DIY decorations: The do-it-yourself spring flower stand

You need: Cordless combi drill, 25 mm Forstner drill bit, pencil, pocket rule, ruler, compass, g-clamps, 3 square glued wood boards, made of Paulownia or a similar wood (300 x 300 mm, 250 x 250 mm and 200 x 200 mm)

To build your three-tiered spring flower stand, you must first mark the centre point of each of the three glued wood boards. Simply use your ruler and a pencil to draw two diagonal lines from one corner to the opposite corner. Using the centre point as a reference, use your compass to draw the largest possible circle on all three boards. Based on the size of the boards, the circles should have diameters of 300, 250 and 200 mm, respectively.

Next, take the 200-mm and 250-mm boards and mark the mid-points between the outside of the circle and the centre of the circle on each diagonal line for a total of four marks on each board. Use the 30-mm Forstner drill to drill holes at each of the four markings on each board. You will insert the necks of the bottles through these holes later on in the project.
Note: Depending on the size of the bottles you are using, you may need to adjust the size of the holes and therefore the size of the Forstner drill.

You need: Cordless combi drill, Puukierukkaporanteräsarja, 8 osaa, g-clamps, 3 square glued wood boards, made of Paulownia or a similar wood (300 x 300 mm, 250 x 250 mm and 200 x 200 mm)

Use the 8-mm Brad point drill bit to drill a hole in the centre of the two smaller boards (250 mm and 200 mm). Use the 4-mm Brad point drill bit to drill a hole in the centre of the largest board (300 mm).

You need: Jigsaw 18 Volt, Curve-cutting saw blade T 101A0, g-clamps, Prepared glued wood boards from steps 1 and 2

Now securely clamp the glued wood boards to your workbench using G-clamps. Then use a jigsaw to saw out the three glued wood boards along the pre-drawn circles.

You need: NanoBlade saw, pencil, pocket rule, g-clamps, Beech wood dowel rod with a diameter of 25 mm and a length of 500 mm

The circular shelves of the flower stand will later be connected to one another using three dowel rods that have been sawn to size and screwed together using wood hanger screws and threaded sleeves. First, saw off a 50-mm section of beech-wood dowel-rod. The length of the other sections will depend on the height of the bottles you intend to use. The length of the dowel sections should correspond to the length of the bottle as measured from the base to 40 mm below the mouth of the bottle.

You need: Cordless combi drill, Puukierukkaporanteräsarja, 8 osaa, g-clamps, Sawn dowel sections from step 4

Drill a hole in one end of the 50-mm dowel section using an 11-mm Brad point drill bit. Use the 8-mm Brad point drill bit to drill holes in one end of each of the other two dowel sections. Select one of the longer dowel sections and drill an 11-mm hole in the opposite end.

You need: Flat head screwdriver, Prepared wooden dowel sections from steps 4 and 5, 2 M8 x 50 mm wood hanger screws, M8 x 30 mm threaded sleeves

Insert the wood hanger screws into the 8-mm holes and use a flat head screwdriver to screw the threaded sleeves into each of the two 11-mm holes. Now you are ready to assemble the flower stand.

You need: Boschin IXO-akkuruuvinvääntimet, Suitable bit set, Sawn out wooden boards from step 3, Dowel sections with wood hanger screws and threaded sleeves from step 6, 4 35-mm wood screws

To assemble the flower stand step by step, first take the long dowel section without the hole and align that end with the centre hole of largest wooden board (300 mm), propping the board up on its side like a wheel. Now insert a wood screw into the pre-drilled 4-mm hole in the board and screw it through into the dowel section so that the dowel section is attached vertically to the board.

You need: Sawn out wooden boards from step 3, Dowel sections with wood hanger screws and threaded sleeves from step 6, 4 35-mm wood screws

Next, place the 250-mm board onto the dowel section and screw the wood hanger screw of the first dowel section to into the threaded sleeve of the second dowel section of the same length.

You need: 8 empty glass bottles

Position four of the glass bottles on the lowest tier so that the necks of the bottles fit through the holes in the 250-mm board above. Then place the four remaining bottles on the 250-mm board, positioning them in the spaces between the bottlenecks inserted from below. To finish, place the 200-mm board onto the second dowel section and fix it in place by screwing the threaded sleeve of the final 50-mm dowel section to the wood screw protruding from the upper 80-mm dowel section.