#palletts

Free Pallet Patio Garden

Fancy growing your own fruit and veg? I thought the same and am now managing just that! Here’s how to build your own free pallet patio garden. Last year I had a new patio and it’s a great area to sit out in as it captures a lot of sun.  The boys use our garden to play football and I learnt the hard way that football and plant borders don’t mix well! I actually get upset when I see the ball thud…

As you can see from the detail pictures, the pallet wood is far from perfect, but I appreciate all the little knots and saw marks. Because this is the desk of a working man! 😝

This was pretty simple to make. The most difficult part (as is always the case when making anything near furniture grade with pallette wood) was the intense sanding that was required to get the boards smooth.

I opted not to finish this with anything at this point, but I may eventually apply some Tung oil. For now, I just wanted to get it on my desk to see how it works. I’m super happy with it!

Side-note: if you’re curious about my desk, you can read about that here, and if you’re curious about some of the things on my desk (monitor, speakers, mug… etc), check out the “my favorites” page.

Getting ready to “install”

I added some corner braces at the back to help keep the vertical boards square.

You can see some of the funky knots/wood grain.

Saw marks

Pre-drill if you don’t want to split them!

I like that I can tuck my keyboard underneath

In action

Klein budget maar toch op zoek naar een leuk en stylish bed? Probeer het eens met paletten! Verven, stapelen en goed vastmaken, matras erop en klaar. Als je dit project overweegt zou ik het hout van de paletten wel behandelen, beestjes zijn niet welkom in ons bed! Als je je kamer gewoon wilt opfleuren kan je enkel een hoofdeinde maken uit paletten. Enjoy!