Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Stray Drawers Made From Pallet Wood

Oh, the creating that is going to happen while social distancing. Today I am sharing more pallet wood play.
Stray Drawers Made From Pallet Wood
Using three 5 1/2" wide pallet boards and three scrap 1" x 8" boards I made these fun, scrap, stray "drawers".
Stray Drawers Made From Pallet Wood
Using one pallet board and one 1" x 8" scrap board per box, I put these together quickly. I cut two long sides about 12 1/2" and the two short sides about 8" long.
Stray Drawers Made From Pallet Wood
I assembled the boxes with wood glue and the nail gun, making assembly easy and quick.
Stray Drawers Made From Pallet Wood
Even though I used the same pallet board on each individual box, the boards were not the same width the entire length so I did a little sanding and on the yellow box the short sides are not as tall. 
Stray Drawers Made From Pallet Wood
I painted just one side of each box so that they would look more like a drawer and then stained them.
Stray Drawers Made From Pallet Wood
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I bought these fun label handles HERE. If you follow me, you know I like to throw things in the fire to help age them and rust them. Um, apparently zinc alloy (what these are made of) melts in the fire. I have a little metal basket that I put small things in to put in the fire. They melted in the bottom, oops!
metal handles with label space
So, to age the handles I dabbed some cream paint on them and sprinkled cinnamon on the wet paint.
faux rust with cinnamon
These are such a great size for: toilet paper on the back of the toilet, toiletries on the bathroom vanity, herb planting, books and a plant, photos, a coffee station, salt and pepper and oils on the kitchen counter, tissues and books and reading glasses on the nightstand, craft supplies, cards and other small games, cloth napkins, and oh so many more things!!
Stray Drawers Made From Pallet Wood
Where would you use one?

2 comments:

  1. I love the drawers. I have some scrap boards in hubby's workshop and will be trying to make a couple of the drawers for using in my craft (or crap room as hubby calls it). I can never have too much storage.

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  2. I love them! the texture and color are so yummy! Great idea.

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