How to Make a Shower Caddy Garden

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Shower caddy gardens look—and smell!—a lot better than decorating with shampoo bottles and soap.

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Anyone can give flowers in a vase. And anyone can make a shower caddy garden. What kind of Valentine’s Day gift giver are you?

“Just imagine: Your loved one braves the frigid winter weather after a stressful day at work and makes a beeline to the bathroom for a hot bath,” says Steve Asbell, author of Plant by Numbers: 50 Houseplant Combinations to Decorate Your Space (Cool Springs Press), coming out March 1. “There they discover their run-of-the-mill bathroom has been transformed into a tropical spa, complete with a hanging garden of fragrant and exotic flowers. Cut flowers only stay fresh a few days, but your living bouquet will stay in bloom for months and live for years.”

Here’s what you need:

• 1 wire shower caddy
• Orchid bark (or sphagnum moss)
• 1 plastic loofah
• 1 orchid

Optional: air plants, bromeliads, etc.

According to Asbell, the orchid adds a romantic feel and fragrance. “My personal favorite is Oncidium ‘Sharry Baby’, which has an aroma that some compare to chocolate and others liken to lemon meringue,” he says. “The reason this works is that each of the plants included are epiphytes, or plants that naturally grow on the bark of trees. All they need for soil is orchid bark or sphagnum moss.”

Shower Caddy Garden How-To

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Here’s what you do:

Step One: Using a pair of sharp scissors, cut into the plastic loofah where it bunches together and unravel the netting. You will use this to line your shower caddy and wrap the orchid’s roots.

Step Two: Now it’s time to knock the orchid out of its pot, but first you should water the orchid to help the roots loosen their grip. If the orchid is in a plastic pot, squeeze it from different angles while you gently twist and tug at the orchid’s base.

Step Three: Once the orchid is out of the pot, wrap one layer of the loofah netting around the sides of the orchid’s roots and another layer around the base.

Step Four: Line the caddy with loofah netting so that the bark will not fall through the gaps. If you have a hard time keeping it in place, use twist ties or wire for now and remove them when finished.

Step Five: Place the lined orchid into the lined caddy. To keep it from toppling over, use a thin piece of the loofah or a twist tie to loosely tie the orchid’s stem to the caddy. Don’t tie it too tightly, since it could damage the plant.

Step Six: Now you can add other plants to the caddy. Hold the plant in place and start filling the area around the roots with orchid bark. Air plants (tillandsia) need their roots exposed in open air, and can either be attached to the caddy itself or placed on the surface of the orchid bark.

Step Seven: Water the plants in the caddy, moisten the suction cups and attach it to the wall.

Introduction: Make a Portable Camping Shower

In this Instructable learn how to make a portable camping shower. What sets this apart from a regular shower is it’s pressurized so no need for a gravity feed bag that you hang from a tree, make this shower truly portable. This shower is super useful and is great for washing off after a day at the beach or after surfing. Or it can be used to water plants, especially useful if you have a rain barrel and need a way to get water to your plants.

Step 1: Check Out the Video

Check out the video for the whole process the written instructions are in the following steps.

Step 2: Parts

The parts for this shower are very easy to obtain and you should be able to find them at the local hardware store.

• Garden sprayer or deck sprayer (use a new one or one has not been used to spray chemicals)
• Garden hose barbed adapter
• Garden hose nozzle
• Small hose clamp

Step 3: Assembly

• Remove the spraying wand or nozzle from the garden sprayer.
• Save the wand in case you want to convert it back.
• Screw the barbed garden hose adapter into the garden hose nozzle.
• Put the hose clamp on the hose.
• Fit the barbed end of the garden hose adapter into the hose.
• Tighten the hose clamp.

Step 4: Operation

Pump up the garden sprayer to pressure the system. You are now ready to start showering!

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Question 2 years ago on Step 4

love your idear but how do you heat the water. Dan

Answer 4 weeks ago

Fill the tank with hot water and wrap it with towels until time to use.

I tried this but don’t get much pressure. Please comment on the inner and outer diameter of the hose, and the hose adapter’s barb diameter.

Question 5 months ago on Introduction

Could I link two together for a longer shower and presurise them both

I have three hose ends and no way any of them will fit the size hose on my tank. You can buy one already made at Sportsman’s Warehouse for $30.

If the internal feed to the spray is a plastic hose then with hot water use there is a fair chance that the heat will cause the internal tube to collapse on itself cutting off the flow. If this happens then replace the internal feed tube with a metal aluminium , copper or otherwise heat proof tube. You can join the new tube with a minimum length of flexible tubing over the end sections closest to the external fitting so that there is little chance of it collapsing at this junction.

