Furnish the living room or an outdoor area with pallets: be inspired by these 12 creative ideas
Pallets are a cheap and very versatile resource for undertaking many interesting DIY furniture and decorating projects with. If you are familiar with DIY and DIY projects, it will be very easy for you to get yourself with a hammer, nails, hacksaw, glue and paint to create some incredible furnishing accessories for your home.
In the living room or on the balcony or terrace, you can create useful objects using pallets as raw material. Sofas, bookcases, shelves, living room tables, TV furniture - all these can easily be produced at home if you put your imagination and creativity into it.
Below, we suggest 12 great ideas for furnishing a living room or terrace with pallets.
1. Seaside coffee table
You will feel like you are always on holiday with this glass-topped coffee table that contains a miniature beach with shells.
2. Supported sofa
Four pallets stacked in pairs can easily become a comfortable sofa with a built-in table top and soft, colorful cushions.
3. Wall-mounted desk
Create a small study area in your living room with a lovely wall-mounted desk. Making it from pallets will be a simple and quick job.
4. An outdoors living room
Furnish your balcony or terrace with a sofa and a pallet table. Choose white cushions for a more elegant effect, colored ones if you want a more lively look.
5. Pallet partition
Separate two distinct areas of your living room using a room divider/partition made from the parts of pallets.
6. Rustic shelving
There is no need for any modifications to a pallet to create some rustic-looking shelving. Add two legs to raise it up the wall.
7. Planter behind the sofa
Decorate the back of your sofa in style by creating a pallet planter. Use succulents if you don't have a green thumb.
8. Library
A coat of paint and some narrow wooden planks will be enough to create an original and low-cost bookcase for your living room.
9. TV cabinet
For your TV, make an original cabinet by yourself. A pallet hanging on the wall will be perfect to replace the TV support arm. And pallets stacked underneath will accommodate game consoles, remote controls and other accessories for your media station.
10. Coffee table with storage
A living room table with some storage space inside is ideal for a small living room.
11. Decorative furniture
Make a simple decorative piece of furniture with an upright pallet topped with a wooden plank. For a more unique result, choose contrasting paint colors.
12. Magazine and remote control holder
Store your remote controls and magazines neatly with this wooden magazine rack. You can make it entirely with your own hands using pallet boards.
What furniture have you already made or do you intend to make with pallets?
