a blog by Teresa Soule and Garden Shoes Online
We found some vintage windows which inspired this entire project. With a bit of wood found in the garage and a quick trip to Home Depot, we had the makings of a fun weekend.
On a gorgeous day in Spring, my husband got started on building me a cold frame..
First he built it,
Next we painted it,
put the windows on with hinges,
and reused the window hardware as handles.
He added a couple of heavy duty handles on the sides for lifting (you never know)
and there you have it…
a great cold frame to hold all my fledgling seedlings and give them an early start.
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January 26th, 2012 at: 4:41 am
WOW! What an absolutely amazing project. I LOVE it! and love that they are on casters so you can move it back and forth. Fantastic!
January 27th, 2012 at: 10:44 pm
Yes meems, it allows me to wheel it in and out of the garage if there will be a very cold night. Plus I can move it into the sun or out of the sun when needed.
January 27th, 2012 at: 11:04 pm
That looks like a fantastic project. I wish I had the space to do the same.
February 3rd, 2012 at: 4:25 pm
Beautiful cold frame. We’ve manufactured them in the past with insulation and plastic gallon jugs painted black to work as a heat sink, and automatic opening windows as vents. They were a fun product to offer, but so easy to build at home that we found it better to encourage people to do it themselves like you have.
April 18th, 2012 at: 7:44 pm
very creative indeed. Things like that can really come in handy. I hate it when people throw good material away. I see it all the time. Im always recycling and rebuilding stuff around my house.
April 18th, 2012 at: 11:59 pm
Always makes me happy to find something that is heading to the land fill and give it new life.