Garden furniture from pallets, advantages and disadvantages of designs

Each owner of a private plot wants to ennoble the territory by installing different garden furniture on the street, which allows you to comfortably enjoy a pleasant time spending with friends and family outdoors. Garden furniture must meet numerous requirements. It must be durable, reliable, resistant to numerous influences and attractive. A well-chosen garden furniture from pallets, which is created from special inexpensive and durable materials, is considered to be an excellent choice for any site, and with their help you can make really unique and unique exterior items.

Material Features

Pallets, also called pallets, are represented by special wooden structures. They are used as strong and reliable packaging for various types of fragile goods. Pallets are rigid supports assembled using wooden boards, and they are located at the same distance from each other.

The main features of pallets include:

they usually weigh 20 kg;
for the manufacture of these products, strong, properly dried and durable wood is used, on which rotten areas or other significant disadvantages are completely absent;
standard pallets have dimensions of 120x120x12 cm, however, various deviations from this standard are allowed;
due to the fact that during the production process the need to withstand pallets up to 1 thousand kg is taken into account, these designs are really reliable and durable, therefore they can be used outdoors for a long time;
some designers create unusual, beautiful and unique designs from pallets that fit perfectly into almost any exterior, and photos of the finished results are below, so many owners of private sites buy such designs to decorate the territory;
furniture made of pallets is easy to clean, therefore, to clean it from various impurities, it is enough just to wash it;
often creating garden furniture from pallets with their own hands, and this process is considered simple and affordable for everyone, which allows you to embody numerous unique design ideas;
it is possible to make not only standard solid furniture, but also soft home decoration, as the frames can be easily sheathed with different soft elements;
if necessary, these structures are easily dismantled and transferred to another place, therefore, for the winter they can be carried away to some room, which will positively affect their service life;
if finished furniture is purchased, its cost is considered acceptable, and it is lower than the price of other types of garden exterior items;
if correctly approach their choice, then they can be equipped with numerous additional elements for storing small items.

Thus, furniture made from special wooden pallets is an unusual and interesting solution for every garden. It has many advantages, and can also be done with your own hands. Due to the low cost of the material, it is guaranteed to obtain durable and beautiful designs with small financial investments.

Kinds

For the garden, furniture from pallets is presented in numerous variants. This is due to the fact that the pallets are easily assembled with each other, and this process resembles the assembly of a conventional designer. The resulting products are comfortable, attractive and multi-functional.

The most popular products used in garden areas are:

armchairs and benches - are the most popular structures in any garden plot. They can have different sizes and shapes. Due to the ease of use of pallets, the procedure for creating such a structure can be performed on their own. For this, only 2 pallets with standard dimensions are prepared. Also useful are wooden bars and corners made of metal. To create a seat and backrest, one pallet is used, sawn into two separate elements. To connect them, wooden boards are used. They are also useful for getting the armrests of a bench. Fastening is carried out using standard screws or screws. The blanks must be tightly tightened together, and double fastening is allowed to increase reliability. The legs are also made of pallets or standard wooden blocks. These elements must be wide, but not high, in order to obtain a rigid and stable structure. They are reinforced with metal corners. The resulting bench is varnished or in different colors, and also decorated in other unusual ways;
chairs, and they can have different shapes, sizes and other parameters. Their choice completely depends on the preferences of the owners of the territory. Making them is not difficult on their own, and they can also be bought ready-made. It is desirable that all products from pallets have well-matched colors;
tables designed for eating outdoors. They are easy to create, but it is important to pay a lot of attention to obtaining stable and reliable legs, so that the design does not fall in the process of its intended use;
sofas equipped with soft seats. It will not be difficult to make them, since it is necessary to initially form just a standard bench, which is then sheathed with special soft elements. They can be filled with different fillers, and the upholstery is made of materials that are resistant to moisture and sunlight. This design will be comfortable for continuous use;
hanging beds - they provide the comfort of using the garden, as it will be possible to sleep in the fresh air. Especially a lot of attention in this design should be given to the reliability of fastening the product;
storage systems that allow different items to be placed in outdoor cabinets and other products. This includes numerous wardrobes, chests of drawers or poufs with roomy interior space.

