I've been obsessed with pallets lately, probably due to the fact that I get them for free. My garage is full of them which forces me to look at the huge stacks slowly ever growing daily just begging to be renovated, redesigned, and restored into functional pieces for my home. That is how my pallet tables were born.
My dear friend had been looking for a coffee table for a while. She wanted something a bit rustic yet functional, so I suggested a pallet table. After looking at some examples online with her, I got a general idea of what she was looking for and begin my venture into table making. It was pretty simple, the design I wanted was basically two pallets, upside down, fitted together. The hardest part was cutting extra pallet wood to fit in the spaces to create a solid surface. With this table, I cut the extra boards length wise but on others I just removed all the top pieces of wood and refit the top to match. That way was definitely more easy and the I preferred final appearance.
All that was left now was to stain it and put the casters that I found at the Goodwill Outlet (winning!) on. Since I was going for a rustic look, I chose a dark brown stain that has a grey tone to it. Recently I went to my local Habitat for Humanity store and was able to purchase a nice selection of stains and paint for a really decent cost, I would recommend checking out that store if you are looking for a smaller amount of paint for projects. I immediately fell in love once the stain was dry and casters on, I nearly kept the table for myself...but decided to be nice and pass it along. This is my very first pallet table, which three more quickly followed, all to be posted later.
