I just recently made a double hose holder and wrote about it in my renovating an eyesore article. Well, I’m working on another utility area that I would like to place behind a fence. We just recently replaced the water softener and located it inside a plastic outdoor closet to protect it from the elements.
Meanwhile, just behind the closet is a hose that is homeless. It just lands wherever it gets tossed and doesn’t have a real place. It’s been this way for a couple of years, so I’m kinda’ aggravated that I let it go so long since I discovered an extremely easy way to give it its own space that actually looks pretty sophisticated. Now, I’m used to the farm life in rural America so slapping a 4×4 into some sugar sand is a perfectly acceptable option. The one thing I didn’t want is one of those green aluminum cheapo hose racks (which I also already have down near the well). I wanted to take it up a notch so I purchased a cute black wrought iron bracket.
I also didn’t want the top of the post to be “naked,” so I searched for post caps. The plastic ones at the big box store just didn’t do it for me so I looked online and found the perfect solution… a solar light post cap.
![water softener cabinet with hose](http://www.transcendcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PXL_20220816_122048274-scaled.jpg)
After cleaning up the area and laying down landscape fabric (for the entire reno project), I dug a hole with an auger to fit a 4×4 post.
The rest is pretty easy. I purchased a solar light post cap. It came with fittings for 4×4, 5×5, and 6×6 posts. After screwing the 4×4 base to the top of the post, I turned the solar light on to “warm light.” The light fixture easily rotated onto the base. And that was it!
![solar post cap 4 screws in base plate](http://www.transcendcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PXL_20220817_163749100_exported_76897-1024x576.jpg)
![solor light post cap](http://www.transcendcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PXL_20220817_163749100_exported_122518-1024x576.jpg)
Next, I attached the wrought iron bracket I purchased to the top front of the post. That also took four screws that were included with the purchase.
![installing a wrought iron hose bracket](http://www.transcendcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PXL_20220817_164326852_exported_9739-1024x576.jpg)
![bracket and solar post cap installed](http://www.transcendcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PXL_20220817_164326852_exported_36500-1024x576.jpg)
And here’s the final result!
![snazzied up 4x4 post hose holder](http://www.transcendcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PXL_20220817_164805520-576x1024.jpg)
![solar post cap light at night](http://www.transcendcreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PXL_20220818_005142872.jpg)
Stay tuned for the next part of this project laying pavers and installing a utility fence.