Saturday, April 13, 2019

An Upcycler's Guide To Using Wood Pallets Ontario CA In Your Home

By Laura Mitchell


An increasing number of people are looking for ways to upcycle materials and find different ways to use them in their homes. If you like this concept, you may be happy to learn that there are many uses for wood pallets Ontario CA both inside and out of your home. Here are some useful tips that you can use to select and repurpose these useful and beautiful items.

One thing that makes these items so great for use as furniture is that they are fairly cheap to purchase. It is becoming harder and harder to find free pallets that are in good shape but you may be lucky enough to do so. If you can't, you may want to search for companies that make pallets as they are often willing to sell them even if you aren't buying a large number of them.

Outdoor living spaces are the perfect places to use pallets. You can turn them into bench seating for a deck, top them with wood for an outdoor patio table, or turn them into couches and chairs. As the wood weathers it often takes on a beautiful patina that can look quite stunning.

If you love the look of a bohemian interior, you may want to think about using pallets to form the frame for your living room couch and chairs. Some will modify pallets and add legs so they sit higher. It is also easy to add custom made cushions so that your completed project fits in better with your decor.

If you are someone with a green thumb and are looking for a unique way to display the plants you are growing in or around your home, you may want to use a pallet as a way to do so. Many people hang altered pallets to their walls and set plant pots into them. This keeps them up off of tables, shelves and other flat surfaces and can be a great way to let plants flourish.

If you still aren't sure how to turn these items into furniture for your home you can start by looking online. You can find different sites that will have material lists and instructions that will detail which cuts to make and how to join the pieces back together. There will also be tips about how you can paint or finish the rough wood.

Finding these items used to be very easy but now that they are as popular as they are you may need to look around a little to find any. Some people visit factories and shipping companies in order to see if they can purchase a pallet or two.

Of course, not everyone has the room or the ability to turn a raw pallet into a finished piece of furniture. If you like the look of these items but you don't have the space or the time to build one you might want to look online or at local stores to buy pieces instead. These can range from inexpensive, smaller pieces to ones that are larger and more expensive.




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