11 great ideas for recycling pallets and making furniture for the home and garden

There is a reason why pallets remain one of the most popular materials in the DIY world: they provide sturdy wood, are easy to disassemble and re-assemble as needed, and they lend themselves to a myriad of different uses. In addition, they are definitely cheaper than any other type of wood you may want to use in DIY projects.

So pallets have always be the main protagonists used in captivating, home-made furnishing projects: used in the making of furniture for the various rooms of our homes but also for decorating the garden, all customized according to our tastes. The important thing is never to forget to sand the pieces of wood properly, since otherwise you run the risk of getting injured by splinters.

Coffee tables: with pallets you can create a thousand different models. They can even contain a compartment at the top, covered with glass, in which to arrange various objects, such as sand and shells, or house a composition of succulent plants.

If you need smaller furniture, it is often difficult to find pieces that are of the correct size to meet our needs. Pallets can help in this event and a good example is a customized side table (as shown here). 

Most projects using pallets have an indisputable rustic character: if you like this, you will be spoiled for choice in making chairs for the home as well.

Do you want to set up a bedroom quickly and with very little expense? You could make the bed frame from pallets, and it will be sturdy! Put a mattress on it, and it's done in a jiffy.

You could even use a pallet base to create a hanging / suspended bed!

And you could also expand the project to include a footboard all around the bed itself.

Then there are an endless number of ideas for decorating the outdoors: an armchair made of pallets, properly stained and waterproofed, and can be made as large and comfortable as you want.

The same approach can be made for sofas which are placed outdoors: balconies, patios, terraces and gardens can be furnished on a small budget.

If at home a tall and narrow table is used as a side table, in the garden it can become the work table in all the most common gardening tasks.

Additionally, an intact pallet can become the home for many plants: a vertical garden to place wherever you want.

Alternatively, you could use a pallet as a support on which to place potted plants: it is a space-saving, useful and colorful idea to ensure, for example, you always have aromatic herbs to hand.

Have you ever carried out similar projects by recycling pallets?