Country furniture made from pallets is fast, cheap and fashionable. This material contains an unlimited source of unique ideas for creating comfort and coziness in a personal plot or in a garden at the dacha. With the help of a pallet, the relaxation corner will become the most wonderful place to meet with family and friends.
You can make any piece of furniture. Today we will talk about a do-it-yourself country table made from pallets.
Where to get raw materials
For anyone who decides to implement this idea at home, it is better to first choose an ordinary coffee table as a future product. Using this simple piece of furniture as an example, in the future it will be easier to independently make more complex structures from wooden pallets.
Before you begin to implement the task and try to make a table from pallets, you will need to solve a number of practical issues, including the problem of acquiring the starting material.
In order to get a beautiful table, you should first visit the nearest hardware store or furniture store. Usually in the backyard of these establishments, right on the street, you can find wood blanks suitable for making a table. The issue of their purchase must be agreed with the administration.
Another option for purchasing property is to find an advertisement for the sale of pallets and other wood containers, the average cost of which varies from 50 to 200 rubles per piece. These can be completely new pallets, or already used ones.
Preparing for assembly
Immediately before you start making your own table from pallets, you will need to thoroughly prepare for subsequent assembly.
First, you need to disassemble the purchased pallets and clean them with a wire brush from adhering dust and dirt. Next, you will need to wipe the wood surfaces with a damp cloth and wait until they dry.
After the workpieces have dried, they proceed to grinding and protective treatment of those parts that face the outside of the table structure and with which the user will be in direct contact.
Note! When disassembling and removing nails from pallets, you should act very carefully, trying not to damage the working surfaces of the wooden dies.
The operations for sanding and protecting the surfaces of pallets are no different from the same procedures carried out for other wood products and parts. For sanding, ordinary sandpaper can be used, and antiseptic agents applied in several layers are used as a protective coating.
Tools and consumables
In order to make a kitchen table or a small country table based on ready-to-use pallets, you need to stock up on the following tools and auxiliary materials:
- an electric drill with a set of drills and an abrasive brush, made in the form of an attachment and used for polishing the surface of wood;
- nail puller, screwdriver and hammer of suitable size;
- a set of brushes and rollers for painting surfaces, protective varnish and primer;
- acrylic or polyurethane dyes.
In addition, to make a table from pallets for a summer house with your own hands, you will need special fittings (handles, wheels, corners), as well as small clamps for fastening.
To make it easier to screw screws into wood, some craftsmen recommend stocking up with a bar of soap. And finally, to adjust the size of individual wood pieces, you will definitely need a hand saw or circular saw.
How to make a table-bench from pallets with your own hands
To create a table with benches, you need to prepare pallets, several boards, a drill and saw, and fasteners.
To make a table-bench with your own hands, proceed as follows:
- One pallet is sawn in the middle. Mark the size of two pallet boards and saw them off.
- They make a basis for connecting the backrest to the seat.
- Separate checkers with vertical boards from horizontal ones.
- Straighten the nails and pull them out.
- To build the base, boards are sawn off to raise the back. Then they are placed so that they can be knocked together into one whole. The back is turned and the screws are tightened.
- The back is connected to the seat. To make it easy to assemble the bench, it is recommended to drill holes in the horizontal boards before screwing in the screws.
- The backrest is installed next to the seat. To make the structure stronger and more reliable, crossbars are attached between the parts.
To give a table with benches comfort and coziness, they can be decorated with soft bedding or pillows.
The finished structure is sanded and coated with varnish or other coloring material.
Making a table on wheels
If you decide to make a small table on wheels for your cottage, you will need to take the following steps. In the event that the tabletop of the future product does not coincide in size with the dimensions of the pallet, you need to completely disassemble it using the nail puller and hammer prepared earlier.
You should once again clean the disassembled workpieces from dust, and then sort them according to the quality of the wood. The front surfaces of the selected workpieces must be thoroughly polished using sandpaper or an attachment inserted into an electric drill.
Important! When sanding with power tools, be sure to wear a protective face mask and eye protection.
From the prepared blanks, two table bases are assembled according to the size of the future tabletop. Separately from them, boards of suitable width are prepared, which are subsequently used to fasten the tabletop itself and the base mounted below.
At the final stage of making a coffee or coffee table, all that remains is to screw wheels of suitable dimensions into the corners of the base located in the lower part. The result is a cozy and squat table with a convenient bottom shelf on which you can store books and various knick-knacks.
To increase the attractiveness of the resulting product, it is recommended that all surfaces be first treated with a wood primer and then painted with decorative varnish or stain.
How to make a DIY backyard table out of pallets
To make a patio table, it will be enough to take one pallet. The algorithm of actions is as follows:
- One side is well processed, and the middle is cut out in the second plane.
- At the top of the board, three bars are connected.
- The legs are made from wood.
- All prepared elements are primed and painted in the desired color.
- The structure is assembled and decorated.
The garden table fits harmoniously into the summer interior of a country house
Increasing the height of the table top
In the event that there is a need to make a higher table, you can do it in several ways. The simplest of them involves replacing the transverse boards with higher wooden posts, forming the original legs of the future structure (see photo on the left).
Note! In order to increase the rigidity of such a table made from pallets, it is recommended to choose thick and wide boards for making stands.
The second option for increasing the height of a home-made product is to use a high support base, made from the same pallets in the form of a square box. The support is finished to match the color of the main part of the structure and only after that is fixed on the lower plane of the tabletop. This technique is optimal for making a kitchen table at which you can sit without worrying about free legroom.
As in the previous case, upon completion of assembly (or before it), all thoroughly sanded outer surfaces of the pallets should be treated with a primer, and after drying, covered with varnish or polyurethane dye. The result should be a sturdy table for four people.
