$15 Wood Pallet Shed
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Author Lisa L Wiedmeier
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The hubby got the idea from Pinterest after searching for some wood storage sheds. We have a fire pit we built a few years ago in the backyard, and the firewood was currently being stored on the ground next to the shed. He thought it was messy and wanted to tidy it up a bit and I couldn't have agreed more.
I'm going to start out by saying something here, something that is quite unusual in my household, but here it is... This was the hubby's idea! Check out his $15 Wood Pallet Shed.
You see, it was an eyesore.
We had three of the long pallets, 74x38, and 16 of the smaller 30x30 pallets.
The first step was to cut them apart. You can go ahead and use a pry bar, but we found it was faster and safer (minus the yelling as the wood split from sheer force) to use a reciprocating saw with a metal saw blade. It can be done with one person, but honestly, it's easier with two. One to hold while the other cuts. A little less dangerous too for everyone involved.
Next step was to measure out the length we wanted for the floor framing to be. We made the supports 72" long.
We then created a rectangular box. We used the 2x4s from the pallets we dismantled. The hubby cut them to 25" making the entire width of the shed 28" wide. He then screwed them together, and we moved onto the inside framing.
We used our Kreg jig to secure them to the bottom frame.
One thing to note, make sure you do both sides of your 2x4's before attaching them to the frame.
We then attached our roofing structure, again using wood from the pallets. It's a little wobbly at this point until you get your upper supports in place.
Before we attached our upper supports, we moved it outside because I was afraid it wouldn't fit through the narrow garage door soon. The hubby took pity on me, and we moved it closer to its new home.
After the flooring was securely attached, we moved onto the roof. Now the hubby had a very specific design in mind, and I liked the architectural feeling it gives to the project.
The next step was to cut and attach the side pieces. We used a 1.5x1.5 wood block as our spacer because we wanted the wood to breath so it'd dry out and not mold. Keep in mind that you do need to level off the first board so you're not running crooked.
As you can see, we weren't going to perfection here. Wood pallets come in all shapes and sizes, so you just have to work with the materials you have. Some pieces are thicker, and some are thinner.
He took something from nothing and made a functional wood storage shed.
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Published November 9th, 2016 2:05 PM
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Cathy Herring on May 26, 2021
That came out beautiful... I love working with pallet wood and old used lumber it has so much character. Great job❤️
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did you do anything to the "roof"? Wondering if I could make a larger version of this to store some of my lawn stuff for the winter.