I know it has been a while since my last post, but I am happy to report that I was offered a full-time job that has taken up most of my time (not that i'm complaining!) so I haven't gotten around to a new post for some time. Don't worry though… I think this post is pretty awesome and will make up for it!
I am Pinterest obsessed and have always loved the posts where people use old wooden pallets and turn them into furniture for their pets. Being that I have two German Shorthaired Pointer pups, I was determined to give it a try!
While I was driving down the road I had noticed that someone had put this out to be picked up as garbage. I figured that it would be the perfect pallet for my project. I wanted a pallet that was more on the weathered side so it had more character.
The first step is to pull the pallet apart. This step is exhausting! I made the bad decision of doing it in a dress so the picture below is of my brother in law helping me out (ladies, I highly recommend some help with this project… I needed some muscles!)
Finally, you will have your pile of pieces. Just getting the entire pallet apart is an accomplishment!
(This is not all of the pieces that you will get once it is all apart)
After discussing it with my family, we decided that since all of the pieces were not the same width that it would be best to measure them all out to 3 inches and use the table saw to cut them evenly.
You can see how much you will be cutting off in the picture above… That is ok though because the final product will have a much cleaner look.
For the top, we used four pieces of three inch wide planks so that it would be a total of one foot. After you have all of those pieces cut and put to the side, you will take some extra pieces of wood and measure around it to create the border. My phone died at this point so I was not able to take pictures of this step. I do need to make a second one for my other dog so when I do I will be sure to upload pictures for you all!
You will have two pieces of wood that look like this piece above. These are the pieces that you want to cut and use as the legs.
Once it is all screwed together, you will need to measure where your food bowls will go. We used a sawzall to complete this part. You want to make sure that you cut out the perfect circle because you don't want your bowls falling through!
This was during the measuring process to make sure that the bowls fit!
This is the finished product. I am absolutely thrilled with the way that it came out! It adds to the rustic charm of our house. Be sure to put a coat of polyurethane or some kind of water resistant coat on it to protect it and make it last longer!
Gunner loves his new dish holder!
So what do you guys think? I love the idea of reusing pallets for furniture!
xoxo,
Paige
