Reuse Tues: Pallets & Crates

Posted on November 9th, 2010 by Tonia 5 Comments

Happy Tuesday!  Have you heard of Pinterest?  It’s a new, fun web app that lets you “pin” images from all over the internet that you like.  I created a pin board of images I plan to share on the blog at some point.  It’s SO nice!  If you’re in the middle of wedding planning or remodeling your home or something, Pinterest could be of serious use to you. 

Anyway, we have a few pallets and crates lying around right now, left over from moving, so I used Pinterest to find the following pictures of creative and cute ways to reuse pallets and crates around the house:

Pallet couch

Pallet shelf

Pallet table

Crate bookshelf

Crate foyer storage

How cute?? I think the crate shelves would look awesome in a home office.  With all the apple orchards around here, we could have wooden crates coming out of our ears if we’re not careful.

What have you reused around the house this week?  Let me know on Twitter by adding the #ReuseTues hashtag to your tweet!  This week I put a bunch of Mike’s old, stretched-out cotton t-shirts to work as rags.  My mom gave me the idea when she was here over the weekend.  We hung a little bag in our pantry, cut a few t-shirts in half, and stuck them in the bag.  Now when I need to wipe down shelves, I have a bag full of clean rags waiting for me in the pantry!

5 Comments

  1. Cathy S says:

    Cute pallet couch, you can make it for the outside and we can make some cute outdoor cushions at the next Northwoods stitch and bitch. I’m using some old black pain we had downstairs to paint the yucky bathroom vanity cabinet! XXO C

  2. Sammi says:

    I think I now want all of my furniture to be fashioned from pallets and crates. Sooo cool!

  3. Jeri Taira says:

    My faves: the pallet shelf and the crate foyer storage. We can totally do that! Hubby is going to be so Happy!

  4. Paul says:

    Hi Tonia! I’m Paul, one of the founders of Pinterest. Thanks so much for the post, and super-glad you’re enjoying the site.

    If you ever have questions, comments or suggestions for new or different features, drop me a note at paul [at] pinterest [dot] com. We’d love to hear from you.

    Awesome selection of images, by the way. I especially like the milk-crate shelves. Maybe for our new office!

    Paul.

  5. Tonia says:

    Cool!! Thanks for stopping by, Paul!!

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