Wood pallets are popular for outdoor and home projects because these are cheap and easily available for your projects. You can design different items for home and outdoor uses. In your garden, you will need different items, such as table and sofa for sitting arrangements. You should have a separate place to store your garden tools and other essential items. With the help of pallet, you can design different projects from beds, coffee tables, window boxes, comfortable rockers, shoe cabinets and various other projects.

Furniture designed with wood pallets is perfect for your balcony, patio, garden area, etc. You will need raised beds in the garden for your plants and compost bins. With the help of pallet, you can design a birdhouse, storage shed, chairs, practical benches and lots of other things. The pallet is an economical choice for you because it is easily available in your backyard or you can even buy from the market at low rates. With the help of a swing and different racks, you can increase beauty and storage area of your garden area.

If you want to arrange furniture for your garden within your budget, you can select pallets to complete your work. Pallet pet bed, outdoor shower and playhouse for your children can be designed with the help of pallet wood. You should be careful while purchasing pallet wood and try to get wood pallets in good condition. There are a few projects that will help you to design different types of furniture for your garden. You can design a nice rocker, chair, swing and other accessories for your personal garden. A garden bench will offer additional sitting arrangement.

This book is designed for your help so that you can learn 20 beautiful uses of wood pallets that will help you to design your own furniture. These DIY projects are really good for you to design your own pallet furniture.

Chapter 1 – Garden Furniture with Wooden Pallet

If you want patio or garden furniture, you can use wood pallets to design sofa, table, chair and other items:

Use 01: Pallet Sofa

You can design a sofa with the pallet to decorate your patio and garden area. There are a few tips to design pallet sofa:

Collect Your Pallet

The average size of pallet will be 9 and you should select the best quality pallets to design sofa. You can find some cool wood burned or stamped wood. It is important to check a few extra details.

Cut Pallets

You have to cut these pallets at 27.5 inches wide to mix and match them easily. You can cut straight across the slats and remove a few inches on the side 2 by 4. You can reuse 2 by 4 by sliding it into the gap and reattach with the help of nails. The overall length can be 78”x 78”.

Create Cushions

You have to hide front 2 by 4 gap of the pallet with cushions and mattresses. You can use a few mattresses to create your own cushion because the foam can be expensive and you can cut an old mattress to make cushions.

Secure Backs

You can use a few screws to overlap pallets and screw them along the seam. It will be good to use 2-inch screws. You can decorate your patio and use in parties for extra sitting arrangements.

Use 02: Shelves for Garden

• Sandpaper

• Drill, Level, and Hammer

• 2 wood pallets

• Wood screws

• Wood, 2 by 4 inches

• Saw and Nails

• Paint and Paintbrush

• Wall anchors

Instructions:

• In the first step, you have to sand the surface of the wood to get smooth surface pallets. You can use the underside of each pallet.

• Wood screws and drills will be used to attach the pallets to each other. Keep one pallet on the top of the each pallet in the same direction. The undersides will grasp the shelves.

• Gauge the interior of the top pallet for width and cut the wood in the size of 2 by 4 inches. Insert this wood in the horizontal direction into the pallet and keep it 6 to 8 inches from the top of the wood. Check the level of the wood to make sure it is even before keeping it on the top of the wood. Secure the shelf with the use of hammer and nails. Repeat the same process for every shelf.

• You can paint your shelves or leave them unfinished to get a rustic look. With the help of wall studs or anchors, you can fix the shelving unit into the wall.

Use 03: DIY Garden Chair

• Miter saw

• Flat bar

• 2 Wooden pallets

• Nail puller

• Box, stainless steel screws

• Measurement tape

• Screw gun

Directions:

• Take a wooden pallet and keep it flat on the work surface with the peak surface facing up. The flat bar will slide under the first two boards at one end of the pallet and snoop them carefully.

• Pull out the nails of every pallet board with the help of nail puller. Clean the pallets by removing any drifted nails and set the boards on one side. Repeat this process and remove the nails from each board and cut the pallet boards for the back of the chair, legs and arms.

• Take two boards and measure the 12-inch surface with the help of measure tape and pencil. Use miter saw and cut to the length of the front leg.

• Place the end, conflicting the detached boards, on the seat assembly pallet and lift it in an upward direction. Keep one front leg on each side at the elevated end and drive four wood screws with equal space through the leg into the exterior of the pallet with the use of screw gun.

