Monday, February 25, 2013

My version of the trendy pallet coffee table

I've been seeing it everywhere (Pinterest, magazines, blogs, etc), and I love it: furniture made of wooden pallets. From patio chairs to vertical gardens, from shelves to desks and tables... If you can imagine it, you can do it with pallets! So I did.

It started some time ago and I have to be honest, it took me forever to finish it! Not because it's too complicated, or it has multiple steps, it was, I guess, just laziness. Oops! Anyways, I finally made it. And even took photos of it. I got the pallets from the local grocery store, where I politely ask the manager for one and he politely told me "grab as many as you need, girl". Then, a quick stop at Home Depot with Matt, to get power tools!! Our own set! (and we're soooo happy about that). Circular saw, drill and sander, just to start. To finish it, I "borrowed" some paint from our landlord, bought 4'' wheels and voila!

The idea was to make a very short coffee table (as seen here), but turned not to be too comfy as a feet rest ;) So I decided to make a second run to the grocery store, pick up another pallet and stack 'em. Having two pallets also gave it a sort of shelf, where I display some books and my shot glass collection from around the world, courtesy of my dear group of College friends.

Here is the final product:




Well, after all this time and effort, I think it was all worth it. I'm very happy with the final result and, one more time, the feeling that you have after finishing a project like this is AMAZING! Starting with nothing and then, boom! you have a coffee table! Bliss...

Have a great week!

Sofi