We have lived in our home for 21 years, and it has undergone many transformations, mostly with a little paint and some used furniture replacing even older furniture. Nothing in our house would be described as “fine furnishings.” Recently, however, we began to fix some things in our home that have desperately needed replacing for many years: siding on the outside of the house; a new roof (thanks to an insurance claim): a new stove and refrigerator (it died while we were on vacation); Pergo flooring for the back of the house (replacing 20-year-old carpet, which endured through 5 kids and untold animals); lots of new paint colors and some dreaming of new rooms.
I’m embarrassed to say that we had these curtains made 21 years ago when we moved into our house! They were the anchor of our living room for many years. We had no furniture all those years ago but Tim bartered some painting for a friend to make these curtains. They were certainly durable! Yes, it was time for a change in decor!
This is the latest couch we had (from my parents’ home when they moved into the nursing home). Certainly durable again but not really our style.
Much of a difference? Wow!
My inspiration for these wood pallet ideas, of course, is from Pinterest. As usual, my DIY hubby is charged with implementing my ideas! If you keep your eyes open you can find pallets on the side of the road, usually set out for trash pickup.
With this kind of decorating, the more imperfections the better! My husband did nothing to prepare or finish out the wood. What you see is what you get!
Who are these strange people on our walls? They are actually my great grandmother and grandfather.
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I love this! I foud some pallets the other day at a construction site, and have looking for some simple things to do with them. Thanks for the idea!
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It’s perfectly imperfect!!!
blessings
barb
Found your blog through the Bowdabra blog hop. Love the pallet shelf. I wouldn’t of thought an old pallet would make a very pretty shelf. But it is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Pinning and sharing.
Wow!, this is very creative. I like the striking contrast of the white things to the wood.
This is beautiful 🙂 Pinned it!
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So sweet! Thanks for showing this, I know just where to hang one just like it!!
This is beautiful! I have a pinterest board with all pallet furniture. I just added yours.
A friend of mine just put on FB that she is building a Pallet Headboard, so I commented with a link to this post about your Pallet Shelves. So, you’ll probably get some new “lookers” to your blog this week.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Hey, Laurel! I’m behind at replaying to comments but I wanted to thank you for sending your friend to my blog looking at pallet shelves! I was out of town last weekend and am a little tardy getting caught up. Thanks for touching base again!
Marty
Marty, I love all your memorabilia. Those photos and lipstick cases are fabulous.
And your photo is great. So glad craftgawker finally saw the light!
Great idea:) Where did you get the small pallet? Most of the ones I see are quite a bit bigger.
Thanks,
Ken
Hi Ken. We’ve found pallets on the side of the road or at the dumpster and other places. You just have to keep a watch out for them. Good luck!