How to make a desk from pallets with your own hands
You can make an exclusive, original desk from pallets with your own hands.
Algorithm for creating a comfortable and functional desktop:
- The pallet, which will be used as a tabletop, is separated from the side block and cut for fastening at the bottom.
- The block is screwed to the cut side.
- The pallet is installed on the blocks.
- The work surface and pallets are laid out on the outside.
- The part for the rack is also installed on the pads.
- The structure is painted, bypassing the back of the pads.
- When the paint has dried, remove the fibers with sandpaper and reapply the coloring composition.
- The pallets are turned over and coated with paint.
- Two pallets with blocks are sawn parallel to the board installed across.
- Mount the legs. Install the countertop.
Finished furniture is coated with varnish or acrylic paint
Making a dining table
To implement the project of a table for eating, among other things, you will need to make a durable wooden box, the basis of which is the same disassembled pallets. This design may be slightly smaller in size than the dimensions of the table top. At the same time, like the working base, it must also go through the preparatory stage, which was described earlier for pallets.
You can assemble such a box from scraps of pallets or bars measuring 25 x 25 mm. For an average-sized table, you will need approximately four meters of such timber and several pallets of two types, namely: square with sides one meter per meter (for a table top) and regular, having standard dimensions.
From a typical pallet, disassembled into separate parts, it will be possible to make eight low supports that are inserted between the tabletop and a base of the same size. The entire structure assembled from the listed parts is mounted on a previously prepared and stained support box, which must be installed on a well-leveled floor surface.
There are known options for manufacturing a country table, assembled in the form of a folding structure, which, when not in use, is compactly folded and taken away for storage in the attic or storage room.
To manufacture it, in addition to all the listed components and fittings, you will need to purchase special hinges that allow you to perform the corresponding operations with the table (fold and unfold).
Examples of homemade furniture from pallets
Hand-made furniture from pallets can be used both outdoors and at home.
For garden
Garden furniture must meet a number of requirements: durability, resistance to environmental influences, aesthetic appearance.
The best option would be products made from pallets, since this inexpensive material is highly durable. The most common ones include:
- Benches, chairs and armchairs with different sizes and configurations. To manufacture such structures, you will need two pallets with standard dimensions, metal corners and bars. The container is cut into 2 parts: seats and backs. Legs and armrests are also made from pallets. Screws and self-tapping screws are used as fastening materials.
- Tables for eating outdoors. This type of furniture is easy to make, but when creating the legs, it is necessary to ensure reliability so that the structure does not collapse during use.
- Hanging beds allowing you to sleep outside. When creating them, you need to pay maximum attention to the reliability of fastening.
Before creating each product, you need to make a preliminary drawing.
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For the bath
Pallets are widely used to construct all kinds of bathhouse structures. In addition to tables, trestle beds, armchairs and chairs, they make shelves, ladders, baskets for wet things and even fireplaces.
Wood products are especially relevant in the bathhouse because they can withstand high temperatures well and are less susceptible to moisture than other materials.
Flights are often used to build decks on the terrace near the bathhouse or in the dressing room. You can build a swimming pool next to the bathhouse; for this, in addition to containers, you will need durable plastic. Often boards from disassembled pallets are used to build the bathhouse itself.
The structure turns out to be quite light, and its construction does not require large material and physical costs.
Armchair
Not only garden chairs are made from pallets, but also pieces of furniture that fit perfectly into the home environment.
Such products require additional elements, equipment with comfortable seats and backs, for which pillows from an old sofa are well suited. The manufacturing process of a standard version of chairs consists of several steps:
- cut the flights, attach the parts of the backrest, armrests and seat to each other for preliminary inspection;
- sand the surface;
- connect the seat and backrest to each other, and the latter element can be tilted and screwed in place;
- attach armrests;
- decorate and put soft pillows.
Closet
Using flights, you can design an original cabinet. Its advantage is spacious shelves and convenient pull-out drawers.
Kitchen
Today, kitchen furniture made from pallets is gradually moving from the category of amateur hobby into a designer direction. In addition to simple assembly, such products are quite practical and environmentally friendly, which is important for the kitchen. A kitchen with container furniture is usually decorated in Provence or loft style.
From 3 pallets you can assemble an original bar counter, spending no more than a day on this work.
A work desk with a cabinet will be indispensable for storing numerous kitchen items. The wheels attached to the bottom will help make it mobile.
Important! The inside of the pallets is perfect for arranging convenient drawers.
A buffet made from pallets will make the kitchen room exclusive and will allow you to place a large number of kitchen utensils so that they are always at hand.
Convenient shelves will also decorate the kitchen. To complete them, the scraps remaining after the construction of the furniture will be sufficient. If you use metal corners for installation, then it will be acceptable to store heavy dishes on such products.
A stool made from pallets will fit perfectly into a room decorated in Provence style. Shelves attached to the side will add functionality to it.
Pallets are perfect for assembling a desktop with numerous shelves and drawers. A table top can be purchased or also made from pallets.
Sofa
This type of furniture will require solid pallets, without any cracks. The material must be thoroughly washed, dried, all protruding nails removed, sanded and treated with a primer.
Before starting work, it is recommended to determine the size and shape of the sofa, this will allow you to correctly calculate the required amount of material.
The main assembly steps consist of the following:
- place the flights on top of each other (from 1 to 3 pieces), so that their front side is at the bottom;
- fasten the container, you can use nails, bolts or self-tapping screws as fasteners; to make the structure more reliable, you can use metal corners;
- cover the seat with a sheet of chipboard or plywood;
- cut one of the platforms in half and install it vertically (with a slight slope), since it will serve as a backrest.
