Tuesday, June 4, 2013

One person's trash turned into my new planting/work table....

So...I have been wanting a planting/work table where I can organize and keep all of my gardening stuff...tools, gloves, yard bags, pots, seeds, etc.  Planting tables can get pretty pricey, so I have been thinking about how I could make my own.  A landscaper in our neighborhood had a bunch of old wood pallets in his yard and I asked him what he was going to do with them....he said he had to return them to the company he got them from....but he also said he would look for some extras for me.  This past Saturday he delivered 8 pallets to my garage :)  
 Yesterday Joshua and I worked at transforming them....
 Elli swept up our mess and mowed the garage while we worked....
When Joshua and I finished, I had a brand new planting/work table...complete with paper towel holder
(Joshua's super idea) :) 
Joshua and Trevor helped me make room for the table in the garage, and then I organized all my stuff onto it :)
 The great thing about this project is that we didn't spend any money...we used only things we had lying around the basement and the garage.  My kids and Chris laugh at me when I pull over to the side of the road to remove hardware from an old dresser or pick up stupid little things that other people throw away.....LOL....hahaha :)
But we used it all on this project....

We only have 4 more pallets to disassemble and transform so I can get my car back into the garage.  Stay tuned because you will not believe what we are going to build next....

3 comments:

Mrs. K said...

My guess is a dozen bird houses. WOW you and Joshua are so creative. I like the paper towel holder. Joshua looks sooo big and Elli looks so big and sweet. What a helper. Will this project count as a "shop" class project for homeschooling? xxoxoxoxoooxoooxoxxx

Lori said...

Maybe a boyscout project :)

PAULINE said...

WOW. WHAT A GREAT WORK TABLE. CANT WAIT TO C YOUR NEXT PROJECT. GOOD TRAINING FOR THE BOYS N ELLIE. LORI,U HAVE SUCH AN IMAGINATION TO CREATE THINGS.LUV U ALL TONS.MOM (GRAMMA)