Anyway.
I'm sure you've all seen the pallet-awesomeness floating around blogland .... I've seen some pretty rockin' pictures of pallet headboards, pallet coffee tables, and even a pallet kid's bed! (Go to my Pinterest board HERE to see them!)
I asked helpful husband to bring home an old pallet from his latest job site for me (yes, it was FREE!) -- with the intention of turning it into a headboard of some kind.
But then I got to staring at that pallet ..... and something else popped into my mind!
Bookshelves!
The PERFECT bookshelves for displaying some of Lucy's favorite books in her playroom!
Whadyathink!? Wanna see how we did this sweet little project....?
Well, read on, my friends!
Step 1 - cut straight through on the lines drawn below:
(Helpful husband used a hand saw for this part - what a guy!)
Step 2 - use those extra middle boards to nail on the bottoms of the shelves:
This is what they look like after steps 1 & 2:
Step 3 - pry the middle board out of the shelf (to allow more room for books):
Step 4: Sand 'em down! (I used an orbital sander.)
Here are the shelves, fully "constructed" and ready to be prettied up! :-)
Here are the shelves, fully "constructed" and ready to be prettied up! :-)
Step 5 - primer!
I brushed on Kilz primer ... wowzers, that stuff is pretty awesome!
It's like primer and wood filler, all in one! It's so thick, it literally filled in a lot of the rough spots (which inevitably come with using an old pallet as your building material!).
I brushed on Kilz primer ... wowzers, that stuff is pretty awesome!
It's like primer and wood filler, all in one! It's so thick, it literally filled in a lot of the rough spots (which inevitably come with using an old pallet as your building material!).
Step 6 - a couple of coats of paint (I used Rustoleum "Heirloom White").
I love that color, by the way.
LOVE. IT.
Ready to be moved inside ....
Ta-da!
Bookshelves complete.
The "construction" isn't perfectly smooth and straight .... but for Pete's sake! They are made out of an old pallet, folks!?
And besides ..... I LIKE the imperfections.
They add a little extra character, don't ya think?
Lucy LOVES them, too!
And Mama loves that the top shelf is still a little too high for Lucy to reach, so the "good" books can stay up there .
(And hopefully by the time she can reach it, she'll understand that ripping out and coloring on pages is NOT OK! ... oops!)
Cute, functional, and total cost .... $6.00 (for the spray paint and primer).
Sweet! :-)
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