DIY Macrame Plant Hanger

It was a wild and crazy weekend, y'all: I learned how to macrame. Oh, okay, we did actually go out and do things--really--but I also decided that Sunday should be Learn a New Skill Day. I'm so glad that I made that decision. Seriously. Look out for macrame everything coming soon to my life. I'm a little obsessed now. Clearly I missed this trend the first time around.

Macrame gets a bad rap, but with a neon update, this look is less 1970s and more right now.  Granted, my husband (who was born in the 1970s) is still giving me a pretty hard time for integrating (A) neon pink and (B) macrame into our dining room space, but I love it! He can just deal.

Plus, he can deal while breathing better. Thanks Golden Pathos (that's the plant, y'all). 

As for the supplies, I found this nice, plastic, non-leaking pot for cheap (yay!), however, it was a disgusting shade of beige. It first needed a few coats of white paint to reach it's perfectly pristine white state. I also ended up needing two packages of this paracord, so if you're looking to make a similar project, I suggest picking up more than you think that you'll need.

Refinery29 (yes, Refinery29!) has an amazing step-by-step tutorial for making a macrame plant hanger. I found that once I started working, I didn't really need it anymore, but it's a great guide. I also added a few additional rows of knots, only because my plant/pot was so much larger than theirs.

All told, the project took me a few hours (with drying time), but I learned a new skill and my dining room is all plantified now. Win/win.