Trash to Treasure projects
Over at The Happy Housie, Krista tells us, “I was out for a walk with my family the other day when I happened upon an old piece of pallet wood that had somehow ended up on the side of the road. I had wanted to make a sign out of pallet wood for a while so I quickly grabbed it and ported it back home with me.”
Jessi from Practically Functional says, “I found a really well-constructed pallet in the alley behind our apartment, and knew I had to snatch it up quick before anyone else did!”
At House by Hoff, April had a blank wall in her dining area that needed a little something. ”I considered doing some pallet art. I considered hanging some plates,” she says. ”Then, in a moment of sheer genius, I considered doing both.”
It’s a double hitter–two pallet projects in one day! I just had to show off the great wall clock Mandy–and her husband–at Sugar Bee Crafts made from a pallet.
I’m lucky enough to have Karianne of Thistlewood Farms as one of my contributors over at one of my other sites. Check out this amazing desk she built from a pallet and shared over at Infarrantly Creative.
Tracie blogs over at The Bunch. She’s been trying various ways to get a garden started in a challenging backyard environment for the past few years. This season, she hit upon a great way to make inexpensive garden boxes using salvaged pallets.
Alex blogs at Happy, Healthy & Domestic. She explains how this project started: ”My dad was in town visiting and he needed to pick up some flooring from Lumber Liquidators. While we were out back pick it up, we noticed a pallet in the trash and a bunch of wood to the side. We asked if we could have the pallet and 4 of the wood pieces and they said no problem.”
“There is an alley right behind our apartment building that always has the BEST stuff!” explains Jessi from Practically Functional. “I found this pallet out there one day and knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.”
