How to make your garden furniture in pallet

In a few years, the drink palette has become a must. So much so that some major brands in the do-it-yourself offer pallets on their shelves… But why pay for a wooden pallet that you can get for free from many companies, on construction sites, in industrial areas?

Only conditions to respect: the pallet must not be consigned or treated with bromide (MB). To make your garden furniture in pallets, you have two types of pallet. Offered in different sizes, unmarked, so-called “lost” or “light” pallets are easy to find and dismantle. However, to make the furniture for your garden Lounge in pallets, the latter are not ideal because of the great diversity of sizes offered. A disadvantage that the marked palettes do not have. Standardized “EUR / Epal”, they make it possible to recover perfectly identical boards of 1,200 x 145 x 22 mm and 1,200 x 100 x 22 mm.

Another advantage for outdoor use is the wood used (maritime pinepoplar) has received a heat treatment (excluding tax) to protect it durably from insects and mushrooms. Disadvantage, these pallets are much more difficult to dismantle, especially if the point of the nails is bent in the wood such as staples…

Make your garden furniture in a pallet easily

In this tutorial, intended for beginner do-it-yourselfers, to make your furniture garden Lounge in pallet, it is not necessary to disassemble all the wooden pallets.

Make the armchair of the garden furniture in pallet

• stack two pallets to make the seat;
• cut the pallets to the dimensions of the cushion with a jigsaw;
• screw the pallets with wood screws;
• sand the pallets;
• apply the finish of your choice;
• retrieve three pallets: one for the backrest, two for the armrests.

• screw a pallet on the rear part of the seat, upper plate facing towards the latter;
• collect the upper plate of the two pallets to form the armrests;
• cut the future armrests to the desired height;
• screw them onto the seat and the backrest;
• dress the armchair with cushions.

Before fixing the different parts, sand the wood using an eccentric sander or a vibrating sander. Then apply a stain or special paint for exterior wood in the color of your choice.

Realize the sofa of the garden furniture in pallet

The realization of the sofa takes the same steps as that of the armchair. Just position and to screw the seats against each other to obtain the desired length of the sofa.

Make a coffee table for a pallet garden furniture

The principle is identical to that of the seat of the armchair. However, to reduce the dimensions of the coffee table, recut pallets with the help of the dice. You will easily obtain a rectangular or square model without major work. On the finishing side, you can dress the upper plate with a board or a glass plate cut to size, screw wheels at each angle under the lower plate…

Make your garden furniture in a design palette

If you are a handyman, this second tutorial is for you. It consists of recovering the planks from the pallets and creating a framework capable of holding up over time using rafters. Admittedly, the solution is more complex, but it offers a better result and a greater variety of furniture. You can also make an Adirondack chair, garden furniture from style Nordic…

How to disassemble a garden pallet

The first step in making a designer pallet garden furniture is to dismantle the boards. An operation that requires attention to avoid damaging the surface of the wood, or even breaking it a board.

• place the top panel of the pallet face down;
• on one of the outsoles, peel the dice off the top panel by hitting their singing with a hammer;
• insert the curved end of a crowbar between the dice and the top panel board;
• lever up to disengage the dice from the top panel;
• repeat these operations for the other two soles.

• position the upper panel on a support (rafter, soles of the pallet) to raise it. During this operation, take care not to injure yourself on the tips of the nails;
• strike with a hammer on the tip of the nails to make them stand out;
• turn the top panel over to remove the nails using Russian nippers. Store them in a container;
• reposition the top panel on its support;
• separate the boards with a hammer. Interpose a martyr wedge so as not to damage the surface of the boards;
• Sand the boards on each side using a vibrating sander. If the wood is very dirty, successively use a coarse grit (40 or 60), medium grit (80) sandpaper and, depending on the degree of finish, a 100, 120 or 150 grit.

Realize the frame of the furniture of a garden furniture in pallet

• draw a scale plan of the furniture to be made;
• transfer the dimensions to the rafters;
• cut the rafters using a handsaw or a circular saw;
• assemble them using wood screws;
• dress the frame with the pallet boards using headless spikes. For this operation you can use a small nail gun.

The tools you need

• Crowbar
• Hammer
• Martyr hold
• Jigsaw or handsaw
• Screwdriver drill
• Orbital or vibrating sander
• Paint brushes