Pallet crafts explained
Pallet crafts are crafts and projects which use discarded wooden shipping pallets.
Wooden pallets are often used for shipping products, but when these get old, they are often thrown away. However, there are many ways to recycle old pallets.
Issue 14 of ReadyMade Magazine issued out a MacGyver challenge to find some way to reuse shipping pallets. In the following two issues of the magazine, plans and pictures for winning submissions were shown. Winning submissions included:
- A bench
- A picnic set
- A chair and table set
- A lounge chair
- A raised garden bed[1]
One can also find plans online for other craft projects using pallets, such as plans for:
Also, one can read about how people have made various things out of pallets, such as:
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Gallery
Insect hotels
References
- http://handycrowd.com/how-to/garden-and-outdoors/build-raised-beds-in-garden-out-of-pallets/ Making raised garden beds out of pallet wood
- http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2006/05/how-to-build-15-shipping-pallet.html Composting bins
- http://www.plentymag.com/features/2008/05/diy_birdhouse.php Birdhouse
- http://summerville-novascotia.com/PalletShed/ Pallet shed
- Web site: Guitars Taylor Guitars . www.taylorguitars.com.
- Web site: Cheap'N'Chic Pallet Sofa. 13 July 2012. Scraphacker.com. 1 October 2013.
- Web site: 5 Creative Uses For Old Pallets. Toolbox.co.uk. 1 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215455/http://news.toolbox.co.uk/articles/5-things-you-can-do-with-old-pallets. 4 October 2013. dead.
- Web site: 17 Incredibly Creative Ways to Reuse Shipping Pallets. 2 April 2015. CountryLiving. 2 April 2015.
- Web site: The Garden Furniture Shop. Thegardenfurnitureshop. 12 Jun 2021.
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