Mostly Pallet Wood Farmhouse Table With Gutter Succulent Planter

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We're "at it" again with the pallet wood! We needed a nice place for my family to dine when they came for a visit, so we built a fun table. Hope you enjoy our tutorial and find some time to "al fresco" dine in your near future! Check out our website for full details. Erin @ Upcycled Ugly

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The finished product!

We first cut the legs from pallet supports- we chose 30".

We screwed on leg supports from wide pallet slats. We chose 38".

We screwed on a horizontal board support (which we bought) in the length of 84". This was a 1x6.

We added side slats for top support and a place to nail the top boards in. These were also 84". These were 2x6 boards from the box store.

We screwed 41" end supports into the 84" side supports.

We added a block support for our gutter support boards to screw into.

We used 1x3 boards to create a length-wise support. We are going to have to replace these with thicker boards or add more support boards soon because the table is slightly dipping in the middle.

We cut the gutter to our desired size (5'), drilled drainage holes, and caulked end caps on.

We cut the slats to size (leaving a gap in the center for the gutter to sit in) and nailed them to the side supports and the center gutter supports. We sanded and polyurethaned the top slats and we painted the legs in a black.

Here she is with a table set for 2!

Succulents and Angelina Sedum up close! Not into succulents? You could also chill your favorite beverages here!

No "al fresco" dining experience is complete without fun lights.

Curious how the family dinner went? It was perfect! Here it is with a table set for 6 (random chairs included)!

Must-have Tools to Work With Pallets

Pallets are awesome. They are cheap, even free, and have an aesthetic that works with any decor from super-modern to shabby chic, to country farmhouse. The idea of reusing this abundantly available source of lumber, and keeping them out of the landfills is also appealing.
The down side to pallets is that they are ridiculously difficult to tear apart or reuse if you don’t have the right kind of tools. So here are the must have tools to work with pallets, if you want to play with pallets without hurting yourself or others.

DIY Vertical Succulent Planter

Making some basic 2x4s look old with some paint and stencils, I created my very own vertical garden for planting hens and chicks (succulents). Once the frame fill out I'll have a living work of art! Full details of the project are on my blog Inspired by Charm: http://www.inspiredbycharm.com/2012/04/outdoor-shelves-part-two-framed-hens.html

The Easiest Rust Remover

I’m a really big fan of rescuing objects, because I don’t believe in throwing things away that still have use in them. Sometimes though you get something and think, “that’s the end of this”, like this rusty pan. But then I found this great tip to remove rust from metal using coke and tinfoil.

Raised Beds and Matching Pool Shed

In an effort to be more earth friendly, our goal was to garden as much as possible (in our already full yard) and make it look good, too. Last spring we added a wooden cover for our pool equipment. Initially we added it for aesthetic purposes but realized how much sun the equipment gets (we're in TX!) and how hard that is on the system - so turned out to be very functional. After a few years of so so crops in the ground (it's red clay), we decided that raised beds were the way to go and wanted them to match the pool shed.Before you get started the first step is to collect lawn trimmings and branches - this is what will fill the bottom half of your raised beds...we collected for an entire season to fill all of these beds. This will compost over time and save you alot of money on soil/compost.

Build an Upcycled Coffee Table

While walking back from the park with the kids I stumbled upon two chairs that my neighbors were throwing away curbside . So under the cover of darkness I TOOK those chairs and ran awkwardly into my garage. It sounds much creepier than it actually was. Or maybe not. In any case, today I’ll be using the legs from those chairs to make an amazing and cheap upcycled coffee table!

DIY Industrial Coffee Table With Storage

Steph has been using the same coffee table/bench since her college days. We bought the faux leather clad bench for her dorm room from Target back in the day. It held up so well that when she moved to her home four years ago it moved with her to serve as her coffee table. It was starting to look a little ragged so she really needed to retire it but didn’t want to give up the storage it provided.She came up with an idea to make a coffee table starting with a bookcase. She had specific requirements for it including portability (it needed to be on wheels) and it needed to have covered storage.

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Dianehmorgan
on Jun 18, 2018
I love this idea but honestly it would bother me that the gutter does not set down in the space completely, it leans. Ideas on how to correct this??
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- Susan P
  on Jun 25, 2018
  I think this is awesome, just the way it Is! This was done with VERY LITTLE to no cost, so it turned out wonderful. Im going to do this, on the cheap!
Peter
on Jun 18, 2018
great idea and looks great, but my worries would be wasps making nests under the table top! How could you deter that?
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- Exine Combs
  on Jun 26, 2018
  Try stapling landscape underneath, will not hold water. Just a thought.
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Sahirah Fox
on Jun 25, 2018
Is there an additional support long board for the gutter to be supported? What is used for support of the remaining table top after the 5’ long gutter slot is cut out?
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Gayle Marie Jones
on Jun 26, 2018
No question. Just wanted to say

WoW!!!
Connie Steiner
on Jun 26, 2018
I like that and that you showed step by step on your project.