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Toledo, OR on Aug 07, 2012

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recycled Pallets

I just saw this on Facebook and wish I had a source to this many pallets. Wow. Is this awesome or what. I would have to stabilize it much more then it is but it is such a great idea. Still waiting for holes for 4x4's for my recycled french door green house. Hope to get it done before winter sets in.

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Becky Blair, NE

Wow, what an awesome idea! Have you tried a search on CL?

on Aug 07, 2012 · Like 0
Sharron W Memphis, TN

This IS awesome! Imagine if you filled the pallets with insulating foam before siding...that would be one warm/cool place...

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Jan M Toledo, OR

Yes and again I will need to stabilize it first because of our winds.

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Jan M Toledo, OR

Well, my husband got me on to a good start and picked up 4 pallets. So thats a beginning. I absolutely won't be doing anything this big but its hard to imagine that you could actually build a whole barn from pallets. Hum...

on Aug 07, 2012 · Like 1
Liz C Garnerville, NY

Here's another tip for you....Most Shoprite's, or major Grocery Supermarkets, throw away countless of pallets every couple of days, they usually throw them right by the dumpsters. I'm sure if you speak with a manager, I can't see why they would give you a problem about taking them, especially if they are throwing them away. Another good tip that I haven't tried yet, (But I'm going to bc I've seen such cute pallet craft ideas on here that I would like to do), but just recently read in a ...»
gardening magazine that if you go to Any lumber yard, because they have hundreds, they would be more than happy to dispose and give them to you for free! It's worth a shot, nothing to lose to try!

on Aug 07, 2012 · Like 1
Becky H Tampa, FL

Totally amazing!!

on Aug 07, 2012 · Like 1
Sherry L Deridder, LA

Home Improvement stores toss them out too. I get some great ones at the one near my home. Right now we are building a small porch for the trailer we use for visiting relitives and friends.

on Aug 08, 2012 · Like 2
Jan M Toledo, OR

Well, I am so grateful to all the great suggestions and maybe others can truly benefit from them but we are really in a rural and touristy community and don't have a lot of those sort of stores. We did how ever have a newspaper company and we have two box stores like Walmart and Fred Meyers but I will keep those in mind when I am in the valley where they have those stores. Hopefully I will be able to get what I need from the newspaper as they are close to my husbands work. ...»

Also his boss laughed when he said he had to go get some pallets for his wife and his boss said something like what is she building now a barn, heheehehe, little did he know he was so right! ! ! hehehe
I sent him the picture of the barn.

on Aug 08, 2012 · Like 1
Becky H Tampa, FL

Jan, good thing hubby's boss stretched his lips into a huge smile, laughing as he did; now his foot will fit more comfortably in his mouth. 8-)

on Aug 08, 2012 · Like 2
Jan M Toledo, OR

LOL, Yep, bet he doesn't question my motives any more. heheh, He already knows that I am a wacko anyways. I don't think though, that he really thought I was going to build a barn. hehehe

on Aug 08, 2012 · Like 2
Becky Blair, NE

Wait until he sees that barn! He won't be laughing then. Well maybe if he's a really good guy he'll laugh at himself.

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Sharron W Memphis, TN

Ahhhh Becky I like the way you think....LOL my hubby STILL after all these years seems stunned when he comes home and I've started something....and even more so when he comes home and it's finished....

on Aug 08, 2012 · Like 1
Becky H Tampa, FL

Sharron, I seem to have lost my "shock" factor. When I removed the drywall around our A/C intake and replaced it with a better fit, my husband told me, "Nothing you do around here shocks me anymore." Gee, that took some of the fun right out of it.

on Aug 08, 2012 · Like 2
Becky Blair, NE

Well Becky you need to do what my hubby does every time I have him figured out. He changes his ways. LOL Keeps things fresh and exciting.

on Aug 08, 2012 · Like 3
Sharron W Memphis, TN

@Becky H. LOL Literally....LOL

on Aug 08, 2012 · Like 2