Which is fine. Such luxuries, as nice as they are, are not necessities. (Hurray! My head's screwed on relatively straight in that category!)
So, after many years of collecting random stuff has evolved into my recycled/thrifted potting bench:
Just about everything in this picture has been either re-purposed/recycled/thrifted or curb-side found. The major aspects of my potting bench are the 2 plastic barrels, gotten from the local Coca-Cola plant I frequented to make rain barrels with (these were extras I magically was able to fit into my now defunct mini-van... how I miss that vehicle..sort of)!
The table top of the bench is an old, but sturdy, plywood/laminate countertop someone down my street chucked. It was originally pink-ish but thankfully faded to more beige (I hate pink). It has a hole for a sink in the middle that is now covered by my greatest recent find that has I think completed my bench: PLANTATION SHUTTERS!
These shutters are of terrible cheap material; material that is too flimsy for good household use I think (which is probably why they were chucked) but excellent for my use. They must have been used outdoors partially as they were filthy. I didn't even bother with washing them off because dude, they're going to get dirty on the potting bench anyways.
What I feel sort of awesome about is that they allow me to have that nifty slatted soil table top part I've always been craving:
They're slightly tilted to have enough room to let soil fall through the slats into some plastic containers (also curbside found) below for collection, OR can be fully opened to allow bunches of soil to fall through.
HUZZAH! So yeah, who needs a fancy schmancy cedar bench?
