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14 Things to do With Wooden Shipping Pallets!

30th May, 2024 .
Top tips for re-using pallets in your garden -
  • Seating
  • Tables
  • Storage
  • Insect Houses
  • Gardening
  • Composting
  • Decking

Love your new kitchen but not sure what to do with the pallet that it was delivered on? Look no further! 

Here are 14 ways to re-purpose your pallet whether it is to hit that industrial chic décor look, build garden furniture that will last or grow your own.  If you try any of these be careful for nails and screws that may be sticking out and in every case you would need to sand down the pallet before starting to prevent splinters.

1. Make garden seating

Ideal if you have a couple of pallets. Cut one down to half size and attach as a backrest, paint with fence paint/stain, add some pallet cushions and you’re done!

2. Make a garden table

This is even easier than a garden chair, stack two pallets atop each other, paint or stain with outdoor paint of your choice and make a cuppa.

3. Make a vertical garden

You will need some garden pots for this one. Attach your pallet to a wall/fence with suitable fixings, place long thin planters in pallet gaps or hang them from the front. Paint the pallet a bright colour to add some interest and you have a perfect place to grow all your salad, herbs or blooms.

4. Make a log store

Intermediate project alert! Attach two pallets at either end of a length of thick baton front and back, add a sheet of felted board for a roof and use other boards as shelving and you will never run out of dry, seasoned firewood again.

5. Make a planter

Break your pallet down into parts. Then, using the blocks in each corner, attach the long lengths of wood to make a rectangle/square, paint or stain and when it’s dry – plant your favourite bulbs or flowers.

6. Make a wall storage unit

Remove some of the across boards on one side, paint in a bright colour and screw straight to the wall with appropriate fixings, attach hooks to the back boards, or screw the offcuts across the top and bottom for shelving.

7. Make a vegetable bed

Lay your pallet down, fill in the gaps with good quality (peat-free) compost and get planting! Plant tall vegetables like tomatoes or peas at one end to allow easy access to the middle of your bed.

8. Make an insect house

Cut your pallet into three sections – you want to keep the parts with the blocks, stack and secure them together and then fill in the gaps with cut down bean canes, rounds of wood with holes drilled in, piles of kindling, pine cones, shards of terracotta pot and anything else you can think off.

If you can get hold of even more pallets then our local wildlife trust has great advice for making a bug mansion!

9. Make a coffee table

Stack and secure two pallets, paint in your favourite furniture paint shade and attach some heavy duty castors for an immediate industrial chic piece.

10. Use it for garden edging

Cut your pallet down to leave the block edges, with 5cm of the boards remaining, then hammer into the ground as edging and plant up the space between blocks with low pollinators (forget-me-nots, saxifrage, or creeping thyme are perfect!).

11. Make it into decking

Lots of pallets needed here! Lay out pallets to fill the space you want decked, break up additional pallets for lengths of wood to fill in the gaps. Be sure to paint or stain to ensure your new decking lasts!

12. Make a compost bin

Take four pallets – fill in the gaps on one side of each pallet and attach them to make a square, carry (with help!) to where you want your compost to be and then start filling in with garden cuttings, offcuts of shrubs or bushes, (uncooked) food waste, egg shells etc 

The RHS have lots of advice for budding composters on their website.

13. Make a tool storage rack

Stand your pallet edge up in a shed or garage, add hooks or screws to hang small tools, stand your long tools in the open pallet top and never lose your spade again!

14. Make a pallet bed

First paint your pallets, take them upstairs and arrange them on the floor – place your mattress on top with some pallet overhanging each side and ta da! 

This is only the start; made anything from our list from an Impact pallet, or have any suggestions to add? We would love to hear from you – drop us an email or a message on social media.

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