Thursday, June 27, 2013

INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF DIY PALLETS

       Last year I discovered pallets for the first time in my life.  My friends just got married and during one of our visits to their new home, I noticed the couch was lifted up on pallets.  My friend told me that it was free pallets that they got down the road. They had put their couch on the pallets and put Christmas lights on the ground in the pallets which made a cool glow under the couch.  I thought to myself, hey that's kind of neat.  Needless to say, I started looking out for pallets during my frequent visits to craigslist's free posting page.
       One day I saw a posting for  free pallets right down the road at a pet store.  I drove down and picked some up.  My mom also fell in love with the idea of using free pallets.  No more than a couple weeks later there were over 20 pallets added to my 3 pallet collection in the yard!  I wasn't sure how or what my mom was going to do with the pallets, but to my surprise it turned out pretty nice.  She simply stacked them side by side to make a fence around our yard.  Various plants propped it up along with some nails and spare wood.  Hanging Spanish moss over the top completed the look: