Would you like to beautify your home, your terrace or your garden with real furniture created by you? Try with pallets!
Commonly known as pallets, it comes to wooden structures used for the transport of goods, and most of the time they are thrown after use, but lately they are finding many ways to give them new life. In fact, the pallets are entering more and more in our daily lives offering us many ideas to create useful items and furniture. Since many are now aware of their potential in terms of design (so as to use them to decorate pubs and restaurants), I thought I'd show you a number of ideas to make the best use pallets, in particular as outdoor furniture.
They are perfect to unleash your creativity: you can turn them into tables, sofas, Fortuna ... Just a little 'free time, a pinch of patience and imagination to create many new furniture to furnish your home or your garden in an original and low cost.
First it must be stated that enjoy an outdoor space does not necessarily mean having a huge garden; most of us, indeed, he lives in flat. despite this, endeavoring, It manages to overcome this problem. Eg, you can take a pallet, also old and ruined, so as to obtain a more rustic effect, and apply ourselves of flowerpots, for a touch of color that goes well with the raw essence of the pallet.
The pallets normally are composed of rough wood, so if exposed to the elements may be damaged. For this reason, before building the garden furniture, We have to treat them with the appropriate products as impregnating. Obviously not before he had sanded surfaces; to do this you can use a sander for wood or even the simple sandpaper. At this point you can paint them the color you prefer, after which the pallets are ready to become your new garden furniture.
TABLE
The fastest solution is to turn the pallets in a low table. To do so, simply stack two or more pallets one above the other and secure them as you prefer (eg with flat-head screws or hot glue). If you want, you can also put one on the top floor layer of glass or plexiglass, or even a wooden floor to embellish the table and make the flat bearing surface.
(In this case I used the pallets 80×60 cm and top in scratch-resistant satin glass 5 mm)
POUF
To comfortably sit in the garden, you can create comfortable puof, great for a friendly drink with friends surrounded by greenery. Even in this case you create the structure by stacking the pallets one above the other, but embellishing them with soft pillows color of your choice.
(Poufs 110×70 centimeters, beige waterproof fabric)
SOFA
Make an outdoor sofa using the pallets is an enterprise a bit 'more complicated than earlier expected and more job step. The type of work is similar to the previous (it is always a stack of pallets), but being a larger structure, It should be chosen carefully how to achieve it. In the case of the sofas are in fact also created the backrests, normally with one or more pallets arranged vertically to complete the session. The end result of all the effort pays off.
(seats and backs 120×80 centimeters, beige waterproof fabric; advice to exploit the full depth of the pallet, which converts into a bed)
Combining these ideas can be organized in a creative and design ways the relaxing corner of your balcony, garden or local extension. For example the sofa together to puof can be transformed into two comfortable and modern deck chair.
As you have noticed, you can easily transform used pallets in comfortable structures of garden furniture. In addition, the recycling of pallets is one of the best ways to reduce the number of trees cut down and give life to their creativity. So why not combine business with pleasure?
Veramente un ottimo risultato! Queste immagini trasmettono molto relax.
Credo sia una soluzione di cui sia ha bisogno una volta rientrati a casa dopo una giornata lavorativa, anche per chi non si può permettere un giardino o un grosso terrazzo. Mi piacerebbe avere qualche informazione e/o parere per poter creare uno spazio simile anche sul mio terrazzo, oppure dare solamente un tocco rustico. Complimenti ancora. Valentina