![]() ![]() Of course if I’d ever thought about doing something like this, it would have been ON like Donkey Kong!! I’ve seen a lot of pallet DIYs, but this……this is amazingly inventive, incredibly gorgeous, intensly inviting, & totally inspiring….I WANT ONE TOO! (ha ha ha) I actually found a man who has so many pallets (he owns & runs an oilfield company), he will NEVER use them all. Is that an apartment patio/balcony?!!? WOW, & I do mean WOW!!! I have lived in SO MANY apartments in my life (not now, I’m glad to say) & I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat on my patio/balcony wishing I had the money to fix it up. Pallet Bench and Table: In this tutorial we make a table with … beach pebbles! ![]() WHERE ARE THE WALLS AND DOORS PALETTE IN BRICSCAD HOW TOStenciled Pallet Floor (or door mat!) : With free patterns that we created for here and how to make your own stencil!ģ. All About Pallets: An updated guide on where to find, how to select & work with pallets, and project ideas!Ģ. List of tutorials related to this patio makeover –ġ. ![]() The time to live our dreams fully, is NOW. Like sitting outside a warehouse or in a parking lot, sort of.Īfter the makeover, it’s like sitting in the warm embrace of a little tropical resort! It simply draws us out and we do come out here to eat, read, and dream daily!Īnd the best part? We now know that we don’t have to wait for the right location, the right job, the right income, the right weather…. Worth it? Absolutely! Before this “remodel”, we did not use this space much because it was just not that inviting. Whew! There’s our tour! Was it a lot of work? Oh YES! Oh, and that wall sconce! We made a simple cover inspired by fishing baskets of tropical Asia! What is it made of? It will be a surprise, although I know you guessed it …. This cabinet also supports our pallet living wall, remember the DIY here? We also needed a place to store things such as watering can, a few tools, etc, so we built a cabinet from pallets! That’s going to be a long tutorial coming! We transformed plastic Home-depot planters into these wood planters (here’s the tutorial! ), which also hide the generic looking wall caps! Instead of using all wood, we made a panel at the center from corrugated scrap metal, used as roofing on rustic style buildings from fishing shacks to old barns! The 90 degree corners and posts behind the wood slats hold the panels together in place. The pallet wood wall panels are built to be free standing. Remember the DIY pallet coffee table and benches with beach pebbles? Yes, those were designed for here! Now they look like built-in furniture don’t they?īuilt-in seating is a great way to transform a space into a cozy nook, and a great way to save space because the walls are double functioning as backs for the seats! This is a perfect design solution for our small patio! We built panels of wood floor mats with pallets, stained them to look like tropical hardwood, and created a stenciled area right outside our living room door. ) Well, this tool made it SO much quicker and easier: a Duckbill Deck Wrecker we got on Amazon !Īnd here’s a detailed guide on how to find and work with pallets! First thing on this patio we set out to transform was the floor! ( Some of the helpful resources are affiliate links. You must be thinking how we took apart all those pallets?! The materials, forms and colors are all inspired by the nature and culture of tropical islands, from turquoise water to yellow plumerias, from fishing baskets to tin roofs of island shacks. We want this outdoor space to evoke the beauty of the ocean near us, and some of our favorite places like Kauai. ![]() We’ll start with this inspiration board that inspired our patio design ideas ! F or detailed DIY tutorials on each component, go to the list at the end. Ready for the story to begin? This post will be a fun tour of our pallet patio / outdoor room with lots of patio ideas and bohemian decor DIYs. ![]()
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