As for heating the water, heat it in the usual way but not in the sprayer. I usually use 1 measure of hot [boiling] to 3 of cold, mixed externally. Happy trails.

I will be living on a boathouse without running water and am wondering if anyone used a 2-3 gallon version of this.

What size barbed garden hose adapter is used?

How long does the water pressure last? Looks like you’d be pumping every minute or so.

Reply 3 years ago

When you use something like this to shower, it’s not the same as at home. Get wet, soap, rinse. Minimal! I’m looking into making something like this for an Airstream trailer.

Plants in the bathroom are trendy, but have you heard about growing plants in the shower? If your bathroom gets sunlight, you may be able to put together an attractive “garden” of shower caddy plants. If you’d like information on this type of display and tips on how to make a shower caddy garden, read on.

What is a Shower Caddy Garden?

A shower caddy garden is an arrangement of plants in one of those tiered shelving units that are intended for the shower. Instead of putting shampoo and soap on the shelves, you put plants there.

Adding small potted plants to the shower caddy creates vertical appeal and adds a touch of nature to the bathroom or wherever you choose to hang it. You can use these hanging gardens to good advantage anywhere in the house or the backyard.

One of the great things about a garden with shower caddy plants is that you can make it yourself. The first step is to buy the caddy, then figure out where you want to hang it. Once you find a perfect spot, take a careful look at how much sun the area gets and select suitable plants.

Note that growing plants in the shower is only possible if your bathroom gets ample sunlight. Keeping plants in a shower caddy in a dusky bathroom is not a recipe for success.

How to Make a Shower Caddy Garden

If you are wondering exactly how to make a shower caddy garden, you have three options.

The easiest way to proceed is to buy small plants and transplant them into attractive containers that fit in the shower caddy shelves. You can hide the actual pots behind sphagnum moss or paper mulch, if you like that look. But the right pots in pretty colors can look just as nice.

A second option is available if the shower caddy plants you select are air plants, like orchids. These plants don’t get nutrients from soil, but from water and air. Air plants grow well on a spongy surface like loofah mesh. Cut the mesh and open it up to line a shower caddy shelf. Then wrap the roots of the air plant with loofah mesh as well and tuck it into the shelf. Finally, fill the shelf with orchid bark. If necessary, stabilize each plant with wire or twine.

A third option is available if your shelves are basket-style. You can line basket-style shelves with sphagnum moss, add soil, and plant your chosen shower caddy plants right in the baskets.

I’ve got a pretty standard nickel shower caddy hanging over the shower head, but it won’t stay up on the high end of the shower head once it gets wet–keeps slipping down to the low part, tilting the whole thing, and dropping things like razors off. The suction cups don’t work–never have. I’ve tried squeezing the top part with pliers a bit in order to have it grasp the shower head better, but it doesn’t have that much “give” to work. The top, flat part of the shower head, where it is supposed to sit, has just a bit of a downward curve to let the whole thing keep slipping down. There must be a simple solution for this without having to toss it out and look for something else. Any thoughts? I hope this makes sense. Thanks!

wantoretire_did

I use a couple of broccoli rubber bands (thick).

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What about something else on the shower head to keep it from slipping? Like a chunky rubber band, or something along those lines. I’m picturing a round donut looking thing. . . .

I can totally envision your issue and feel your pain!

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I agree with Brenda. Wrap some tape around the shower head just below the caddy – electrical tape, duct tape. Maybe the white adhesive tape you buy in drug stores to hold a gauze pad to the skin.

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There are basically 2 types of shower rods. Tension rods are easy to install and don’t require any tools or hardware. These rods can be twisted into place and easily adjusted. Mounting rods rely on adhesive or screws to mount the brackets that hold the rod in place. While mounting rods tend to look a little better than tension rods, you may need to drill into tile to install them, which can be moderately difficult. Get a rod that suits your needs and hang it 72–75 in (180–190 cm) above the ground to keep the curtain off of the floor but under the rim of your tub.

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Tip: The standard length of a tub is 60 inches (150 cm), and most tension rods extend from 48–75 inches (120–190 cm). You shouldn’t have a problem installing a tension rod unless your shower is abnormally large or small.

Clear off bathroom countertops by storing toiletries in a hanging organizer. Find out how to make your own below.

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materials

Hand towel (about 19 inches by 40 inches)

Straight pins (Dritz Pearlized Pins, Long 1 1/2-inch, $5.08, amazon.com)

Sewing machine (Singer Heavy Duty “4423” Machine with Accessory Kit, $238.01, amazon.com)

1/2-inch-diameter dowel (2 inches longer than width of towel)

One yard grosgrain ribbon

steps

Fold down the top of the towel 1 1/2 inches and pin. Next, sew to create a channel for the dowel.