• Put the second pallet level on the surface while keeping the top surface in an upward direction. Remove half board from one end of the pallet and clean it by pulling the nails out with the help of nail puller. This pallet will help you to assemble seat and ends with the removal of boards for back legs.

• Insert the pallet designed for a back seat with the back leg down through the fourth board. Bring down the back legs on the work surface and used four screws to fasten the seat. You can use a screw gun to fix the each joint of the chair.

Use 04: DIY Coffee Table

• Drill

• Hot glue gun

• Paint or stain

• Chest or suitcase

• Staple gun

• Measuring tape

• Legs and Storage containers

• Top plate hardware

• Velvet or fabric

• Wallpaper

• Cording or trim

• Wooden dividers

Directions:

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Sand the pallet woods and then paint them to complement the colors of your chest. Carefully examine the chest and remove any torn fabric to give a neat look to your coffee table storage.

Measure the legs and then prepare all four legs to secure them at a right place. You can use a machine gun to fix nails and use wooden dividers to make small compartments. It will be good to decorate your wooden dividers with wallpaper.

Use 05: Pallet Stool for Garden

• 4 pieces of wood to make the legs of the stool (3 inches thick)

• Drill and wood glue

• 4 inch thick wood for seat

• Chisel

• 4 large screws

• Varnish

• Padding and upholstery

Directions:

Measure the stool as per your needs and then select pallet wood to make the stool. Cut into different pieces of the wood to make legs and seat. The seat can be round or square.

Drill holes in the seat to fix legs in the four corners, you need to insert screws into each of the four corners on the bar stool. Cut down the legs to determine the height of your stool and try to keep these pieces 3 inches thick. Make sure to keep the size of all four legs same.

You can use wood glue in the holes of the seat around the screw head and carefully insert the legs into the hole. Screw them until you get resistance and make sure to keep it tight. Clean the excessive glue and let the stool dry.

Chapter 2 – Garden Decorations with Pallet

There are a few decorations that can be designed with pallets and these can increase the beauty of your garden:

Use 06: DIY Pallet Fence

• Wooden pallets

• Steel T-posts

• Sledgehammer

• 2 x 4 blocks, 8 inches in length

• Drill/driver

• 3/16-inch drill tad

• 1/4-inch rivets

• Hinges

Directions:

It is really simple, just measure the pallet woods and then cut the vertical pallet boards. Place each perpendicular in a line and use long deck screws and thicker frame wood to stick them together. The size of the post will be based on your own requirements.

Use 07: DIY Pallet Box

• Pencil

• Pallet Wood

• White paper

• Measuring tape

• Hammer

• Saw

• Paint or stain for wood

• Nails

• Paint brush

Directions:

Select a durable pallet and break it by removing nails with the claw of a hammer. You can keep these nails aside and cut the wood to have 14 straight plans with 14.5 inches length. You have to sand every piece to remove rough surfaces.

Set four planks of 14.5 inches and nail them together. This will help you to make one side of the wall of a planter box. Replicate this process with four more planks of 14.5 inches to create a 2nd side wall. You have to create vertical planks for all walls.

Now, you will alight three planks, side by side and use nails to attach them together to make sides of walls. This will make the front wall with vertical planks and replicate this process to make back wall and nails all walls to the front and back walls.

You have to make the base of two runners by cutting two planks equal to your longest wall. This length will be based on the width of your planks. Cut equal short pieces to use as feet and you will need four pieces. Use nails to attach the feet to the underside of all runners.

You have to measure a plank to create a base and cover the open base area of the four walls. They will be placed adjacent to each other. Now nail the two runners on the opposite sides and create a base for measuring planks to the underneath of your base.

Keep the walls of this box on the base and nail it along the bottom of the walls into the base. Place the finished box at the desired place in your garden or yard after filling with desired products.

Use 08: Magnetic Rack for Fertilizers and Seeds

You can use small to large mason jars to secure seeds and chemicals. It is easy to mount a sheet of stainless steel to any wall of your garden. Now use gluing magnets to top canning lids and secure your jars on the wall. It will be good to use a paper chit to label each jar.

