Turnstyle Vogue Design & Styling: DIY: Pallet Shelves Revisited

Good morning. 


I hope you all had a great Easter. We are recovering from a fun weekend.  In addition,  I am still finishing up on some things and thought now would be a good time to look back at a DIY I showed you last fall – building your own wood pallet shelves.


Since I didn’t have access to pallets at the time, I used raw dunnage, which is the material used to build pallets. 


You can go here to see my original post and a bit more of a detailed tutorial on how to build these, but here is the edited version:





1) Cut three slats into 48” lengths and then give them a light sanding – just enough to take the splinters out, but keep the rough appeal to them.

2) After applying sealer, RUB on your stain.  I used an antique walnut finish.  Rubbing the stain on will get the color into the grain and give it more of a natural, aged look.  You don’t want it to look like you were trying to master a perfect finish.





3) With the bottom-side up, set spacers between the boards to maintain the slats as you attach the brackets.





4) Cut your ties to match the length of the bracket you are using.  I used 8” brackets.

5) Attach the brackets to the ties first, then screw the ties into the shelves – being sure to keep your spacers in place.





6)  Spray on a couple of coats of poly.  If you don’t want any shine, use a matte finish.

Here they are in Joey’s room.  His dusting skills need a little fine tuning – but I’m not complaining.

Tune in tomorrow to find out who the Ramsign giveaway winner is!


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