DIY - Hose Reel / Hose Post

Want an inexpensive and esthetically pleasing way to store your garden hose?
Sure you can buy something plastic and fancy (and expensive) from a home improvement store - but where's the fun in that?

I saw this tutorial on Pinterest:

www.maillardvillemanor.com

Brilliant!

AND it doesn't require digging a hole or cementing the post in the ground!

This was the ONLY tutorial that I found that suggested using a " post holder spikey thing".  (I love that - it's exactly what I would have called it!)

Home Depot calls it:

Link to site

So I got my supplies:

 

and a special item I found while picking the rest of the stuff up:

Link to site

and...
Voila!

I wish my hose was the same colour, but let's be realistic right?