Use 09: Pallet Rack

• 4-by-4 posts of 96-inch, 6 pieces

• 2-by-6 lumber of 96 inches, 8 pieces

• Square frame

• 4-penny nails (box nails)

• Hammer

• 40 hangers (joist) for lumber

• 16-penny nails

• 2-by-6 lumber of 30 inches, 8 pieces

• 2-by-6 lumber of 27-inch, 20 pieces

Directions

You should arrange a work table and keep six 4 by 4 posts on it. Now measure from one end of the lumber to another end and mark at the point of 30, 60 and 90 inches.

Now put the eight lumber pieces of 2 by 2 on the table and keep them parallel to each other and make sure that they are touching long edges. Measure from the left end and mark each 16 inches. Now keep the frame square on this mark and draw a line transversely the width of your lumber.

Select a mid point on marks for joist hangers and secure them in the 96-inch lumber with the help of 4-penny nails. Make sure to drive all the nails at a slope to avoid their protruding from the other sides of your lumber. Now split two 4-by-4 posts almost 96 inches distant and adjust the third one in the middle.

It is time to take one of 2-by-6 eight pieces lumber to keep on the bottom of the 96-inch posts while keeping the face joist hangers in the downward direction. You can use 16-penny nails to secure them and one post should be there at the end of 2-by-6 lumber and one in the middle. You can replicate this procedure with the remaining posts and lumber as well.

Now you have to turn one of the assemblies above to keep the face of hangers up. It is time to secure the 30-inch lumber to the both ends of 96-inch lumber with 16-penny nails.

Stand the assembly upright to keep the 96-inch pieces with hangers, so that this can meet 30-inch lumber and secure them with 16-inch penny nails.

You can keep one of the 27-inch lumber in every joist hanger and secure them with 4-penny nails.

Use 10: Pallet Posts

• Steel T-posts

• Sledgehammer

• 2 x 4 blocks, 8 inches in length

• Drill/driver

• 3/16-inch drill tad

• 1/4-inch rivets

• Hinges

Directions:

Chapter 3 – Storage Bin and Garden Beds

You can design a few storage bins and garden beds with the help of pallet to save space and money:

Use 11: Pallet Compost Bin

• 5 Pallets

• 6 stakes of 18-inch, 1 x 1

• Mallet

• 2 stakes of 72-inch, 2 x 2

• Staple Gun

• Garden Netting

• Wire Ties, 1 bag

• Scissors

Directions:

Lay out three pallets vertical to make a three-sided box in a place that you want to select for your compost bin.

Now glide a wire tie via the corner at the middle, top and bottom of the pallets to tie them together. Now put a wire tightly and slide stacks all through the middle of the side pallets of the compost bin. Place them at the front edge of the side and force the stakes into the floor. They will be flushed with the top boundaries of the side pallets.

Use 12: Design Frame for Vegetables

• 5 Pallets

• 6 stakes of 18-inch, 1 x 1

• Mallet

• 2 stakes of 72-inch, 2 x 2

• Staple Gun

• Garden Netting

• Wire Ties, 1 bag

• Scissors

Directions:

Select a place in the garden for vegetables, such as pumpkin or squash to grow in A-frame trellis. Keep two boards across the plot to make a 45-degree angle with two pallets and make an A-frame.

Glide wire ties all through the pallets at the top junction and space should be 6 inches along the joints. Tie them tightly.

Now drive 3, 1 x 1 stakes of 18 inches through the bottom of every pallet of the A-frame and secure the frame in its place. Keep one on every end and another in the middle. Roll the garden net to the frame and staple it for security. Clip extra netting and it will help vegetables to grow on the trellis.

Use 13: Design a Beautiful Bed for Garden

• Packing Pallets

• Fertilizer

• Garden Loam

• Organic Compost

Directions:

Set pallets on the smooth ground, but the location should have plenty of sunlight for 6 to 8 hours and air movement. A smooth and level surface will keep the pallets secure and you can raise gardens to quickly use moisture and retain moisture and nutrients of the soil.

Now fill the pallets with soil and pack the soil between slates and on the top. You should have 2 to 3 inches of soil mix over the top of pallets. Soil will be layered in all pallets and the fertilizer can be slowly released into the soil in the rows between the boards. These will be planting rows 4 inches of soil on the top.

It will be good to raise small plants in this garden to avoid overcrowding of roots. These are good for broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, collards and lettuce.

