Pallets are a great way to build almost any project at virtually no cost and with great results. We have built many of the structures on our farm with pallets – including our chicken coop and compost bin and garden signs! Throw in our mailbox, canning cabinet, and shelves at the house – and you will see that pallets are the basis of a lot of our creations. We created this page to highlight those project, along with a few tips of the trade when working with them. Just click on the pictures below to go straight to the individual project or tip.
Jim and Mary
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How To Build A Compost Bin From Pallets
Buffet Hutch From Pallets, Shipping Crates, And A Piano Lid
How to make garden signs from recycled barn wood and pallet wood
How To Quickly Disassemble A Pallet
The One Hour Pallet Shelf Project
6 Simple Tips To Find Free Pallets And Salvage Materials
Building A Chicken Coop With Pallets And Shipping Crates
Canning Cabinet made from pallets and shipping crates
Create This Mailbox From Pallets
The link to your chicken coop from pallets is not working correctly. I’m really interested in seeing how it was built, as I’m planning on getting chicks this spring! I just discovered your site, love it!
Hi Nikki – so glad you like the site!!! I just fixed that link so it should work now..not sure what happened but thanks for letting us know. We are also in the process of building our new expanded coop – and will have updates on that in the coming weeks on our Sunday Farm Update posts. Jim
Just happened to find your site today, sort of by accident. Very pleased! Was wondering if it would be possible to make a fence for smal dogs with pallets?
Shari – Glad you found us! Yes, actually depending on how high you wanted to go – it would be fairly easy to build it with pallet boards. Most pallet boards are between 32 and 36″ long – so you could go that high easily. Jim
We are going to build them for our goat, sheep an alpaca pen’s!
Had to actually search out the brginning of the thread from the photo of the “laid out pallet baords” FROM Pintrest and found you guys. HOORAY!!! omg i am only too happy to be here now. so much to learn and see. I’m in South Florida and in suburbia, so I can’t really do the whole chicken coop thing. (i wish i could). however, I’m so untop of these pallet projects like a bad plague. LOL Thank you so much for the general ” no sugar-coating-this-is-how-to-do-it-right-with-pictures- theme! Awesome!
Do You have a good one for making a pallet Fence? I also STUMBLED on your page & Love it already
Love these ideas, wow!!
love your site and ideas. I was wondering about the nail heads left in the pallets, don’t they bother the saw blades or router bits later in the projects?? Rod