Headboard Made of Pallets

[mcmakeit]

One of the benefits of my fiancee working where he does is that I have a never-ending, all-you-can-eat buffet of wooden pallets to craft with.  Today's obsession was born our of inspiration on Pinterest, a truck bed full of pallets, and a desperate need to make something using power tools.

What I started with:

     I spent the better part of an hour wrestling with the pallets, using hammers, needlenose pliers, and MY BARE HANDS to rip them apart.  I felt like some kind of awesome, wood-hating bear.  Once I finally got all the boards I wanted, I lined them all up hot dog style to equal six feet.  I rummaged through the garage for some 1"X4" and whipped out the circular saw and went GZZZBZZZZZZZZZRRRRZ ZZZZ until I had two pieces that were 1"X4"X6'.  Grabbing my (roommate's) trusty drill, I laid the two 6' boards across the pallet pieces and screwed about 70 screws (seriously) through to the pallet pieces.  I added a couple of legs and VOILA! Rustic, but super awesome headboard for my room.

BASK! BASK IN THE FANTASTIC!

Cost:
Pallets: Free
1X4: Free
Screws: 6$


That's some inexpensive ambiance right there!  I feel a need to make everything ever rising up inside me.

[Jinjeet Phoenix]

Love it. I love the rustic look of the wood. Great job and wonderful results.

[smallhold]

Now that is good use of recycle materials. Looks pretty great as well.

[MissingWillow]

It looks great!

[NattyBee]

Looks great!

[Juliettesjules]

You forgot
Beautiful headboard born from hard work: Priceless

[hgddm]

Amazing work!!!

[bunny1kenobi]

nicely done!!  The frames above the headboard almost look like they could be made of the same wood...

[craftylittlemonkey]

Very nice! Have you seen the tiny houses built out of pallets? Google it, they are so cool.

[ChameleonHound]

That looks awesome! The weathered look of the pallet boards suits a headboard nicely. Well done!