HOW TO: Make your very own pallet art, for free (or at least very very cheap)!
Last week while doing a mini makeover on our bathroom, I had this big empty space right above where the towels hang. I wanted to put something up there, but money is getting tight with school quickly approaching. Beside what we have planned, budget inst allowing for extras right now. I have been keeping these old pallets in the back yard that I used for photo-sessions a few years ago. I had spray painted them blue and orange, and they have been through the weather since then. Which means really yummy painted distressed orange and blue wood! I originally bought the pallets just for the photo shoot. I bought them in 2012 at a barn sale for $2/each. I probably used $6 of spray paint back then.
Having all the tools I needed, I went at it. I didn't have a plan or measurements, just kind of eyed it all. Turns out pretty nice! I used some paint that I had bought years ago for another craft. So all in all, I paid nothing for these. And I still have more pallets and more paint. I have a few more ideas, which include some gifts for friends. These pallets took me about 3 hours, with taking breaks. The saw was a little intimidating at first but I quickly got the hang of it and its not so scary after all.
VOILA!
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Tear apart the pallets (carefully, the wood may want to break). |
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Measure and but the pieces of pallet wood. Don't forget safety glasses. |
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Before cutting the rough edges off. |
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After cutting. |
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Clean up the scraps. I didn't photo it, but I actually cut thin pieces of wood to nail the pallets all together on the back of the art. I used lots of short nail, so they wouldn't poke through the other side. |
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Used chalk to outline |
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