Pallet Inspiration

You can find free pallets at flooring and furniture stores, lumber and stone yards, etc...



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





An old alcohol distillery in Barcelona gets warmed up with pallet sofas. www.micasarevista.com





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





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 Bed Frame. djacoose.blogspot.com





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 Sofa. seaseight.blogspot.com





Pallet Dining Table
From: "100% Pallet: from Freight to Furniture: 20 DIY Designer Projects" by Aurélie Drouet, www.amazon.co.uk.





Pallet wood table legs and lower shelf, top is old decking, by Ana White, ana-white.com





Made with only an old hand saw, a hammer and some used pallets. How-to: cherryblossomkindoflife.blogspot.com

Pallet Sofa. How to: www.theironstonenest.com





Pallet Couch.





Pallet Chair with a wash of alternating colors.
batzolades.wordpress.com & Another chair: remodelista.com





Pallet Coffee Table with shelf. How-to: www.joyeverafter.com





Pallet coffee table. Larger wheels, no shelf. www.home-dzine.co.za





Pallet wood dining table. Cris and Diana's Red Hook Rooftop. Via: www.apartmenttherapy.com





Missing a door? Replace it with pallet wood. www.blockandchisel.co.za





Pallet Headboard by Amber of Pineplace. homebyheidi.blogspot.com





Pallet Benches - DIY
www.designsponge.com





Pallet Desk by Donna of Funky Junk Interiors. funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com





Pallet Desk by Donna of Funky Junk Interiors. funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com





Pallet wall. jerseyicecreamco.blogspot.com





A pallet wood ceiling. Detailed how-to: www.remodelaholic.com





Pallet wood wall. www.casasugar.com




Pallet wood wall. www.shadesoflight.com





Pallet display case in the Olabisi wine tasting room. Cookie sheets are used as slide out trays. remodelista.com





Tadashi Kawamata à Versailles
Taken on: September 18, 2008
www.artfacts.net, www.flickriver.com




Pallet wood sauna.





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 www.stephanemalka.com, lots more interesting images.





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 Toy Boxes by Ana White, detailed how-to here: ana-white.com






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



Caution: When looking at pallets note that there is oft times an IPPC logo stamp. Chemically treated pallets have an "MB" stamp, heat treated pallets are stamped with "HT" -- do not use the MB treated pallets. Heat Treated pallets are much more common. Also check to see if the pallet was pressure treated, they will have an odd green tint to them if they were. Never use pressure treated wood indoors and use with discretion outdoors.


More Pallet How-Tos:

Pallet Bench: www.apartmenttherapy.com

Pallet House How-To: www.tinypallethouse.com

Pallet Dining Table: www.readymade.com/pallet_table.pdf

Outdoor Pallet Sofa: funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com

Pallet Loungers: shoestringpavilion.blogspot.com

Pallet Coffee Table: scraphacker.com

Pallet Sofa: www.apartmenttherapy.com

Pallet Playhouse: www.instructables.com

Pallet Shed How-to: summerville-novascotia.com

Pallet Shed: www.youtube.com


Books:

"100% Pallet: from Freight to Furniture: 20 DIY Designer Projects" by Aurélie Drouet, www.amazon.co.uk

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Denise Cripps
Posts: 17

Pallet ideas
Reply #17 on : Sat April 27, 2013, 00:02:49

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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

david
Posts: 17

pallets
Reply #16 on : Fri April 26, 2013, 12:12:38

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we some times have free unrepairable
pallets http://www.wooden-pallet-sales.co.uk/

angela
Posts: 17

review
Reply #15 on : Sat April 06, 2013, 20:17:02

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what an awesome article, thank you fantastic pictures to inspire.

Chris
Posts: 17

Palets
Reply #14 on : Mon March 25, 2013, 23:03:43

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AMAZING, WOW, I am all in may make my first one in the morning.

kostantakis
Posts: 17

pallet coffe table
Reply #13 on : Fri March 22, 2013, 00:09:46

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My cofee palet table !!!

Video step by step -----> http://adf.ly/Godie

photo ----> http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/71579_4737301263939_1007110437_n.jpg

Bryan Cush
Posts: 17

Pallets + Milk Crates
Reply #12 on : Thu March 21, 2013, 22:14:08

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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.

http://www.sawdustbureau.com/#!flotsam--jetsam/cl41

margaret ogilvie
Posts: 17

wooden pallets
Reply #11 on : Fri March 08, 2013, 15:32:28

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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.

Perri Small
Posts: 17

Pallets
Reply #10 on : Thu February 07, 2013, 05:13:28

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So awesome!

Happy little Beans
Posts: 17

Pallet furniture
Reply #9 on : Fri December 28, 2012, 18:16:10

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These images & ideas are great, very inspiring. Thank you

Ayelet
Posts: 17

great
Reply #8 on : Sun December 16, 2012, 07:49:03

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Thanks for the inspiring post, such great ideas.

Keiren
Posts: 17

To Lilly
Reply #7 on : Wed November 21, 2012, 12:44:49

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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!

Anonymous
Posts: 17

Re: Wood Pallet Inspiration
Reply #6 on : Fri November 16, 2012, 19:34:02

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Just the sight of a wooden pallet reminds me of the 6 years of pure HELL I spent working in a factory.

Lilly Mills
Posts: 17

Where to buy?
Reply #5 on : Mon November 12, 2012, 17:56:36

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Where can you buy the wooden pallets??

Thanks

Jason Van Nest
Posts: 17

Another Pallet Project
Reply #4 on : Sat October 20, 2012, 21:20:52

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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:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jasonvannest/the-sodabib-project

brenda sims
Posts: 17

Re: Wood Pallet Inspiration
Reply #3 on : Tue July 17, 2012, 09:46:59

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how cool to recycle theses pallets

maggie brochu
Posts: 17

pallet bench
Reply #2 on : Fri June 08, 2012, 09:31:47

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Thank you for featuring my bench in your super cool line-up! I love pallet projects.

Anonymous
Posts: 17

Re: Wood Pallet Inspiration
Reply #1 on : Tue May 22, 2012, 17:34:06

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Pallets rule.