Home Garden: Create a Gardening Nook

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Repourpose areas of your home to accomodate your gardening hobbies.
Repourpose areas of your home to accomodate your gardening hobbies.
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A small desk near a window can bring the outdoors inside your home.
A small desk near a window can bring the outdoors inside your home.
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A simple desk can provide space to work, plus it’s versatile in a small room. This Parsons Desk is slim and sleek at 24 inches deep. $350, westelm.com
A simple desk can provide space to work, plus it’s versatile in a small room. This Parsons Desk is slim and sleek at 24 inches deep. $350, westelm.com
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This Helix Taupe Desk, a wall-mounted desktop topped with two shelves, can turn just a few feet of wall space into a garden-planning space with room to perch plants and seedlings. $250, cb2.com
This Helix Taupe Desk, a wall-mounted desktop topped with two shelves, can turn just a few feet of wall space into a garden-planning space with room to perch plants and seedlings. $250, cb2.com
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Make a garden nook anywhere with this wall-mounted, drop-leaf Norbo table. $30, ikea.com
Make a garden nook anywhere with this wall-mounted, drop-leaf Norbo table. $30, ikea.com
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Storage bins that clean up easily can hold dirty gloves, small pots, trowels and more. Silver Mesh Bin, $17, containerstore.com
Storage bins that clean up easily can hold dirty gloves, small pots, trowels and more. Silver Mesh Bin, $17, containerstore.com
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A small indoor/outdoor rug will define your space and clean up easily. This 4-by-6 rug is a modern take on the traditional houndstooth print. $60, vivaterra.com
A small indoor/outdoor rug will define your space and clean up easily. This 4-by-6 rug is a modern take on the traditional houndstooth print. $60, vivaterra.com

Do you love to garden, yet frequently find yourself squeezing your hobby into an uncomfortable, ill-suited space in your home? Let your home reflect your passions by designating an area to pursue gardening. All those tools and seedlings take up space, after all! We don’t need a massive home to have a place of our own. We just need to get creative.

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Examine your options. Take stock of the space available in your home. Is there an unused nook you could co-opt for gardening? Look for an area near a window and an electrical outlet. If that’s out of the question, don’t rule out the space: Plant lights and an extension cord can solve many problems.

If there is no unused area of your home, consider bumping something else out of the house. How often do you use the extra 10 blankets stored in that closet? Donate them to the humane society. Could holiday decorations be moved to a shed or storage unit? It makes more sense to prioritize everyday activities over seasonal space hogs such as Christmas trees or beach toys.

Give the spaces in your home a hard look (see “By Nook or Crook” later in this article for inspiration) to see if they are pulling their weight.

  • Published on Feb 18, 2014
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