Freebies out of old pallets

That's very inventive W! Your boxes, fences and trellis's are really well made, you both seem to take great pride in your work, and it really shows! Have you started to hoard, sorry!, collect plants for the front beds yet? It's hard to resist buying plants when you see them for a good price, and you know exactly where you want to put them! Keep up the good work, and keep showing us pics of your great progress! Happy gardening!

Gosh you should hire him out, he`s made some grand additions for the garden and I bet they are very strong as well, being recycled pallets....

Hi, your boyfriend is a genius!, I love the garden seat and the archway, that has now put some ideas in my head !.

Great work.... I'm a hoarder and believer in re-using just about everything; sometimes it drives Mrs. expats wild as she dislikes 'clutter'.

It seems you and your boyfriend are like minded so that should make life easier.

Fantastic vision - I love it. Just shown the bin screen to my OH as our ugly bins annoy me. I love the arch - you both should be very proud and goes to show that you can garden on a budget.Keep the photos coming as you plant everything up.

You are a great team and have made such a difference to your garden with all your handmade wooden items. It is great when you have someone who is handy in this way; I have a hubby who does not excel in DIY (nor do I) and it sure runs away with the money when it's necessary to hire workmen.

Good for you....great job :)

An excellent and economical way to reduce, reuse and recycle. Well done. Everything looks great. :o)

Fantastic! Well done!

Gosh, what a difference a pallet or few can make!
Love it.

thanks xela,they have been such a help with us with our garden and very economical costing nowt !

Thanks nariz :)

Thanks gilli , we are getting there slowly so much more to do though !

Brilliant idea I love cheapies and freebies:) It's looking realy nice.

Thanks nana,lucky my bf is a so great at woodwork !

brilliant !!

Thanks Bampy :)

That was great. It's nice to be able to make things yourself - and save some money too :) Everything looks good, and will probably last longer than the rubbish you'd get in those big stores.

Well done! Everything looks great, I'm a big reuse, recycler so I think what you've done is great.

I like to start plants from cuttings so that a cheap way to go for plants.
Best of luck.

i found your blog the other day, then forgot where i found it duh
It's brilliant!
On the way to work i was walking past some pallets in a skip and thinking 'what a waste, they could be put to good use im my garden as pot stands!'
You've gone tonns further and it looks amazing!
I love the arch and the bed box's. Hywel's right looks loads better than some of the stuff you get in the big chain shops and Libet, Gilli, Angie and everyone are right you get a real sence of pride when making it yourself, reusing and recycling at the same time! = )

hi claire,thanks for your kind comments,i was hoping that by putting my blog on i could maybe inspire others to have a go,hope youcan try yourself, any questions about making anything please feel free to ask :)

you've certainley inspired me! I'll be keeping my eye's peeled for pallets from now on lol.
And i'll defo be intouch for some advice if i find some, Thanks a bunch!
Jus one more q, how many pallets did it take to make the arch? = )

hi claire it took about 2 and a half pallets to make the arch we also recycled some of the nails that came out of the pallets so then all you need is the stain good luck with your arch :)

Well done with your innovative ideas :o)

Thanks terratoonie,il pass your comment on to my bf im just the helper on the woodwork side ! : )

Hey guy's just keep clear of pallets marked MB or BM they have been sprayed with methyl bromide and should be avoided , there are other codes but i only know these ones