How to Make a Do It Yourself Pallet Patio Table

I was looking for a project where I didn't need to spend a lot of money and saw this on Pinterest a couple of months ago and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I had pallets in the basement that weren't being used and I had started looking for outside patio furniture. It was a Perfect match!

Here’s what I had:

2 pallets

Paint brushes and some small rollers

Here’s what I needed:

Couple Patio Pavers $1.91 ea

Exterior Paint and Primer $36.98 ea

Just to let you know, not all pallets are created equal. I found this out when I started digging in my crawl space, but I finally found two matching. Yeah!!! I had to clean the pallets off with a scrub brush

to remove cobwebs and dirt.

I found my paint brushes and my roller. I needed a medium size paint brush for the nooks that the roller couldn't reach, but I used a roller for most of it. I had a paint sprayer but it’s either somewhere in the

garage or we got rid of it years ago... this would have probably been the fastest way. When I do another project like this again I will look into a paint sprayer; I looked on Amazon and I saw one for around

$60 or I could try a home improvement store and rent one. maybe :)

I bought some exterior paint - always remember to buy quality paint, don’t try and do it on the cheap. I bought a cheaper paint and the stains kept coming through, so I went back Lowe's for Exterior Paint and Primer. I did decide to do start this on the Fourth of July weekend so thank God they had rebates for paint. After I let it dry overnight, I checked for any areas that I missed – I missed quite a bit of the underside, so I had to fix that and then let it dry again. But f

or some reason I just wasn't satisfied with what I had done. Yes, the pallets looked good and the pavers sitting on top of the pallets were the way they were supposed to, it just didn't click with me. A friend of mine said that projects take a life of their own and he is correct, this one was changing. I had seen another pallet project that I liked and wanted to try in the future, so I decided since I wasn't happy with that one, it was going to change into the new project :)

I needed additional materials:

2 ½ Casters @ 5.87 each

Nuts and Bolts to attached the casters to the wood

4x4 – cut into 6” pieces

4 Dowel screws

Deck Screws

So here's what we had to do:

Drill Holes for the Nuts and Bolts to attach the caster - Correct Drill Bit size, I think we used a 3/4"

Measure Twice, Drill Once they say right?? I had to drill for the Dowel Screws, then wind the 4x4 block onto the pallet.

I used our Kobalt Cordless Drill to get the deck screws in (to attached the top pallet to the 4x4 blocks) It was small enough to get a good angle and to get a deck screw in between the pallet slats.

It turned out exactly what I was looking for. Hope you liked my do it yourself pallet patio table and if you try, send me some pictures of how yours turned out.

Lori

Simply Chic Girl