Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets by Natalie Wright
Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets: 25 Simple Projects to Style Your Home by Natalie Wright. ISBN: 978-0486824239
You don’t have to be a carpenter or a home improvement expert to undertake these twenty-five projects, which combine elements of crafting and woodworking. Step-by-step instructions, accompanied by full-color photos, explain how to build surprisingly simple, attractive, and inexpensive indoor and outdoor furniture. The common denominators in these fun-filled and practical projects are ordinary wooden crates and pallets, which are readily available at craft and home improvement stores, vintage shops, and online.
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The first project demonstrates how easy it is to build your own crate from scratch. Indoor projects include storage shelves, nightstands, a bookshelf, an upholstered footstool, a benche, a side table, a desk, and storage units. Stepping outside, the projects feature a do-it-yourself children’s lemonade stand and a planter box. Several of the projects are equally functional indoors and out: decorative pieces, a game, a sign, a rolling cart, a toolbox, and other handy and playful items. The ease and simplicity of the projects make them a great way for novices — especially kids — to discover the pleasures and satisfaction of crafting and workworking.
Our Thoughts: My husband has been making crafts and home decor items from wooden crates and wood pallets for the past 5 years. He gets a lot of them for FREE from his place of employment and enjoys upcycling them into new objects. Last year I shared here on the blog the Reversible 2-in-1 Scarecrow and Snowman Wood Yard Art pieces that he made from recycled wood pallets. You can check out that post if you’re interest.
As soon as the Crafting with Wooden Crates & Pallets Book arrived…he was in his chair and reading it. Seriously, I don’t think he moved for a good 2 hours! He plans on making several of the projects in the book as soon as the weather cools down and he can get back into his wood shop.
Examples of some of the projects in the book:
Crate Storage Shelves, Crate Bookshelf, Crate Side Table, Crate Bench, Crate Toolbox, Crate Pet Caddy and a Pet Bed, Crate Plant Stand, Hanging Flowers Pallet, Pallet Wood Sign, Pallet Wood Dominoes, Crate Planter Box, Pallet Wood Storage Box, Crate Desk and more!
There are a nice variety of projects in this book and according to my husband the book is great for beginners or for those who are more advanced. There are step-by-step instructions, color photographs and helpful tips along the way. The author did a really nice job at laying it all out in an easy-to-read format.
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