How to Hang a Wood Planter

Locate studs directly under the window frame where you want to hang the wood planter. Place your electronic or magnetic stud finder against the wall and run it over the area until it signals a location. Ideally, studs exist on each side of the window and its center. Mark the location of each stud on the wall with a pencil.

Measure the window's width to determine its center. Mark its central point on the window sill or wall directly below with a pencil. Also determine the center of the wood planter, and mark the point on its back with pencil.

Raise the wood planter against the wall under the window frame so the pencil mark on its back rests directly over the mark on the center of the window sill. This overlapping point is where you will hang the planter. Put the planter down. Mark a spot on each side of the upper back of the planter that corresponds to the stud marks on the wall. These three marks on the planter's back determine the spots for pilot holes.

Hold a level on the wall to check that the points are in line with one another. Join the points with a horizontal line that determines the location of the top of the planter.

Drill a pilot hole over each pencil mark on the back of the planter.

Raise the wood planter against the wall again, positioning it so the mark over its center rests directly over the mark that determines that center of the wall. Insert the tip of a pencil through each hole on the side of the planter to make marks on the wall for pilot holes. The marks will rest over the previously determined marks for stud locations. Drill a pilot hole over each mark on the wall.

Insert a lag bolt through the pilot holes in the planter's back and wall to attach it. Tighten the bolt with a wrench so it is holds the planter and additional weight it will carry securely.