The Best DIY Salvaged Greenhouses

This is a brief guide on how I took some old windows from houses they where tearing down in my neighborhood and turned them into a small greenhouse.

Re-purposed windows and doors. - My husband and I built this greenhouse using our collection of old windows and french doors. It has a cute chandelier inside a...

Greenhouse made from old windows.

This is a greenhouse made from 2 liter soda bottles. I don't know about the hot plastics and having veggies in there though, but it's a neat idea.

Thirty years ago, I bought MOTHER EARTH NEWS to help pass the time while I was a U.S. Navy sailor stationed on an aircraft carrier. I enjoyed reading the magazine from cover to cover - often three or more times per cruise - and I couldn't wait for the next issue.

Tucked inside our garden...just steps away from my studio sits a tiny garden folly Constructed from reclaimed doors, windows and millwork from our home renovation and a few pieces I picked up here and there... Tinker is truly a scrappy piece of Heaven!

Using recycled windows from my one neighbor who was replacing all the windows on her house and a couple of old doors from another neighbor who was getting new ones installed, I worked out this design. The greenhouse came out so nice that we use it mostly for hanging out.

Learn how to make the framework for a garden retreat - add old doors and windows