Wooden pallets are typically used in work-related environments to transport items from one place to another within the boundaries of a warehouse. When wooden pallets are discarded, however, they are often used for various pallet crafts such as benches, picnic tables, chairs and beds. Not only is this great for the environment as the pallets […]
Category: Pallet Recycling
Free Is Good: Wooden Pallets
This world is filled with perfectly recyclable material and if you’re good at crafts then that’s good news for you. Finding materials to move your art forward can become very expensive in the long run and the stress of spending so much money just to practice can stifle creativity. This is why it’s so important […]
Upcycling Bookshelves Using Recycled Pallets
There’s nothing like a good book. While the avid reader enjoys collecting and sharing the books they’ve read over the years, they may not always have a nice central location to store and display all their various titles. The right bookshelf can really tie a room together, and the most beautiful book shelves can be […]
Solving Refugee Housing Problems by Upcycling Wooden Pallets
The people at i-Beam Design were inspired to start the Pallet House Project when they learned that collectively, we could house 84% of the refugees currently displaced by war and natural disaster using just one year’s worth of recycled American shipping pallets. A year and a half of American pallet production creates enough upcycleable material […]
Building a Tiny House out of Wood Pallets
The tiny house is on the rise! As the trend of tiny homes continues, wood pallets have been a valuable resource for the avid upcycler endeavoring to construct a miniature house. Kevin Bentley of Georgia built a 12′ by 12′ cabin made entirely of free upcycled pallet wood. It is a prime example of how […]
Making wooden pallets ready for an up-cycling project
A pallet can be made into so many different works of art from picture frames, shelving, and coffee tables to armoires, and bunks after they have been used to transport goods via truck, ship, and forklift. To also make this interesting, pallet is free since it grows almost every where it might seem like an […]
Wooden Pallets Help Organize Your Storage Space
Your business probably has a large storage space that holds all the items you ship or store for your customers. You want to be sure that you have a simple way of handling all your storage, and you can use wooden pallets to get what you want. It just makes a lot more sense for […]
Mother From Green Bay Sells American Flags Made From Wooden Pallets
A mother from Green Bay has been making decorative American flags out of wooden pallets. She wants to attend her son’s graduation from Army basic training, and she’s saving the proceeds from the sales of these decorative American flag wooden pallets to travel to Georgia. Jennifer Chaudoir, the mother from Green Bay said, “I am […]
How to Beat the Heat this Summer 2016
Each summer thousands attempt to find new ways to beat the summer heat. A University of Leeds student, 21 year-old Tom Almond, found a relatively easy and inexpensive way to do so. He decided to build his own pool. After seeing that a Spanish man had built something similar on Facebook, Tom endeavored to do […]
Pallets and Vertical Gardens
Have you been looking for something creative to do with your yard? You can have a garden anywhere even if it is a small yard or if the only space you have is a patio. For a very low cost, you can turn a pallet into a vertical garden. First you need to gather your […]