How to Hang Plants Over Kitchen Sinks

Suspending a plant above your kitchen sink can save space on ledges, while brightening up your space with natural, earthy décor. Hanging plant baskets and containers are lightweight and available with chains and hooks that attach to ceiling hooks for simple installation. You can ensure that your plant hangs securely over your sink by finding a sturdy point on your ceiling to anchor a large ceiling hook from.

Tape measure
Hanging plant basket
Soil
Water
Scale
Ceiling hook
Step stool or ladder
Stud finder
Drill

Instructions

- 1
  Measure the distance from your kitchen ceiling to about 1 foot above your sink faucet with a tape measure. Purchase a hanging basket with an attached hook and chains that do not exceed the length of this measurement to prevent interference with the use of your sink.
- 2
  Transplant your plant into the hanging basket. Add soil and water. Weigh the watered plant on a scale. Purchase a ceiling hook that can support the weight of the hanging plant.
- 3
  Stand on a step stool or ladder. Run a stud finder along the ceiling above your kitchen sink to find a sturdy joist to hang the plant from. The stud finder will beep or flash a light when it senses a joist. Mark the spot with a pencil.
- 4
  Drill a hole that is one-half the diameter of the screw on the end of the ceiling hook in the marked spot above your sink. Twist the screw end of the ceiling hook into the ceiling so that the top of the hook is flush with the ceiling. Stand on the step stool or ladder, and hang the plant basket hook around the ceiling hook.

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