Friday, March 15, 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.

Wooden pallets can be quite inexpensive to obtain. There are some areas where people can even take them away for free. They are often used to support items that are being shipped or stored in commercial settings. If you have a chance to pick some up, make sure that you look for ones with wooden slats that are not broken as this can weaken them and make them unsuitable for use in your home.

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.

You can also add pallet furniture to the interior of your home. By joining several pallets together it becomes possible to create bed frames or living room furniture. Many people use pallets as coffee tables by adding solid tops to them so that they can safely hold items.

Have you ever wished that there was a place that you could put your plants so that they are up out of the way? If you are tired of having houseplants on every flat surface of your home you might want to look at using a pallet or two. They can be lined with plastic and hung on the wall and plants can be set into them.

If you have managed to get a few pallets and are ready to start work turning them into furniture you might want to look online. You can find sites that offer you instructions as well as sites where you can look at pictures of completed pictures for inspiration. Depending on the condition of your materials and the kind of look you are trying to achieve you may want to look for tips and advice on how to finish the wood so it lasts as long as possible.

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.

If you don't want to do the work of finding, altering and finishing pieces of your own, you may be able to find them online. Stores that sell upcycled items or things made from recycled materials may also be great sources for pieces that are already completed.




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