Pallets for transporting goods ... well, what can be remarkable about them? Where can they be used other than for their intended purpose? Except for making a fire. The container is really bulky, voluminous, taking up a lot of space, so they try to get rid of it as soon as possible. However, not everyone sees pallets like this. There are craftsmen in whose hands these unhewn boards receive a second, completely different kind of life.
Pallet furniture is a unique phenomenon in every sense. It is easy to manufacture, durable and, of course, unique in its originality. In the new role, the stand for loading building materials is simply unrecognizable. Do you want to know the secrets of her amazing transformation?
The original bed with lighting from pallets
It's no secret that things designed by one's own hands do not just carry a piece of vital energy and warmth of the master, they are able to make the environment they find themselves in truly unique, non-trivial and memorable for their non-standard. Quite a bit of time and money - and now you are faced with luxurious pieces of furniture that can decorate not only houses, but also the surrounding landscape.
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Another name for pallets is pallets. They are made from rough, not processed at all, but extremely durable, capable of withstanding heavy weight, boards assembled in a specific two-tier structure.
Pallet of standard design
Try your hand at working on pallet furniture. Get hold of some used, junkyard pallets and use them to create something original that will help make your home or yard look memorable.
Lounge area with pallet sofas
Of course, you will have to set aside time for preparatory work, clean and sand rough surfaces, take the necessary measurements, buy accessories, varnish and paint, but even in this situation, it is initially obvious that spending money on small things cannot be compared with those amounts who are now asking for new furniture of a similar type. The time spent and the effort expended will be more than compensated for by the appearance of a new piece of furniture that keeps the warmth of your hands.
Sofa and chairs from pallets will decorate any area
Take your time to say no to an idea. After all, what is stopping you? Even if you ruin a few cheap pallets, then nothing catastrophic will happen, but if you are lucky, you will get a piece of furniture that will certainly become an interior highlight, and for this it is worth trying.
A pallet sofa will be the highlight of your garden
Pallet Furniture: Benefits
Of the main advantages of this furniture, it is worth highlighting:
1. Fashionable direction. In interior design, non-standard elements made from pallets are increasingly appearing, and this stylistic branch continues to develop actively.
A chair made of pallets will fit perfectly into a modern interior.
2. Practicality and accessibility. Everything made from pallets will be much more practical to use and cheaper than factory-made. Chipboard models lose both in originality of design and in quality characteristics.
Pallet outdoor furniture is much more economical
3. 100% eco-friendly. Boards going to pallets are guaranteed not to be treated with any chemicals, stabilizers, impregnations and antiseptics, so they do not carry any hidden threat. The tree, and nothing but it.
Pallets are made of natural wood, so they are suitable for the manufacture of kitchen furniture
4. A storehouse of ideas for creative endeavors.
5. Occupation for all household members. In the process of processing and reproducing furniture from pallets, everyone can find a point of application for their efforts.
back to index ↑Where to get pallets?
Pallets, although they have an unusual shape for containers, are nevertheless considered packaging material, which means that you need to look for them in warehouses and retail outlets. In general, you can stock up on designs by finding an advertisement for the sale of used packages. Information of this kind is not uncommon for thematic portals. The cost of products is most often purely symbolic.
Sofa for a large company of pallets
You can directly contact pallet manufacturers and shipping companies. Many will gladly give you used materials absolutely free. It is more difficult for them to dispose of it themselves.
Pallet Glass Top Dining Table
Sometimes the pallets are assembled on their own. In this case, you will have to buy boards of 15-20 mm section and a seventy-millimeter beam. They will need to be cut in accordance with the dimensions of the future structure, and then fastened in the standard way.
back to index ↑How to choose the "right" pallet
What should be the consumables to make pallet furniture really durable?
This is one of the primary questions that arises in the process of searching for pallets. And he is not accidental. There are really several types of packages. They differ in size and condition. It is worth purchasing those options that comply with EUR or EPAL standards. They are not difficult to recognize, thanks to the presence of the stigma.
EUR pallets are easy to distinguish by a special brand
Good pallets of Canadian and American production. The quality of the material here is much higher than in domestic samples, and even there are commodity stamps that can be turned into original jewelry.
Stamps on pallets may well become the highlight of furniture
If you can’t get anything like that, don’t grieve, our pallets, after the transformation, will also look great.
back to index ↑How to prepare pallets for work
There are a lot of options for furniture from pallets. For this, both integral, non-separable structures and their parts are used. So that you do not plan to produce from a consumable, it must first of all be properly processed. To do this, the boards are cleaned and polished to smoothness so that there are no splinters left. The easiest way to do this is with a grinder. On a wooden surface, it works flawlessly.
Pallets must be carefully sanded
The grinding process should take place in a ventilated area. Don't forget to wear a protective mask and goggles. This will protect you from possible injury and inhalation of wood dust. Only the part with which direct bodily contact is possible can be subjected to grinding.
By creating blanks of non-standard proportions, it will be more correct to disassemble the pallets. Simplify the work of sorting the cleaned boards by width and condition.
For non-standard designs, pallets need to be disassembled
If future furniture assembled from pallets will be used outdoors, then the blanks should be pre-treated with protective compounds that exclude its negative reaction to moisture.
