You can find free pallets at flooring and furniture stores, lumber and stone yards, etc. Resourceful folks have turned them into cost-effective chairs, tables, beds—even entire houses.
Pallet Furniture: Chairs
Pallet stools at a pop-up restaurant by Joost Bakker for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. The whole building and all the furniture were made from reclaimed materials. byjoost.com
Made with only an old hand saw, a hammer and some used pallets. How-to: cherryblossomkindoflife.blogspot.com
Pallet Chair with a wash of alternating colors. batzolades.wordpress.com & Another chair: remodelista.com
Pallet Benches – DIY. www.designsponge.com
Recycled and Upcycled Pallets on eBay
eBay usually has wood pallets for sale (in lots of 10 on up). Also, plenty of folks sell upcycled pallet furniture like the examples in this post.
Pallet Furniture: Sofas
An old alcohol distillery in Barcelona gets warmed up with pallet sofas. Originally found at “micasarevista.com/casas/loft/loft19/loft19_2.shtml”
Pallet Sofa. seaseight.blogspot.com
Pallet Sofa. How to: www.theironstonenest.com
Pallet Couch.
Pallet Furniture: Storage
Ingenious – a multi-tiered TV watching platform. Designer: Simone Tasca, www.simonetasca.com.br Via: construirmaispormenos.uol.com.br
More ingenuity: a pallet TV holder. A lot less expensive than the ones sold at big box stores. Simone Tasca, www.simonetasca.com.br
Pallet display case in the Olabisi wine tasting room. Cookie sheets are used as slide out trays. remodelista.com
Pallet Toy Boxes by Ana White, detailed how-to here: ana-white.com
Pallet Furniture in the Kitchen
Kitchen in Lombardy by Katrin Arens, who reuses “materials from derelict country houses, cellars, and carpentry studios.” Note the pallet plate rack. www.katrinarens.it
Pallet kitchen island. www.home-dzine.co.za
Pallet wood kitchen cabinets.
New Moon Cottage Long Beach Island, NJ
Designed by: Richard Bubnowski Design LLC
Photo: Sam Oberter Photography
Pallet Furniture: Beds
Pallet Bed Frame. djacoose.blogspot.com
Pallet Dining Table. From: 100% Pallet: from Freight to Furniture: 20 DIY Designer Projects by Aurélie Drouet.
Pallet bed, side table and end table. Door headboard. www.grahamandco.org
Pallet bed by Sandbox Studios. s3.media.squarespace.com, www.sandboxstudio.com
See Lori’s detailed How-to! loridanelle.blogspot.com
The other sister’s bed. loridanelle.blogspot.com
Pallet Headboard by Amber of Pineplace. homebyheidi.com
Pallet Furniture: Tables
Pallet wood table legs and lower shelf, top is old decking, by Ana White, ana-white.com
Pallet Coffee Table with shelf. How-to originally found at “joyeverafter.com/blog/2011/7/13/outdoor-pallet-table-diy.html”
Pallet coffee table. Larger wheels, no shelf. www.home-dzine.co.za
Pallet wood dining table. Cris and Diana’s Red Hook Rooftop. Originally found at “apartmenttherapy.com/-name-location-red-hook-88518”
Pallet Doors
Missing a door? Replace it with pallet wood. www.blockandchisel.co.za
Pallet Furniture: Desks
Pallet Desk by Donna of Funky Junk Interiors. funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com
Pallet Desk by Donna of Funky Junk Interiors. funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com
Pallet Desks. Offices of advertising agency BrandBase sit in a narrow Dutch canal house. See the pallet stairs as well. Via: www.archdaily.com, www.mostarchitecture.com
Pallet Walls
Pallet wall. jerseyicecreamco.blogspot.com
Pallet wood wall. www.casasugar.com
Pallet wood wall. www.shadesoflight.com
Pallet Ceilings
A pallet wood ceiling. Detailed how-to: www.remodelaholic.com
Pallet Sauna
Pallet wood sauna.
Pallet Art
Tadashi Kawamata à Versailles
Taken on: September 18, 2008
www.artfacts.net, www.flickriver.com
Pallet Houses
The Pallet House prototype was designed by I-Beam Design and was featured in the HRH Prince Charles’ Royal Gardens as part of an exhibition on sustainable design, organized by the Prince’s Charity, Start, along with The Earth Awards, The Financial Times and IBM. www.i-beamdesign.com
The Pallet House was conceived as a transitional shelter for returning Refugees. www.i-beamdesign.com. You tube video: www.youtube.com
Pallet House at the Venice Biennale, www.palettenhaus.com
Pallet House Tube, Johannesburg. Note the straw bales integrated with pallets and glass. www.palettenhaus.com
The Learning Cube at the University of Colorado, Denver, is a simple framed, a public gathering shelter that uses shipping pallets as infill. www.archdaily.com
The Learning Cube at the University of Colorado, Denver. The stone wall is simple rubble rocks held in place with wire mesh. www.archdaily.com
Manifesto House in Chili by James & Mau, for Infiniski. Lots more images: www.archdaily.com
The Palettenpavillion was built in 2005 for the Skiing World Cup and was meant to be a temporary shelter for users and media to congregate, create and be inspired by the unusual, cave-like space. Matthias Loebermann choose pallets because he wanted to reflect the surrounding wooded region, while also constructing a sustainable space. It was constructed out of 1300 shipping pallets, 20 tie rods and 100 tension straps. www.aml-partner.de
Inside the Palettenpavillion.
