recycle wood pallet creations
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Amateur carpentry ideas using only recycled wooden pallets.TRANSCRIPT
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CREATIONS WITHWOODEN PALLETS
Solutionswith Form and Function
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IT ALL STARTED IN THE ENTRANCE.…
We never really did anything special in the entrance to our home. Just a shelf and some hooks for coats. Then one day, driving home I saw a particularly large pallet lying on a dump site, looking for a purpose in life..
.…which became this.….
Rustic look which we love and off the floor (easy to clean). Shelves, hooks, umbrella and shoe storage all in one unit
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AND THEN THERE WAS THE TELEPHONE TABLE…
Remember the old telephone tables. You had to have one because the phone was wired to the socket in the wall so the table had a seat so you could sit while talking. Some extra space for a note pad and a built in cupboard for massive and heavy Telephone and Yellow Pages directories.
It stuck out occupying half the space we had to move past to get into the living room.
From another age, and (ouch) another century!
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WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.…
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MEMORY WALL…Gwen & I have a wall of photos in our bedroom. Our history
going back to the third grade. I decided to frame them all ..…
Of course all from stripped pallet wood.
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THE KITCHENI do cook sometimes. One day in the kitchen I wasted too much
time searching for my favorite spice. This was the result.
The items on the top shelf had been in an IKEA metal tube style shelf. Got the spices together by converting the pallet base strip into the Spice Rack. The wooden shelf supports are also from Pallet support blocks cut corner to corner
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IT ALWAYS STARTS WITH A PLAN…Around the kitchen sink are all the ‘tools’ needed to wash
up. They needed to be organized. It always starts with a conceptual sketch and a few measurements
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LOOKING AROUND THE KITCHEN SINK…
Which will become this. All it needed was two strips of Pallet wood.
The bottom was made with slats to allow any excess water to drip through. The unit is coated with two layers of Polyurethane Lacquer used on yahts .
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AND MORE ON THE KITCHEN…When we bought the house we got a kitchen without upper cupboards on one side. We added some units from IKEA to get organized. They are functional but not very pretty, at least not in our eyes. Here is one of the units.
It had to go too!
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AND MORE ON THE KITCHEN…This is what replaced it.
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STILL IN THE KITCHEN
Did you notice our ‘Kitchenizer’ unit .
It was a quicl-fix’ solution to those things that need to be handy, and immediately.
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MORE FORM THAN FUNCTIONAL..
Our living area is ‘open plan’ style. The side of the refrigerator visible from the Dining corner really irritated me .
This was my solution .
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WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER…
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ANOTHER EASY CONVERSION…The corner where our gas Fire Heater stands always
looked bare to me. This easy conversion added warmth to our living area even when the fire is off.
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A REALLY SIMPLE CREATION
Organizer in our Laundry room
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LIVING ROOM STORAGE UNITMy daughter was looking for a
sideboard to organise things under her TV in the living room. Everything she saw was too large or two small. Here is my tailor made solution. Unique and made to fit the available space.
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GARDEN BENCHWe have a tiny patch of a garden area in the front of out home. It
was unused until I created this outdoor garden bench.
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KIDS WORK & PLAY STATIONWhen our modern grandkids
come over they need a place for their iPads or Laptops, or a place to sit and draw, or do the homework
they brought along…
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BED HEADBOARDThis headboard added colour and warmth to my daughter’s
room. I extended it beyond the bed size to house the bedside lamp and sockets (behind the bedside stand)
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MINI GARDEN HOTHOUSE
Don’t have to get down on my knees this simple unit provides all we nee for salad greens, herbal tea and more.
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THE ‘WORKSHOP’Occupies a total of 1 sq meter of floor space. Built on a Pallet. Built entirely
of Pallets. Stores everything I need and ‘unfolds’ in 30 seconds.
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RAW MATERIALEverything you have seen
started like this.I use almost everything. I
get fantastic satisfaction living with stuff I’ve created and enjoy creating the pieces.
My raw material is free and I am Recycling!
Old wood, with all their signs of being nailed into and beaten up has a special look. Like older people the look and texture has character and personality.
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THANKS FOR WATCHINGThis is a great hobby. You need some basic tools and
basic Power Tools too but once you get going the costs are low and the satisfaction very high .
Wood is an amazing material and what you create will last you forever.
Each item I make, I make better than the last. The list of stuff that I want to make continues to grow.
I consult with carpenters and with the guys at my local hardware store (who also give me their pallets free!) .
I only really started a few months ago and I am getting good at joining, clamping and gluing. Take you time.
Enjoy.P.S. Check this out in a couple of months. I will probably update it.