Use 14: Tips to Grow Your Herbal Garden

• Wall adhesive

• Tapcon screws

• Wooden pallet

• Hose clamps

• Mason jars

• Soil

• Cable Staples

• Charcoal

• Stones

• Plants

Directions:

Use a wood that will serve as a base for the wall and place hose clamps on this wooden board. You can measure the place on a wooden board to find out the capacity of glass jars on the wooden board. If you want to grow herbs, these should be located close to your window. You can grow sage, rosemary, and similar herbs.

After securing the boards in its place, you can use adhesive to secure the board and use tap con screw to make it secure in its place. Now you will measure the center to fix the hose clamps and secure them in their right place.

Pour stones in the bottom of mason jars and make sure these should be free from drainage. After stones, you can add charcoal to balance the pH of soil and avoid growth of bacteria in soil. Now add soil and plants in every jar and secure them with the hose clamps.

Use 15: Rack to Keep Your Tools

• 1 pallet

• Staples

• 4′x 4′chicken wire

• 6 wire coat hangers

• Durable chain

• 2 1/4 x 4″clasp hook bolts and nuts

• 4 washers with bolts

• S-shaped hooks

• Circular Saw and Hammer

• Nail Puller and Nails

• Drill and head screwdriver

• Staple gun and wire cutters

• Tape to Measure

Directions:

Cut the pallets and remove the middle bar of the pallet. Carefully split the wood and measure the split pieces. You should use a staple gun to staple the chicken wire in a particular place. Staple the chicken wire to the wooden bar.

Cut the additional wire with the help of a wire cutter and bend the remaining wire to make the sharp corners smooth. Take the wooden bars and fix the chicken wire with the help of screws and use a nail gun to fix the wood pallets.

Fix the chain along the length and hang the rack at about a 45-degree angle with hook bolts on the wall. Your pot rack is ready and now you can use bolts to fix the rack at a point where you can access it and create additional support.

You can place S-hooks on the hanger wire so that you can hang pots and pans on the hooks. Keep it in mind that these hooks can carry a lightweight item, but you can get the benefits of additional storage.

Chapter 4 – DIY Pallet Fences, Walls and Pathway

There are a few projects that can be followed to surround your garden with walls, fences and pathways:

Use 16: Bird House

If you want to design a birdhouse, you can get the advantage of pallet wood. You can follow the given plans and blueprint to design your bird house. You have to create a door at the bottom edge of the front piece, but mark it with a pencil. You can cut out the rectangle or round door.

Line up the back panel and the panels on both the sides and fix with nail and hammer along the length of the panels. Now secure the front panel with hammering electrified nails.

It is time to set the wooden frame on the top of the bottom piece and fix it with two to three nails on each corner. Keep a flat panel in its place with hammer and nails and keep it secure. Add adhesive constructions and let the pet house dry.

Use 17: Pallet Bin for Compost and Plants

• 8-foot pieces of 1 x 4 pine, 2 boards

• 10-foot pieces of 1 x 2 pine, 2 boards

• 10-foot piece of 2 x 2 pine, 1 board

• Measuring tape and Clamp

• Safety goggles

• Circular saw

• 1 box of about 1 1/4-inch screws

• Drill and 7/16 drill bit

Directions:

Cut all the wooden pieces with the help of a circular saw, such as you need 4 pieces of 24-inch of 1 x 4, 4 pieces of 22 inches, 4 pieces of 2 x 2 at 30 inches. You will also cut 4 pieces of 1 x 2 at 24 inches and 6 pieces of 25 inches.

You need to build four walls, two walls will be built by 22-inch piece of 1 x 4 and two walls can be designed with 24-inch one x four pieces. You will make square walls build the corners. Fasten them together and assemble the top and bottom area.

Cut the sections for inner rack and drill a screw in each rack to fix it. Finish off the bottom part and prepare the top part in the same way. You can add sealant or paint to protect the rack.

Use 18: Pallet Pathway

• Measuring tape

• Screwdriver

• Pencil

• Wood screws

• Saber saw

Directions:

In the first step, you will measure the width of your path to count the number of pallets required to design it. These are available in different sizes so you should consider the size of your bed and you will need more than one pallet.

You should gauge the width of pallets and keep one pallet flat (upside-down) on the floor. You can make a pencil mark to the place where you want to cut it short.