Thus, pallets can be used to create numerous interior items. The procedure is considered so simple that it is easily performed on its own. Each step of the work is available to a person who does not have experience in this field of activity.

Before directly creating the design, you should study the instructions and draw a diagram of the future product.

Decoration Methods

After assembling the structure, you can proceed to decorate it. For this, it is allowed to use different methods. The choice depends on the wishes of the direct users, on the chosen exterior style and on a predetermined color scheme.

For decoration, the following methods are used:

the creation of decorative elements by cutting them on different surfaces of the resulting furniture, but this method requires the owner of the site to have certain specific skills;
fastening of soft armrests with an attractive appearance;
staining furniture in different shades, for which different types of paints intended for external use can be used, since the coating made must be resistant to different atmospheric influences;
if people prefer the natural look of pallets, then for their effective protection and decoration they are covered with a special colorless varnish;
painting is considered an ideal solution for such garden furniture, however, it must be applied only with special means intended for use on the street, and you must also have the appropriate skills to get really attractive and amazing patterns;
the use of different stickers or applications, and usually this method is used for furniture intended for children, since they want to use only designs that have a bright and amazing appearance.

Thus, there are many ways to decorate the resulting structures from wooden pallets. Their choice depends on the preferences of the owners of such structures. You can view different photo decorations below to choose the most suitable options for your site.

Care Rules

Furniture from pallets is becoming more and more popular, and their main advantage for many people is environmental safety and a long service life. To extend the life of these structures, it is necessary to provide them with optimal care.

If you plan to use the cottage exclusively in the warm season, then in winter, when the territory is empty, it is recommended to bring furniture made from pallets into the living quarters, which will positively affect its durability, as it will be protected from high humidity, frost and snow.

The rules for caring for furniture from pallets are to perform simple steps:

structures are installed in such areas of the territory where they will be protected as much as possible from high humidity or direct sunlight, and such a choice is additionally relevant to create comfortable conditions for relaxing on these structures;
without fail, periodically processing of all surfaces of products is carried out with special protective agents that prevent their decay, as well as protect them from moisture and other negative impact factors;
the pallets are periodically cleaned and sanded, which allows you to remove various scratches, chips or other minor defects from their surface that negatively affect their attractive appearance;
often, special paints are used to decorate the obtained exterior objects, and special coloring compositions should be chosen, not only improving the appearance of the structures, but also creating a special protective layer that prevents the destruction of structures under the influence of various environmental factors;
a protective varnish is periodically applied to the structure from above; moreover, it may be colorless or may have different colors;
it is recommended to install pallets on a special basis, and not directly on the ground, since otherwise the likelihood is that the process of decay will begin;
various contaminants and stains that appear on the surfaces of such furniture should be eliminated with a normal wet rag, and you can also use a soap solution, but it is not allowed to use abrasives or other aggressive substances for these purposes.

Thus, if you provide furniture made of pallets with optimal care, it will last a long time and will always delight its owners with an attractive appearance.

Design ideas

Furniture from pallets is becoming more and more popular, and it fits into different unique interior styles. Pallets can be used not only to create furniture, but also to decorate any territory. For this, various design ideas are embodied, allowing you to get really unusual designs, and their photos can be seen below.

The most interesting ideas are:

creating a full bed on the site, which can be used for sleeping outdoors in the summer;
numerous open or closed drawers attached to the walls of the house or other small architectural forms available on the territory, and they can be different in shape, size and appearance;
stands for wine bottles, giving the opportunity to spend time outdoors without having to run around the house for wine;
shoe stands, installed not only in the corridor, but also directly on the street, so you can take off your shoes before entering the living quarters;
creation of birdhouses or other structures for birds;
the formation of special designs for setting flowers in pots, which will unusually decorate any territory.

Pallets are considered an interesting material used to create a variety of furniture or all kinds of decorative elements that are installed outdoors.

A variety of exterior items are obtained from pallets, which are unusual, fit well into different styles and have a long service life. They can be made independently, and at the same time it is allowed to use different decorating methods, allowing you to get a truly unusual and unique design.