Flip the towel over and fold it onto itself so it overlaps about 5 inches and pin.

Repeat to make a second pleat so that the bottom edge of the towel is the bottom edge of the caddy and pin.

Sew along both sides of the towel, leaving a channel at the top open and reinforcing the pockets’ corners. Sew two more seams to divide the towel’s width into thirds.

Next, pass the dowel through the channel before tying the ribbon to both ends, and hanging.

Sometimes the sudden arrival of guests requires that you give the bathroom a quick cleaning instead of the wall-to-wall cleaning this important room deserves and usually needs.

Clear soaps, flannels, nail brushes, and so on off the sink and bath ledge.

Popping them into the empty side of your cleaning caddy is quickest.

Spray your chosen bathroom cleaner around the sink, onto taps, and at the base of the shower tray.

Every other day or so spray the bathtub as well.

Some bathroom surfaces, particularly if they’re old and worn, can’t safely withstand multi-purpose bathroom sprays. Check the container to see whether the cleaner is safe for your surface. Some sprays can weaken enamel coating over time. When in doubt, use a specialist cleaner or washing-up liquid for bath surfaces.

Whilst the cleaner works to dissolve oil and dirt, move on to the toilet.

Pull on the rubber gloves you use just for toilet cleaning.

Wipe the flush handle, then the lid and seat (both sides) with disposable wipes.

Flush the wipes away, if it’s safe to do so. If not, pop them into the plastic bag, seal the bag, and put it in the rubbish bin.

Visually check the toilet bowl.

If you see no hard deposits or limescale rings, simply use toilet cleaner, squirting it slowly around the rim.

Brush any matter away with firm, even pressure as you move the scrub brush briskly back and forth.

Take off the gloves to remove any chance of contaminating washing areas.

If you have sensitive hands, pop on your second pair of gloves.

Using flannels – and the showerhead where it reaches – rinse cleaner from the bath, sink, taps, and shower tray.

Pull out any hair from the sink and bath traps.

Shine the sink with a clean, dry flannel.

Pop the soap and other paraphernalia back onto counters and ledges.

Wipe smears off the mirror and glass shower doors with the microfibre cloth.

Check the floor as you back out of the room.

Deal with any splashes, dust or hair debris, and so on with the flannel you just used to shine the sink. Dampen it just a little to pick up dust more effectively. Once a week take more time to clean the bathroom floor thoroughly.

On really busy days, skip the shower. For hygiene, your priority is disinfecting the toilet seat, handle, and bowl. Cosmetically, a clean sink comes after that, with niceties like changing the towels way down on the list.

If guests arrive and you have zero time to clean, change the towels if you do nothing else, and open a vent window so that the room gets aired.

Introduction: How to Make a Shower Head

My old showerhead was starting to spray in the wrong directions.

Step 1: The World’s No 1 Showerhead

I went to this show room like shop and they were selling showerheads for $20 and upwards.

One of them looked like a tin with holes in.

200 metres from there I found an empty shoe polish tin.

Step 2: Lets Go

If the shop can have containers, so can i.

I took a nail and a hammer to make a circle in the lid and then cut the hole with a knife.

The bottom i made similar except for cutting. I used different round things in the kitchen to make the circles.

Step 3: Add the Garden Thing

In the lid i put a plastic garden thing i got for free when i bought another garden thing for a garden hose.

It has the same thread as the pipe coming out from the wall in the shower, I think ou can find one that fits yours.

Step 4: The Glue

I used a 2 component glue to fix the orange thing to the lid, and to seal the shoe polish box forever.

Step 5: Shines, Nourishes, Protects and Showers

If the bathroom showroom people would see me now.

Hope it helpes, im sure you can find a tin with your own prefered shape.

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Cool off with a backyard shower you can make in a weekend

DIY outdoor shower

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This weekend project has three basic parts: two wing walls and a center pole with the plumbing attached. All materials are available at the Home Depot.

Time: One weekend (4 hours of labor, plus drying time for sealer)

Difficulty: 3 (on a scale of 1–10; requires modest woodworking skills)

Outdoor shower: Frame and sides

Each wing wall has a 6-foot-long corrugated metal roof panel that’s screwed to a frame made of 2-by-4 lumber.

Each frame requires two 90-inch side pieces and four 26½-inch crosspieces.

We used redwood for the frames, which was protected with a water-based sealer prior to attaching the panels. A less expensive option is pressure-treated lumber.