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From pallets you can build furniture of various designs.
For garden
Used pallets are a great source of garden furniture. They make magnificent benches and benches, chairs and tables, sunbeds and much more. You can even build something like a bar in the shade of a sprawling tree. Collecting such items is not at all difficult. Whole pallets go to countertops, seats and bases of structures, and broken ones are disassembled and spent on armrests, backs, legs. Long nails, self-tapping screws and glue will help ensure the assembly is safe and make the structure strong.
Pallets make perfect garden furniture
You can make outdoor furniture from pallets durable by covering it with a layer of varnish after priming or painting it with special paint.
For home
Pallets make not only excellent furniture for the landscape, but also for the home environment. They make great bed frames. Just stack some pallets and top with a thick mattress. If the sleeping place is significantly narrower than the width of the pallets, then they can be beaten as a podium or turned into a bedside bench for legs. If you wish, you can make such a bed a headboard. Parts of pallets are also suitable for this.
From pallets you can assemble a magnificent bed frame
Those who are friends with their hands can assemble an excellent sofa from commercial packages, which will become an adornment of a relaxation corner. The side rails and the back are made from scraps and leftovers, and the seat is covered with soft pillows. For ease of movement, the sofa can be equipped with wheels.
Sofa on wheels for a rest corner from pallets
Wooden pallets are almost a finished coffee table. Just sand the whole pallet and attach the legs to it. The tabletop can be hidden under tempered glass. This will give the design originality and make it look complete. If this option does not suit you, use stain or patination technology. In any case, the result will be great.
Pallet coffee table
To the nursery
Pallet furniture for arranging a nursery is also a great solution. The easiest way is to assemble a baby crib from them. The side parts are simply attached to the whole pallet and a comfortable mattress is placed inside the resulting structure. No less good are children's chests of drawers, lockers, chairs made of this material.
House in the children's room from a pallet
After all, pallets are the most suitable raw material for the construction of a real play center. Using pallets for these purposes, try to process them with special care, because children are restless people and manage to climb into the most inaccessible places.
Pallet cribs
Fences and barriers
And this, too, can be constructed from the same pallets, so furniture is not the only thing that can be made from pallets. There is no need to be smart here. Just turn the structures vertically and enclose the entire perimeter of a given area with elements tightly attached to each other. On the bare transverse bars, you can put flower pots. It will turn out a very picturesque fence.
pallet fence
Shelving and supplies for flowers
From substandard pallets, it is easy to build the bases of flower beds, put together boxes for planting plants and make containers for seedlings. It assembles in a matter of minutes, but is extremely convenient to use. In addition, such things are easy to fit into landscape design.
Stylish pallet shoe rack
Hammocks and swings
Half a pallet will be a good blank for a garden swing. And from a solid pallet, you can even make a whole hammock bed, swinging on thick chains and hidden by a canopy.Rest in such a swaying bed will be truly royal.
Hanging swing from pallets
Master class for beginners
If you're getting ready to try your hand at making pallet furniture for the first time, don't start by reinventing the wheel.
Let something simpler be your first-born, for example, a hanger for a hallway in a country house.
Hanger in the hallway from pallets
Process the whole or half structure as described above. By the way, a country house is characterized by increased dampness, especially if it remains uninhabited in the winter, so it will not be superfluous to walk along the pallet with a protective antifungal primer, for reliability. Now pick up a saw and start creating by cutting long outer boards in random order. Paint the resulting blank or decorate in any other way, attach hooks to the boards and boldly hang the finished product on the wall. The family will be delighted!
Bright hanger from pallets
Like to be surprised? Make it harder! Make a bench on the veranda where evening tea is held. Now you will need to cut a large pallet into two parts, one of which should be slightly wider. She will go to the seat. A narrower balance, respectively, will go to the back. Attach the back to the base with corners. So it will be more reliable. Under the seat, select the same bars that will serve as stable legs. Go over the product with varnish. For greater comfort, you can put soft pillows on the seat or sew a mattress.
Comfortable outdoor bench from pallets
What about furniture from pallets to the sauna? Dare to make an original soft corner? It is a sin to refuse, because the price of the issue is 7 pallets, a dozen plywood sheets, foam rubber and upholstery fabric. Then everything happens to the banality simply. Three pallets are set with the letter G. One more is installed on each, and all this heap is fastened with corners, screws and nails. The resulting seats and backs are sewn up with plywood, on top of which cut foam rubber is attached. Now tighten the entire workpiece with a cloth, fixing it with a stapler. It remains to cut and attach the legs-bars to the base of the structure and you can proceed to the manufacture of the table, although no, to manufacture - this is too loudly said. Your table is almost ready. It just lacks legs, and maybe wheels if you want to make it mobile.
Cozy sofas made of pallets with bright pillows
Conclusion
Create pallet furniture - occupation is not only exciting, but also profitable. Get your hands on it, thus equipping your house, cottage, garden plot, and then try to put your work on the court of Internet users. Surely you will receive more than one order to create something like this. Thus, your favorite hobby will gradually grow into a more profitable business, and this seems like a logical conclusion to an innocent hobby, right?
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