“Be Paletto” is an temporary pavilion designed and built by 9 architecture students from Denmark. muuuz.com
Pallet installation, as above.
A wooden pallet building prototype by stephanemalka.com, lots more interesting images.
Pallets in the Garden
Pallet Planter. How-to: green.thefuntimesguide.com
Pallet planter. batzolades.wordpress.com
Palet Garden lined with coco shells. theinspiredroom.net
Pallet Garden. Detailed how-to here: www.joyeverafter.com
How to Avoid Using Dangerous Chemically-Treated Pallets
Pallets often have an IPPC (International Plant Protection Convention) logo stamp. Heat-treated pallets are stamped with “HT”. Chemically-treated pallets have an “MB” stamp. Do not use the MB-stamped pallets. Happily, heat-treated pallets are much more common.
Also check to see if the pallet was pressure-treated, if they were, they will have an odd green tint. Never use pressure treated wood indoors and use with discretion outdoors.
How to Build and Decorate with Pallets
- Pallet House How-To: www.tinypallethouse.com
- Pallet Dining Table: www.readymade.com/pallet_table.pdf
- Outdoor Pallet Sofa: funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com
- Pallet Coffee Table: scraphacker.com
- Pallet Playhouse: www.instructables.com
- Pallet Shed How-to: summerville-novascotia.com
- Pallet Shed: www.youtube.com
Pallets rule.
Thank you for featuring my bench in your super cool line-up! I love pallet projects.
how cool to recycle theses pallets
There’s a Kickstarter Campaign right now to use Pallets to make roofs in developing countries — they are using them to hold discarded water bottle. Here’s the link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jasonvannest/the-sodabib-project
Where can you buy the wooden pallets??
Thanks
Just the sight of a wooden pallet reminds me of the 6 years of pure HELL I spent working in a factory.
Often businesses will give old pallets away for free. You can often find wood pallets at warehouses and docks. Large grocery stores, furniture and appliance stores are also good places to ask.
Wishing you luck in finding some!
Thanks for the inspiring post, such great ideas.
These images & ideas are great, very inspiring. Thank you
So awesome!
We work with developmentally challenged adults with many tallents and abilities. These ideas are are just the tip of the ideas which can be accomplished with a little assistance. Thanks you margaret ogilvie.
Some excellent examples! Very nice reuse of pallets. Check out my recycled pallet and milk crate design and feel free to repost or follow us on pintrest.
https://www.sawdustbureau.com/#!flotsam–jetsam/cl41
My cofee palet table !!!
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AMAZING, WOW, I am all in may make my first one in the morning.
what an awesome article, thank you fantastic pictures to inspire.
we some times have free unrepairable
pallets https://www.wooden-pallet-sales.co.uk/
Fantastic!!!
I can’t believe I have procrastinated for over 10 years with some of the designs made with old pallets. Everyone thought I was a nut!!!!
Congratulations for the recycle mode of ideas AND to the people who actually believed in themselves and acted on their ideas!!!!!
Denise
your are great!
Please note and inform people that some used pallets are chemichally treated and not safe (especially for a crib). Pallets marked with HT were oly heat treated and may be safer, as when pallets marked with MB were sprayed with Methyl Bromide, a toxic pesticide.
Wow, amazing ideas from big to small. Thanks for assembling such an awesome reference!
I would love to build patio furniture using pallets. Where could I obtain directions in how to do so? What would be the best pallets to use?
I am impressed from what we can do with pallets. if you do have additional ideas, please share..
These are all brilliant, I recently made a bicycle rack out of a pallet, really simple idea to keep all your bikes tidy in the garage.
Hi. This are great ideas. I will try to find some similar products here in Portugal. I will try to go to the two biggest Portuguese furniture companies: ikea.pt and http://www.msjorge.com
In terms of pallets, i will try a wood manufacture in my home town.
Love all of these idees.
Hi, I get some of your astounding ideas to make from pallets. I’m craftsman too and make some furnitures with pallets.Visit my blog, please
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Thanks
hi, iam very much impressed with the use of pallets keep it up
I am so glad to have found this site. I have fallen in love with pieces I have seen made from pallets but not a clue where to find any. Thanks for letting me become a part of your community!
Passion for design furniture and decorative objects as well, rustic, recycled materials, with a touch of creativity, a little ingenuity, some art. facebook.com/hrguez.rwd
I was so blown away with what you could make I love it !
..Awesome..the best I’ve seen.
There is nothing else like it. I walked into there gallery yesterday for the very 1st time. (I had been searching for over 4 months for the perfict dining pub table with a rustic look)
What I left with is amazing. It is exactly what I had been searching for, but better then I could have ever expected!
It is a very relaxing atmosphere. Zero sales pressure. The furniture and the items are stunningly beautiful works of art.
The items sell them selves, with tasteful beauty, style, and prices.
There is no other place like this. An amazing experience.
I am looking forward to shopping there again.
The quality the prices and the people A+++!
I adore this site & all the finesse thst goes into upcycling pallets to beyond anything resembling their original purpose!! Bravo!
Neen
PS: Not that I have a prob with showing somethings humble beginnings or original design but to ramp it up a couple of notches? Brilliant. (no pun intended, btw)
Looks Cool.
http://www.palletspoed.nl
Amazing furniture models.
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Very inspiring post. Love the ideas.
Hello!
I am using pallets in my garden every year. I turned hardwood pallet into a stunning vertical garden near to the house. It became a blooming balcony, where I can change flowers and experiment with colors ?
Really recommend you to use different solutions with wood materials!
thanks for sharing this beautiful designs. its really nice.
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