]

A very clever design. Personally I would leave an air gap, 6mm, between the wall and the box. That should allow the timber to dry evenly and prevent water, and wood preservative, staining the walls when it rains. Time to buy yourself an sds drill, they are so more efficient than cordless drills. No one forgets the first time they shoot themselves with a nail gun:()

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks for the tip 😀 love the gap idea 😊

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

And definitely want to get an SDS drill. We used to have a hammer drill, but it broke and really miss it! Also, the nail gun scares the bejesus out of me for that very reason!

[@trig]

The Carpenter's Daughter Top tip pull the nail out instantly. You are going to have to use your teeth because the nail head will be tight against the skin. First bite the pointy end and push the nail back into the skin. That should leave enough room for your teeth between the head and skin. Think of your happy place and pull. It won't bleed much but the swelling will make the wound throb. I don't know what happens when it hits a one. I don't want to find out either. 😥

[@trig]

The Carpenter's Daughter DIY first aide maybe a good topic to cover. PPE is all good and well but few people have a plan incase of and emergency. I work on my own a lot and know I may well cut of a digit one day. I carry a sterile bottle of water , chemical ice packs and powdered coagulant in my pack at all times.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks for all your advice! It's all enough to turn my stomach 😖, which is another reason I work extremely slowly at my own pace. I keep thinking about how I may have to take over the woodyard one day, and if that happens, I've definitely decided I'll be hiring a Healthy and Safety consultant.

[@nickwalton8864]

Great job Vikkie. I’d be tinkering in that wood yard every night!! You lucky girl. 😉

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Shame I now live too far away now from the Woodyard to go there everyday to learn :(

[@spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Great job! Bet you had fun using that nail gun! But remember it takes a very long time for eyes 👀 to grow back so eye protection is highly recommended 😂

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Lol, I will definitely make sure I wear them for that part if I use a nail gun again. Although I think I much old fashioned old hammer and nails 😄

[@doktagero4483]

*lovely jubbly*

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Cheers 😀

[@I_Am_Michael]

did you, also, use wood preservative on the inside of the boxes? great video. yet more proof you do good work. cannot wait for your next video.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

No I didn't... very good point! I will get on it 😀

[@888johnmac]

putting up planters is easier with two, true unless one is your dog.... however good work Vickie … oh and first

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Haha... he's hard to please, too lol

[@FOMI1970]

Please convey my thumps up to your dad ... ;-))

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks! :) And will do! :D

[@nerdsaw.workshop]

Nice video, flower box looks great. I really like the look of your safety glasses, where did you get them?

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks! They were gifted from Dickies which I'll mention in my video next week (unsponsored). They are their fogbuster ones and far more comfortable than my usual £2 clunky goggles.

[@I_Am_Michael]

but the clunky ones give you a steam punk look.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

😂

[@LucianoJuniodosSantos]

😍😎

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks again 😊

[@paulyh4531]

Good task , no dance or singing at the end thou ! 😉 🍻

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Sadly ran out of time, but I guarantee there will be one next week on another build down the Woodyard! 😀

[@paulyh4531]

The Carpenter's Daughter wasnt that a Paul simon hit ? Me and dad down by the woodyard ? 😂

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Lol, I bet it would be a good one. I wanted to play "wristband" on my makers central video, but was too worried about it getting picked up as it wasn't an educational video 😀

[@chrisformby3039]

My ex also used to do a lot of screwing while I was at work.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

oh dear 🙈🙊

[@Blueboy9055]

Really great job and they look very nice, but did I see you using that nail gun without wearing safety glasses?!!!!!!!!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks 😀 I think I'd need something stronger for a nail gun, but took things steady and careful with it.

[@Blueboy9055]

The Carpenter's Daughter Without getting into a debate about the proper use of nail guns, on most of them there’s a warning to wear eye and ear protection! Any eye protection is better than none at all!!! Sorry about all that! Chris

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

I thought you might say that 😁 Fair enough... next time I will 😉

[@AndyCPugh]

Job's a good 'un.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Indeed Andy 😁

[@philsbbs]

no funky dance at the end :( you did a good job...

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Sadly I ran out of time this week, but there's a definite sawhorse dance next week 😂

[@logcoatingservices]

Styling,,

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks :D

[@paulthompson5416]

bosch.co.uk should you not be sending this lady a nice little bosch professional combo drill/ impact drill set for a bit of free advertising??? because that little bosch green gets used in almost every video and it would be a nice touch for you to send "a little sample set" to her as a good will gesture??? Ps - nice job on the window box

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Haha, I definitely wouldn't say no. There are so many more tools I need 😂

[@paulthompson5416]

The Carpenter's Daughter well now Bosch.co.uk there you go 👍🏼 free advertising to 15,000 people not to mention the views that aren’t subscribed yet. And you’d be helping this girl create her dream home 😉 I’m sure a multinational company like Bosch.co.uk could spare a few samples and it lets others see your tool range 👌🏼

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Just tweeted them with your comment 😂

[@BarriosGroupie]

As usual, the ladies rather than the men will be into this

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Hopefully both 😀

[@MsPdog1]

Look very smart in your new wardrobe. Subscribed to your cooking show but have not seen a video yet. Want to be skinny like you, what the @$!#!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Haha, thanks! They were gifted by Dickies to try and were a very good fit.