Panel options include clear, frosted, or colored fiberglass roofing, aluminum flashing, or colorful oil or acrylic cloth.

Outdoor shower: Top view

The wing walls attach to one 8-foot-long pressure-treated peeler-core log outfitted with 1/2-inch galvanized metal piping, a faucet, and a showerhead.

This showers uses only cold-water lines from a garden hose and is not intended for long showers, so we have only built simple drainage.

Water will flow into the gravel and soil underfoot, watering your plants while it cools you off.

Outdoor shower: The plumbing

Lay out and assemble the galvanized piping (see materials list) using nylon plumbing tape at each joint. Do not add the hose coupling at the end of the 8-inch bottom pipe yet.

Center and drill a 3/4-inch-diameter hole through the pole 78 inches from the top.

Slip the short leg of pipe through the hole, then center the pipe and faucet on the pole and secure it with C-shaped pipe hangers.

Add the hose coupling and then hook it up to the garden hose. Pressure-test for leaks.

Outdoor shower: Positioning

Find a location for the shower. We placed it on a gravel pad to help drainage and also added concrete pavers to stand on.

Dig a 12-inch-deep hole for the center shower pole. Place it so the faucet handle will project outward at 45° between the wing walls.

Set the wing walls at square to each other and attach them to the pole (with three 12-inch screws each) so their legs only go 6 inches into the ground.

Check verticality with a level before tamping and compacting soil.

Not a single one of these ideas includes holding shampoo, conditioner, or soap.

Not a single one of these ideas includes holding shampoo, conditioner, or soap.

Salt and pepper are probably the most commonly used ingredients in your kitchen. Hang a caddy on the side of your cabinets so they (and a few choice utensils) don’t clutter up your counter, but stay easy to find.

These two caddies hang at eye level for your children, meaning kiddos can put their own hats and gloves away when they come inside — and (even better) they can instantly find them on their way out, too.

If you’re an apartment dweller with a green thumb and no garden, make a mini one in a shower caddy that can hang in any room in your home. If you’re feeling really fancy you can even line the wire baskets with moss.

The ends of decorative ribbon stick out between the wires on the bottom shelf of this shower caddy, while gift-wrapping accessories like name tags and stamps sit on the top shelf. The only thing that’s missing is the paper!

Not ready to deal with those bills yet? Throw ’em in this adorable letter holder until you are, complete with a couple plants, which makes your organizer feel more like an accessory than a necessity.

See more in the book Pretty & Organized, $17, amazon.com.

Hang a shower caddy on the side of your unused cabinet to keep fresh veggies and fruit at-the-ready. Storing produce in sight will help you remember what food you need to eat before it goes bad.

Instead of keeping your pencil holder on your desk (and taking up precious workspace) you can fit four across the top shelf of this caddy alone. Scissors hang from the hooks so you won’t have to hunt through your entire house to open a package the next time one comes.

Bottles of laundry detergent, bleach, and dryer sheets fit perfectly together in this shower caddy. Plus, it hangs conveniently from your drying rack (honestly, it’s almost too easy).

Keep products you use every day (like hairspray) on a shower caddy attached to the back of your bathroom sink’s cabinet door — this way they’re always within reach and you won’t have to hunt bottles down when you’re running late in the morning.

If you have a nice garden with a private pool, maybe the outdoor shower is something that might add the finishing touch to the idyllic design. More and more garden designs are pointed at organizing an extension of the living area and resemble a comfortable outdoor living room. Check out these outdoor shower ideas that impress not only with modern design, but also contribute to a free, open and informal atmosphere.

Outdoor shower ideas – an equipment for the swimming pool area

Stainless steel is one of the most suitable materials for use outdoors. A stainless steel shower is impressive not only visually, but also is very durable, with high corrosion and frost resistance. Outdoor shower ideas feature contemporary designs and only complement the garden area. A garden shower made of stainless steel can be recycled as well. It’s no wonder that the most popular models are made of stainless steel.

Outdoor shower ideas – an excellent experience for all the senses

There are many outdoor shower ideas which will show you how a garden shower can be a stylish and useful addition to the pool. Instead of a traditional design you can opt for solar outdoor showers and you can enjoy warm water all year round and at the same time save on energy costs. Additional accessories like a bench or chair, towel rack will only add to the fantastic outdoor bathing.

Rustic materials have a special charm when used outdoors. If you want to keep from prying eyes, you need to think of the privacy protection – which may be a wall, folding screen or a shower partition wall. Lanterns or recessed lighting will provide the illumination and you will be able to use it in the evenings as well.

Practical and convenient

The stone wall serves as a garden decoration

Modern compact design

Stainless steel adds a modern touch to the garden