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Want a fun project that won't cost much? Got kids and a decent amount of time on your hands? Try using shipping pallets and reclaimed wood to build...
I got about 80 pallets, five at a time, from my work. I got a chance to know the facilities people and they were very happy to let me take them. It s...
I started by cutting off the outside stringers (the 2x4's) with a skill saw. Trying to remove the spiral nails without damaging the wood was impossibl...
After you cut along each outside stringer (not the middle!), flip the pallet over and do the same on the other side.WARNING: Pallets are usually made...
You'll be left with a bunch of 1X4's and 1X6's attached to the 2x4 in the center.By rocking the 1x4's and the 1x6's back and forth, you can get the bo...
I got about (6) good 1x4's and (3) good 1x6's per pallet. I also got a (3) 4' lengths of 2x4.Notice the ends are ragged-- I paid for that later when ...
The 2x4's were painful. I put each in a vise and beat it into submission.I smashed off the wood with the hammer, then yanked the nails.'Every 2x4 had ...
I spent most of a New England winter collecting and breaking down pallets. I also trucked around two states picking up lumber, doors, nails, heck any...
Between collecting and breaking down pallets, I spent a lot of time building the double window and the diamond-shaped porthole for the playhouse.I hav...
I had these old storm windows left over from when we replaced some double-hung windows on the house. They weren't all the same size. Each was a custo...
After the sides each were rabbeted, I cut 45 degree angles on each side, exactly like you would when building a picture frame.I made the miter sled ye...
Ta-da. The basic building block for the windows. I'd say you don't want the rabbeted-out groove to be too tight-- I get a feeling that the wood expan...
I countersunk a hole at four corners for a 2" deck screw. I had them left over from an earlier project, so while they weren't free, they were in inve...
I finished the double windows by backing the frame with more 1x4's. I just butted them together.The first picture shows the first two boards (horizont...
Here they are, complete and ready for their casing. This will be the front, gable-end double window.
I built a frame for the whole works out of some 2x6 lumber a nice guy in a nearby town gave me. He posted it on Craigslist and gave me a whole bunch o...
The diamond window was easy. I made the frame the same way, then cut a diamond shape and screwed it to the top. I glazed it later on with some old win...
I finally got tired of fooling around in the garage and decided to get started. It was cold (February), but I was eager and full of energy after being...
The particleboard came from....what else? Pallets. I actually grabbed a bunch of them just for the 3/4 inch particleboard. The underlying wood, the 2...
The frame goes up.I actually ended up running out of 4-foot pallet 2x4's and purchased approx. (20) bargain 2x4's for a dollar each. They weren't exa...
I never imagined just what a pain in the butt it would be to splice (scab) the 4-foot 2x4's together. The wood was really hard and overall it just was...
This header is most likely overkill, but I wanted a very large opening. Some day, when the kids outgrow this, it'll be converted into a garage for a ...
I built this little stand to hold the ridge beam. In most houses, the ridge board is just a place to nail the rafters to. They don't hold weight. This...
There are a number of web sites with rafter calculators out there, so I won't go in to measurements.I spaced the rafters evenly, at 16", because I pla...
How to side the play house was a problem I chewed on for a while. I didn't want to just butt the 1x4's together since that wouldn't be even close to w...
It's always nice to have some help. This is my father-in-law. He thinks I'm nuts, but he loves a challenge.The shiplap is installed with the inside ...
Time to lay the roof deck. This is 5/8 OSB, rated for roofing. It was about $8 a sheet.I also bought (3) 10-foot sections of drip edge at Lowe's, for...
Here it is, the finished project.The shingles were free. My nephew had them left over from a job and very nicely donated to the cause.The mouldings, ...
You can see the 1X10's here. I did actually cut a shiplap edge in each board so it would be water tight.The cornerbeads were salvaged materials, crai...
Here's the back door. I made it from an old fence panel. I used the final dregs of the 1x4's and 1x6's on the inside, installed perpendicular to the...
I had to use 1x6's on the side, instead of the 1x4's....
The interior paneling is old pegboard I found in my garage when I moved in.The floor was reclaimed from a project on the main house. It's laminate.
I did some other projects, too, like this pallet doghouse. The design is almost exactly the same as the playhouse. I bought the shingles for $10 a bu...
Unfortunately, I did not take many pictures of this chair I built from 100% pallet wood. Perhaps that will be the next instructable. Winter is upon ...
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