Making a Pallet Side Table for an Awkward Space
4 Materials
$5
1.5 Hours
Easy
The main bedroom in our little round house is odd, it's shaped kinda like a big slice of pizza, with a sliding door that leads to the lounge on the cut edge and a window on the round edge. A double bed just fits if you squish it in the corner, which doesn't leave a lot of room for a bed side table.
I must have gone to 7 different garage sales and flea markets but couldn't find anything. All the side tables we looked at were to wide to fit in that space, and I really needed somewhere to put my kindle and other bits and bobs.
He used three relatively straight, narrow pieces with some character and cut them into equal lengths. Then he placed the pallets in a vice and drilled a hole right through, on either side, to insert a thread bar.
Using a hacksaw he cut off the extra bits of thread bar and fastened the whole contraption with nylocks and some wood glue.
I wanted to white wash the side table so we used a belt sander to sand the table and then hubby added some legs. One coat of Chalk Paint later and the side table was ready.
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Fab! Such a functional piece.
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Thank you Hannah, we really struggled to find something that fits. Sometimes a girl (and her hubby) just have to do what a girl's gotto do
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