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One of my favorite things about our house is the fenced in back yard and patio with a carport roof above. My
husband and I spend many evenings sitting outside on our patio enjoying the Texas weather, before it gets too hot.
We love to entertain, and I had bought a little patio seating set last year but it only seats 4 and most times we have
more people over then that. That's where this project was birthed from and here is how I did it.
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What you will need for this project is some creativity a measuring tape, sandpaper possibly paint and of course pallets.
My husband and I found our pallets on Craigstlist from a Coors light plant that ordered the wrong size and were
trying to get rid of them. We got two truck loads of them almost brand new for $20. My husband has used some for
kindling and to stack his firewood on. I used 15 of them for this project and we still have quite a few left for other
projects.
This project cost me $40 total ($10 for the pallets, $25 for the paint and I have a lot leftover, and well say $5 for Blog Archive
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The first thing you will need to do is measure your pallets and figure out if you will need to cut them or if you like the
size already. My pallets measured 36"x45" 36" was still a bit wide for trying to sit on so we decided to cut them in half.
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To cut in half I used a regular handsaw and cut down the middle to the side of the middle beam. You have to cut both
sides. this is not hard. I did it to all 15 pallets in about an hour.
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Here is what it looked like. The part I am going to use is the part on the left. It now measures 36"x24" I cut several
pallets like this. I knew I needed 5 across but I didn't know how many I would need to stack to get the height for the
seat that I wanted.
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So I started stacking and I pulled up my patio chair to compare. I decided that three high was just right. So now I
knew I needed 15 whew...time to get busy.
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Now to make the backs to them. This is one of the leftover pieces from the pallets I cut earlier.
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If you do it right it should take off the top and second boards.
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TaDa
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If your benches are going to be against a wall, simply prop it up against it. The blocks left on the back will help keep it
stable.
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As you can see I have an uneven space and also part of my bench that is not against a wall.
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For the bench not up against a wall I tried just propping it up but any gust of wind and it fell right over.
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I don't have a picture of this but I just took a really long nail and hammered it through the wood blocks all the way to
the pallet beneath.
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Now all that's left is to sand it all down. My pallets were pretty rough with a lot of splinters. I just sanded them enough
to get rid of the splinters and smooth it out enough to paint.
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I tried two different colors to see which I liked better and I decided on the dark grey.
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I grabbed my paint and put on some music on pandora. It was a beautiful day out.
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All done.
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Update:
As you all know, we recently welcomed a new member into the family, drew. He got in by marrying Hannah, and he
brought a whole new skill set to our little family business. He builds stuff, and by that I mean really really cool stuff!
The name of his business is Redeemed Restoration Furniture and he makes the most beautiful tables out of reclaimed
wood taken from old barns. So what could we do? We put his tables on our website! So, if any of you are looking for
a beautiful quality piece of furniture out of reclaimed wood? Drew's your man!
You can check out his work here.
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80 comments:
Marie James July 16, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Love this clever idea! We use pallets for all sorts of things but hadn't thought of anything like this.
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Thank you,
Karen McDonald
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I went to craigslist to find mine. Sometimes if a company ordered too many or the wrong size they will sell
them on craigslist for pretty cheap. Here is a link with tips on finding free reclaimed materials.
http://oldworldgardenfarms.com/2012/11/06/6-simple-tips-to-find-free-pallets-and-reclaimed-materials/
They suggest looking at Small Garden and Hardware Stores, Motorcycle Shops, Lawnmower and Power
Equipment stores. I hope you can find some.
Bethany
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