Dreamy Garden Beds: Repurposed Bed Frames for Benches and Borders

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Turn old bed frames into real garden beds. See creative ways gardeners repurpose metal bed frames to enclose garden beds, build benches, and add charm to their outdoor spaces.

If you love the idea of upcycling indoor items to the garden, also see how this gardener repurposed a sink, bathtub, and more.

Collage of various bed frames used outside in garden

Bed Frame Garden Art

When old bed frames are no longer wanted in the house, it’s time to send them to the garden.

This collection of ideas comes from gardens I have visited.

Each offers a unique way to give an old bed a new life.

Bed Frame Garden Bench

Garden bench made from old bed frame. — Garden bench made from old bed frame

This first idea is a classic and will require a welder. The old bed frame has been fashioned into a garden bench with a wooden seat added.

Old bench frame re-made into a garden bench — Bedframe garden bench

With or without the seat, this would look sweet enclosing a collection of potted flowers.

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Dream Time

Old-fashioned bed with colorful quilt in outdoor sleeping area. — Outdoor bed in a shady part of the garden

I photographed this bed years ago on a garden tour. The bed was under a raised garden shed. The curtains were gently billowing in the wind. I think every guest on that tour just wanted to lay down and dream the day away.

In the next photo they’ve turned an antique children’s bed into a flower planter.

Toddler bed used as a creative flower planter. — Antique child’s cot

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Real Bed Veggie Bed

White metal bedframe surrounding flower and vegetable garden — Bright orange nasturtiums dress up the real garden bed

This gardener is so creative. Here the bed frames are secured in the ground at either end of the combination flower and vegetable garden.

And what’s a garden bed without a side table?

Detail of white metal bedframe in garden — Real bedframe in garden with side table

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Brass Beauty

Detail of brass bed in garden — Brass bedframe dresses up a vegetable garden

This one makes a statement. What a creative way to dress up a vegetable bed. These ornate bed frames were popular years ago, and, while they may not be the most practical choice today, they look gorgeous in the garden.