IKEA table made up with pallet wood

We had this cheap IKEA table and after seeing a few people on the internet make theirs more interesting to look at I thought I'd give it a go. Not much to lose as the tables are cheap and the pallet timber is free.

I cut the timber on my table saw.
Sanded it.
Glued it.
Took a couple back off after it didn't look right (a bit of a pain).
Glued and nailed an edge for finish, then stained and varnished.
I painted the legs with a grey Matt gloss paint then put the original shelf back.

Starbust mirror made from pallet wood wedges

I made a simple jig from old timber to cut  wedges on my table saw.
After cutting and cutting and cutting.
I eventually had lots of wedges that were nearly the same size as each other.
I arranged them and glued then together.
Then after finding a cheap mirror and taking it apart, I simply for it on after I stained the wedges.

Looks nice!

 

 

Pallet wood bird house

This took around an hour to make with my 10 year old son doing a lot of the work.
It was quite simple and a good project to get him used to using a hand saw and other tools.
As it's made from old pallet timber it didn't matter about any small mistakes.
He cut the front short from the roof a small amount for ventilation.

Wooden cottage scene

After seeing these kind of things on Pinterest I had to try it.

With old pallet wood and driftwood and a few panel pins and started on making a version of my own.
Without a plan I just started.

A branch from a tree is recently trimmed made a nice minster tree.
Old 2x4 made the cottage, a slice of driftwood ply was the roof.
Pallet wood for the base.
After a while cutting wood for his n pieces I was left with tiny leftovers that would normally be spot up, but when making stuff like this, these then come in handy for all kind of things like, steps, boats, birdhouses.
Panel pins and a bit of old site for the fence and ladder.

Didn't take to long and kept me out in the garden for a while so I'm happy with it..