We have a pretty decent yard at our place.  To us it feels like its the biggest yard in the world, because we’re so used to apartment living and our tiny patios that come with it.  Part of the yard is a huge side yard space that was pretty much FULL of weeds.  And most likely…bugs.  Gross.  Lucky for us, my father in law works in a place that has an endless supply of free pallets, so that got me thinking.  Pallet deck!  It was the perfect solution for us because we rent, and we do NOT wanna drop a bunch of money into a yard that we most likely will not be hanging out in in a couple years.  I figured we could use the same technique with the coffee table we built a while back.

In my mind this was going to take, like, a Saturday.  I, of course, was a little over zealous.   It took us all Saturday and Sunday, several trips to lowes, and it’s not perfect…but we love it anyway.

Our original plan was to line all of the pallets up and then string them together with scrap wood.  Unfortunately, not all pallets are the same, and not every single one lined up perfectly, but we made it work.  I don’t think we could put a billion people on it and have a dance party, but I’ve sat out in the sun with an iced coffee and it worked just fine.

At the end of the day, we spent about $70.  Thats including the cost of screws, wood, and sealer to help with weathering.  I wish I had more step by step instructions, but I’m more of a fly by the seat of my pants kinda gal.  We lined up the pallets  so they fit well together and then just filled in the cracks with the new wood.  Boom!  You got yourself a deck.

As a bonus project I spray painted an old beat up patio set, and it gave it a little extra life.  A weekend well spent indeed.  Now lets have a BBQ!