There’s a great trend for sustainability and giving a new life to old things to save our nature, and if you have some unnecessary things at hand, don’t rush to throw them away, maybe you could use them somehow? An old ladder or stepladder is a thing that can be easily reused in many ways and spaces, and today’s roundup will tell you how to rock it outdoors.
Ladder Vertical Gardens
The most popular way to use an old ladder is to turn it into a vertical garden. All you need to do is to pick blooms, greenery, succulents or herbs and put them on each step. You can vary the planters and the plants to create a look that matches your garden or even make some pots right for this ladder. Such a vertical garden won’t take much space and it’s always a canvas where you can paint anything you like using different plants, blooms and pots.
If your ladder doesn’t have wide steps, there are some more ways to create a vertical garden: you can attach the planters to the ladder using wire or hang them on hooks. This vertical garden will easily spruce up an awkward nook as it doesn’t take much space while it has a big impact.
A white ladder with vine hearts, potted blooms and a teapot bird feeder is a lovely and cute idea for a cottage garden.
A blue step ladder with birdhouses and fairy houses of various kinds and blooms at the base is a creative idea.
A small blue ladder turned into a vertical garden with potted flowers and decorative houses can take any nook, even the smallest one.
A blush arrangement with potted blooms and greenery and vintage teaware is a beautiful decoration for a sweet cottage garden.
A branch ladder with greenery and blooms, a lantern and a heart is a lovely fairy-tale decoration for a garden.
A ladder with potted bright and white blooms is a pretty rustic decoration for a garden, you can make it easily.
A dipslay with lanterns, potted greenery and some decor at the base is leant on a tree to make it more stable.
A small vertical garden with bright potted blooms and birdhouses is a beautiful solution for any space.
A weathered ladder with colorful metal planters with bright flowers attached to the ladder is a lovely idea of a vertical garden that is suitable even for a tiny nook.
A flower garden with colorful metal planters attached to it and with bright flowers spruces up the blank blue wall.
Ladder Trellises
If you need a trellis for vines, you don’t have to make one, just take an old ladder and let climbers climb! You can repaint or decorate the ladder to match the vine color or to stand out and add more decor or lights if you want to.
A green ladder styled for the fall, with potted blooms, pumpkins, a bird house and a sign is a gorgeous way to add seasonal decor to your space.
A green step ladder with metal planters and bright blooms, fern and a bird house is a cool rustic decoration for a garden.
A trellis with greenery is a lovely decor idea for a garden, it's a smart way to reuse an old ladder.
A weathered wood ladder with various decor, garden instruments and supplies and potted greenery for a farmhouse space.
A shabby chic arrangement with potted herbs and blooms is a cool decoration for a rustic or farmhouse garden.
A white ladder as a trellis plus bird house decor is a cool decor idea for a rustic space, it looks sweet and lovely.
A weathered wood ladder with matching birdhouses as cool and cute woodland decor.
A step ladder featuring decorative bird houses, potted greenery is a cool rustic decoration for any garden.
A ladder with potted flowers and greenery hanging on it, with decor and blooms hanging on the tree.
A weathered wood ladder with potted bright blooms is a gorgeous and sweet cottage garden decoration.
A branch ladder with hanging plants, a wreath with pinecones, mugs and a decorative bird house will fit a fairytale space.
Ladder Decor
Style your ladder with some decor and details to make it part of your garden, porch or balcony styling. You may add fairy houses, lights, bird houses, vine hearts and figurines and maybe also some blooms, moss and greenery. Decorate the ladder according to the style of your outdoor space to make it cohesive.
A step ladder with potted blooms in galvanized planters is a pretty farmhouse garden decoration.
A step ladder with potted greenery and cages will be an asorable idea for a cottage garden.
If you have no space, you can organize a garden with a step ladder, with potted veggies and blooms.
A ladder with metal planters and blooms is a lovely rustic decoration to rock, and it will spruce up a tiny nook.
A simple display with potted greenery and other plants is part of the garden, which doesn't take much ground space but accommodates several plants at once.
Halloween decor with a ladder, pumpkins, leaves and a crow on top is amazing to add seasonal touches to the space.
A shabby chic arrangement with hanging metal planters with herbs is a small and cool idea for a farmhouse garden.
A trellis with greenery and blooms is a fresh and lovely decoration for any outdoor space, let your vines cover it.
A stylish farmhouse decoration with white hanging planters and greenery is a cozy and cute decor idea.
Lovely and sweet cottage decor with crates, buckets with blooms and greenery, a ladder with vines and blooms.
Use the ladder as a trellis: cover it with chicken wire and bright flowers ti turn it into a lovely and cozy decoration.
How To Make A DIY Ladder?
If you liked these ideas but you don’t have a ladder to create such vertical gardens and decor, you can make one without much fuss. You will need some wood, brackets and simple tools to build one. All you need to do is to make steps and rails and then attach them to each other using brackets or maybe dowels. Stain or paint your piece, let it dry and enjoy decorating!
A mint blue step ladder with potted blooms is a cool cottage decoration for a garden.
A lush vertical garden with potted greenery on each step and below it.
A mini ladder with potted succulents and cacti is a cute vertical mini garden suitable for both indoors and outdoors.
A tall ladder with potted flowers and decor on top is a cool way to spruce up an awkward nook, it will easily fit a cottage space.
A purple step ladder with bright potted blooms is a gorgeous and fun vertical garden with plenty of color.
A step ladder finished off with bark boxes with flowers and greenery and a fairy house on top will be a fit for a cottage or fairytale garden.
A whitewashed ladder with potted flowers, vines and a bird house is a vertical garden with decorative elements.
A shabby chic step ladder with potted blooms is a cool vertical garden for a cottage or fairytale space.
A unique vertical garden idea with tin can as planters spruced up with bold paint, and with matching blooms is adorable.
A ladder with potted blooms can be placed not only in the garden but also in a balcony or a porch.
A ladder with potted blooms, a boot planter, watering cans and bird houses is great for rustic and farmhouse spaces.
A weathered step ladder with potted succulents and flowers is a bold solution, and broken pots used as planters add interest.
A whitewashed step ladder with potted blooms and succulents, pink decor, vintage teaware is a cute idea for a cottage garden.
A wood ladder with a planter and bold cascading blooms works as a plant stand and a trellis in one.