Tiny Free House » free building materials http://www.tinyfreehouse.com Searching for the true value of a home... Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:05:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Furniture built from free pallets and barn wood http://www.tinyfreehouse.com/2009/03/19/furniture-built-from-free-pallets-and-barn-wood/ http://www.tinyfreehouse.com/2009/03/19/furniture-built-from-free-pallets-and-barn-wood/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:48:23 +0000 Michael Janzen http://www.tinyfreehouse.com/?p=345 The furniture you see below was made from free pallets and barn wood. When I first saw the photos I really couldn’t believe my eyes. They were made by Jeff who seems to have an endless supply of talents including tiny house building. I posted an article on Jeff’s tiny house on my tiny house design blog a little while back. Be sure to take a look at that house, also very nice. Here’s what Jeff said about this furniture:

The first is a wine cellarette and is built from reclaimed barn boards. It appears to be Southern Yellow Pine with lots of insect damage, which actually adds a lot of character. The other is a Low Boy made of oak.  Typically you would not find an oak low boy, but pallets are free. The pallets I used for the low boy were from pallets used to ship heavy equipment, they were 1″ thick.

It’s really amazing what can be done with free found stuff. It take a bit more effort to turn the trash back into usable material but it can be done, and in this case done very well.

wine-cellerette

lowboy

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