Cut the pallet wood with the help of a saber saw and remove excessive sections of the pallet.

Now, turn full and cut pallets (upside-down) and line them with each other to make a full-width headboard. Remove excessive board and use it to extend the junction point of two pallets. It is time to drive wood screws into the board to attach all sections.

You can keep this pallet way on the path.

Use 19: Pallet Playhouse

• 1 sheet 1/2-inch pallet wood, 8 feet x 4 feet

• Circular saw and Hammer

• Tape measure

• Straight edge

• 2-inch galvanized nails

• Pencil

• Construction adhesive

Directions:

Cut the pieces of pallet wood boards for the following measurements:

• 21 x 34 inches for bottom

• 27 x 39 inches for top

• 23 x 24 inches for back

• 23 x 24 inches for front

• 24 x 34 inches for side

• 24 x 34 inches for another side

You have to create a door at the bottom edge of the front piece, but mark it with a pencil. You can cut out the rectangle or round door.

Line up the back panel and the panels on both the sides and fix with nail and hammer along the length of the panels. Now secure the front panel with hammering electrified nails.

Use 20: Storage Shed for Garden

• Tape Measure

• 1 board of 24 feet, 2 x 4 inch

• Flour

• Jig saw

• Rubber mallet

• 6 Reber of 4 foot

• Hammer

• 3 lengths of 14 PVC pipe,¾inch and 12 feet long

• Polyethylene 12 x 2 feet plastic

• Nails

• Fencing staples

• Wire

Directions:

Gauge the footprint of your transferable garage. You have to mark this particular area with flour. The garage should be 6’long and 4’wide.

You can hammer the supports of Rebar halfway into the floor at each corner of the garage along with the rubber mallet. Now hammer the leftover supports into the ground halfway on every side of the shed.

Curve every piece of the PVC to make a U-shape and keep arm of every U at the end of Rebar support gluing out of the floor.

Now drape a wire all the way around the bend of the first segment of PVC pipe. Now, loosely run a wire to the 2nd segment of pipe and drape it. You can expand the wire to the last segment of pipe and drape it loosely. You can create a ridge post that will be good to bear the weight of snow.

Now cut the board into two pieces of 6-foot and one piece of 4-foot. You need additional wood to make an open square. You can keep this square at the bottom of the garage frame outer surface of the Rebar and leave a single side open.

It is time to pull the polyethylene shell at the peak of the garage border to keep one side flush to the façade of the garage. You can nail it down with the fencing tacks. It is time to leave a back lynching loose so that the wind can escape out from the front to the back and the rain will not come as well.

Chapter 5 – Tips to Check if the Wooden Pallet is Usable

Wooden pallets are really helpful to design economic furniture for your house. If you are using wooden pallets found in your backyard, then there is no harm in their use, but if you are purchasing pallets from the market, then it is important to consider some important points:

Make sure your selected pallets are not treated with methyl bromide, and in several countries, these are hard to find. The pallets treated with methyl bromide are banned in New Zealand, Europe, Canada and Australia. Methyl bromide is not good for your health because this dangerous chemical can affect both people and the environment. You should select pallets that are untreated or treated with heat instead of poison.

If the pallet is made for export, then it is a heat treated pallet and it is good for your use. The pallets are treated with heat at 56°C for softwood and 60°C for hardwood to kill pests.

Tools Required for Pallet Projects

If you want to successfully complete different pallet projects, then it is important to have the following tools:

• Pallet Wood

• Nail Gun

• Drill to drill the nails

• Wood glue to use nail gun

• Electric Sander for wood

• Electric Saw to cut the Wood

• Thick gloves (Cut Proof)

• Goggles

• Hat to cover your head

There are two types of pallets, one is for once use and the second pallets are for multiple uses. The cheap softwood pallets are for one-time use only, while the multiple use pallets are designed for the use of hardwood.

Conclusion

In your garden, you will need different items, such as table and sofa for sitting arrangements. You should have a separate place to store your garden tools and other essential items. With the help of pallet, you can design different projects from beds, coffee tables, window boxes, comfortable rockers, shoe cabinets and various other projects. There are a few projects that will help you to design different types of furniture for your garden. You can design a nice rocker, chair, swing and other accessories for your personal garden. A garden bench will offer additional sitting arrangement.

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