This document describes various furniture and storage solutions created by the author from wooden pallets. Some of the items include: 1) A coat rack and shelves created from pallets for the home entrance. 2) A telephone table replaced with a pallet-wood base, shelves, hooks, and storage for umbrellas and shoes. 3) A memory wall in the bedroom framed with pallet wood holding photos of the author's history. 4) A pallet-wood spice rack and under-sink storage and drying rack created for the kitchen. The author emphasizes that their creations started from scrap wooden pallets and basic tools, were low cost, and provided great satisfaction.

1. Solutions
with Form and Function
Creations with
Wooden Pallets

2. It all started in the entrance …
We never really did
anything special in the
entrance to our home.
Just a shelf and some
hooks for coats. Then
one day, driving home I
saw a particularly large
pallet lying on a dump
….which became this…..
site, looking for a purpose
in life
Rustic look which we love
and off the floor (easy to
clean).
Shelves, hooks, umbrella
and shoe storage all in one

3. And then there was the telephone table…
Remember the old telephone
tables. You had to have one
because the phone was wired to
the socket in the wall so the table
had a seat so you could sit while
talking. Some extra space for a
note pad and a built in cupboard
for massive and heavy Telephone
and Yellow Pages directories
It stuck out occupying half the
space we had to move past to get
into the living room
From another age, and (ouch)
another century
IT TOO HAD TO GO….

4. When it all comes together …

5. Memory wall…
Gwen & I have a wall of photos in our bedroom. Our history going
back to the third grade. I decided to frame them all …
Of course all from stripped
pallet wood.

6. The kitchen
I do cook sometimes. One day in the kitchen I wasted too much time
searching for my favorite spice. This was the result
The items on the top shelf had
been in an IKEA metal tube style
shelf. Got the spices together by
converting the pallet base strip
into the Spice Rack. The
wooden shelf supports are also
from Pallet support blocks cut
corner to corner

7. It always starts with a plan…
Around the kitchen sink are all the ‘tools’ needed to wash up. They
needed to be organized. It always starts with a conceptual sketch
and a few measurements

8. Looking arounD the kitchen sink…
Which will become this. All it needed was two strips of Pallet wood
The bottom was made with slats
to allow any excess water to drip
through. The unit is coated with
two layers of Polyurethane
Lacquer used on yahts.

9. And more on the kitchen…
When we bought the house we got a kitchen without upper
cupboards on one side. We added some units from IKEA to get
organized. They are functional but not very pretty, at least not in
our eyes. Here is one of the units
It had to go too!

10. And more on the kitchen…
This is what replaced it

11. Still in the kitchen
Did you notice our
‘Kitchenizer’ unit
It was a quicl-fix’ solution
to those things that need
to be handy, and
immediately

12. More form than functional
Our living area is ‘open
plan’ style. The side of
the refrigerator visible
from the Dining corner
really irritated me
This was my solution

13. When it all comes together…

14. Another easy conversion…
The corner where our gas Fire Heater stands always looked bare to
me. This easy conversion added warmth to our living area even
when the fire is off

15. A really simple creation
Organizer in our Laundry
room

16. Raw material
Everything you have seen
started like this
I use almost everything. I get
fantastic satisfaction living with
stuff I’ve created and enjoy
creating the pieces
My raw material is free and I am
Recycling
Old wood, with all their signs of
being nailed into and beaten up
has a special look. Like older
people the look and texture has
character and personality

17. The ‘workshop
Occupies a total of sq meter of floor space. Built on a Pallet. Built
entirely
of Pallets. Stores everything I need and ‘unfolds’ in seconds

18. Thanks for watching
This is a great hobby. You need some basic tools and basic Power
Tools too but once you get going the costs are low and the
satisfaction very high
Wood is an amazing material and what you create will last you
forever
Each item I make, I make better than the last. The list of stuff that I
want to make continues to grow
I consult with carpenters and with the guys at my local hardware
store (who also give me their pallets free
I only really started a few months ago and I am getting good at
joining, clamping and gluing. Take you time
Enjoy
P.S. Check this out in a couple of months. I will probably update it