My latest project….a trophy/medal stand for my daughter’s awards. It is made out of a broken wood pallet. It was actually pretty simple to make. I found a pallet in my stash that would work perfectly. All I had to do is add one board that was missing that I needed. The other missing ones was perfect because I didn’t want or need them there. Then I removed all old nails in it. I made shelves by cutting boards off of other pallets to size and placing them on top of front and back boards. I did that on the bottom, top and one in the middle. Then I rough sanded the whole thing good enough so it would take stain. I used ebony colored stain so it would be real close to black and stained the whole piece. Once dry, I hammered in 8 nails on the front of the whole case, four on the top shelf and four on the middle. This way we could hang medals from them. To make sure it was secure, I screwed the whole unit into the wall studs in her room. That thing isn’t going anywhere.
This first picture is of the pallet I used for this project, the “before” pic if you like….
And this pic is of the final results. My daughter loves it and there is plenty of space for future awards. YAY!!!
Sorry about the window light. That was the best angle I could get...so what's next in store for this handy woman? I believe I will make a potting table from old wood pallets and scrap wood...hmmmm, that's what I'm going to do next...
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