One day, I looked on the side of my house
and what did my wondering eyes did I see,
This pallet:
It was about 5 years old and beat up.
But I saw potential and I started thinking how I could transform it into a great decorative piece in my home.
I love to display my seasonal dishes but in my new home I did not have a place for my hutch that I had in my kitchen before. Now, it is in my craft room. So, my dishes were in a cabinet with no hope of seeing the light of day.
Sad…..until I found this pallet.
Hope was restored!
I had seen this pallet shelving on Pinterest and loved it.
Is there such a thing as Pinterest knock offs?
If so, that is what I did.
http://pinterest.com/pin/107383702/
I took my pallet and asked Mr. La-Dee-Da to beat out some parts of it leaving me with 2 shelves.
But I needed it to look good in my house and the old wood look was not working.
I went to Home Depot and bought wood stain.
I did not buy Red Oak but something similar.
I paid almost $5 for it.
I then stained my pallet.
I was so happy with it and soon Mr. La-Dee-Da was busy hanging it.
Wall before!
Look how handy he is!!!
After it was hung, I quickly pulled out my fall dishes and gave them a HOME!!!!
I have a thing for pumpkins when fall rolls around.
My pumpkin dishes and tea pot were all birthday gifts a few years back.
That is what happens when you have a fall birthday. You get fall gifts but I love them all.
I will never complain about getting them.
I love my pallet shelves and I can’t wait to decorate them for all seasons with my seasonal dishes.
I can also put picture frames on there, books….so many possibilities.
While we are in the dining room, I want to show you the table runner I made.
Sticking with my love of pumpkins, I used an old strip of burlap and added pumpkin fabric that I ruffled and used hot glue.
Easy and so simple.
I have more fall projects to show you but I wanted to give you a sneak peek.
I have my lantle(not a mantle, not a shelf, it is a ledge SO it’s a my Lantle) and front porch to show you soon.
But for now, I couldn’t wait to show you my pallet upcycle.
What do you think of pallet projects?
I am loving mine!!!
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So Fall fantastic, So upcycled and SO La-Dee-Da!!!
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ooooooooooooooooooooooooo (I actually did this sound out loud)!!! I love this project. I have been wanting to do a pallet project (i have one waiting for me in the garage) but havent decided exactly what I want to do. This is a GREAT idea. Turned out perfectly.
That was very creative for you to think of! I would have never thought to use a pallet of all things! I am a new follower from the blog hop and I am following you thru GFC, RSS Feed and Twitter. I cannot follow thru FB right now and its a long story so please check out my post dated August 20th on the Weekend Blog Hops. As soon as they take care of it I can follow. I will leave it up to you if you want to follow me now or wait until I can follow you first. Either way I understand. Follow what you can and I will be happy! Thanks so much and have a great day!
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Super project, so creative & it looks beautiful!
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This is such a great idea. I love plate racks and I love that you have recycled something.
While driving in the country last weekend, (and ironically after telling my husband to keep his eye out for some) we drove by a nursery with a tonnes of pallettes out in front with a “Free Pallettes” sign on it, we picked up only 3 (which at the time I thought was too many). We need them for storing stuff beside our garage off the dirt, but since last week, I have thought of 4 great craft projects for them! I may have to go back to pick up a bunch more!
I absolutely love that! Such a great idea! New follower! You can visit me at mymodernguide.blogspot.com
Beki
This looks amazing – I love the pallet as a wall hanging – when I look on the side of my house all I find is grass
it will be so fun to decorate for holidays – birthdays could be fun with it too
I have a pallet laying out back now – this is such a great idea for it!
I pinned the same project and found a pallet but it has been sitting in the garage for weeks. Im scared to hang it because it’s so heavy – how did you guys hang yours?
love it! looks amazing. i love pallets, this is the best idea i’ve seen with them yet! thanks for sharing this at my party!
great idea! unfortunately i don’t have any palettes but next time i have a chance to pick one up i’ll remember your post!
Brilliant idea! It looks great…:)
it just blows me away that you can make something so great out of pallets! Great job, you are one talented gal!
Perfect! I have seen such great pallet ideas that I’m going to have to go in search of a pallet soon!
Love the shelf! Great job!
This turned out so cute. I like that you painted it and gave it a more upscale look. This blog had a Pineterest Copying party in August. I don’t know if you has it regularly. http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/
“she” not “you”
Very pretty – A different twist on a shelf; a lot more character!
Very cleverly made and creative. What concerns me is where the pallets came from and what they were previously used for.