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    Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets: 25 Simple Projects to Style Your Home
    Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets: 25 Simple Projects to Style Your Home
    Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets: 25 Simple Projects to Style Your Home
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    Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets: 25 Simple Projects to Style Your Home

    By Natalie Wright

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    You don't have to be a carpenter or a home improvement expert to undertake these twenty-five projects, which combine elements of crafting and woodworking. Step-by-step instructions, accompanied by full-color photos, explain how to build surprisingly simple, attractive, and inexpensive indoor and outdoor furniture. The common denominators in these fun-filled and practical projects are ordinary wooden crates and pallets, which are readily available at craft and home improvement stores, vintage shops, and online.
    The first project demonstrates how easy it is to build your own crate from scratch. Indoor projects include storage shelves, nightstands, a bookshelf, an upholstered footstool, a benche, a side table, a desk, and storage units. Stepping outside, the projects feature a do-it-yourself children’s lemonade stand and a planter box. Several of the projects are equally functional indoors and out: decorative pieces, a game, a sign, a rolling cart, a toolbox, and other handy and playful items. The ease and simplicity of the projects make them a great way for novices — especially kids — to discover the pleasures and satisfaction of crafting and workworking.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateAug 15, 2018
    ISBN9780486833323
    Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets: 25 Simple Projects to Style Your Home
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    Natalie Wright

    Natalie is the author of The Akasha Chronicles, a middle grade/young adult paranormal fantasy trilogy. When not writing, blogging, Facebooking, Tweeting, Wattpadding or eating chocolate, Natalie nurtures her young daughter, feeds her dog too many treats, and plays with her two young cats. Natalie enjoys travel, good wine, and excellent food shared with family and friends. She was raised an Ohio farm girl, now lives in the desert Southwest, and dreams of living in a high rise in a big city. Natalie enjoys chatting with readers, so stop by the social media of your choice and say 'hi'.

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      Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets - Natalie Wright

      To my mother, Susan, and my father, Phillip, whose passion for creating was intoxicating to me as a child. Thank you for teaching me all about making it myself to save money, not being afraid to work with my hands, and my favorite skill: making awesome stuff with power tools.

      Copyright

      Copyright © 2018 by Natalie Wright

      All rights reserved.

      Bibliographical Note

      Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets is a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc. in 2018.

      International Standard Book Numbers

      ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82423-9

      ISBN-10: 0-486-82423-3

      Manufactured in the United States by LSC Communications

      82423301 2018

      www.doverpublications.com

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      How to Build a Crate

      Crate Storage Shelves

      Hanging Crate Nightstands

      Crate Bookshelf

      Crate Footstool

      Crate Side Table

      Crate Bench

      Kids’ Crate Storage

      Crate Desk

      Crate Pet Bed

      Vintage Soda Crate Storage

      Crate Plant Stand

      Vintage Crate Fairy Garden

      Crate Lemonade Stand

      Crate Planter Box

      Hanging Flowers Pallet

      Pallet Wood Dominoes

      Pallet Wood Sign

      Pallet Wood Storage Box

      Decoupage Crate

      Roller Toy Box

      Crate Doll Wardrobe

      Crate Toolbox

      Crate Pet Caddy

      Crate Puppet Theater

      About the Author

      INTRODUCTION

      More and more stores are stocking their shelves with wooden crates, and it’s no surprise that folks love them. Besides being inexpensive, crates offer a versatile way to style and decorate your home. From storage solutions to do-it-yourself (DIY) furniture, wooden crates are a resourceful way to organize your life on a budget. But where did this crazy crate trend come from?

      Farmers first started using wooden crates for fruits and vegetables in the nineteenth century. Preprinted labels were glued on the ends of wooden crates to identify the contents, place of origin, and the packer’s name. In the late 1950s, labels were no longer used because preprinted boxes replaced wooden crates, though they were still in high demand. Many farmers have turned to plastic and cardboard containers to ship their harvest, but you can find some farms that love the nostalgic smell and look of wood. Whether your produce comes in wooden or plastic containers, many of those vintage and antique crates still remain and are used in home decor and organization.

      Today, crates are designed and made with the same inexpensive wood from days gone by. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be found in just about every craft, home decor, and home improvement store. In Crafting with Wooden Crates and Pallets, I will show you twenty-five projects using crates and reclaimed pallet wood. Whether or not you are new to working with wood, there is something for everyone! Join me in decorating and organizing your home with these fun and versatile crafts.

      UNDERSTANDING YOUR MATERIALS

      SANDPAPER

      For heavy sanding and stripping, you need coarse sandpaper measuring 40 to 60 grit. For smoothing surfaces and removing small imperfections, choose 80 to 120 grit sandpaper. For finishing surfaces, use superfine sandpaper with 360 to 600 grit.

      BALSA WOOD

      Balsa wood is the miracle material of the hobby world. It has the best strength-to-weight ratio of any other readily available material. Not only is it known for its high strength and low density, it can be easily shaped, sanded, glued, and painted despite its softness. Balsa is technically classified as a hardwood, rather than a softwood, because it has broad leaves and is not a conifer. Balsa wood can be found at both craft and home improvement stores and is fairly inexpensive to buy. It traditionally comes in sizes up to three feet and is easy to cut and sand.

      WHITEWOOD BOARD

      Whitewood board is typically a pinewood that is readily available and sold in a variety of sizes. Not only is it inexpensive, it is relatively easy to work with. You’ll often find boards labeled whitewood that may be pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, or another similar species. You’ll also see studs and construction lumber labeled SPF, which means they could be made from pine, spruce, or fir trees. With the projects in this book, I primarily use inexpensive pine.

      BASIC TOOLS

      You will need a variety of tools that you may already have at home. If you don’t, consider buying them at a local hardware store. Whether you are a beginner crafter or an expert, everyone should have them. And if you are like me, feel free to paint them a matching color.

      Claw hammer

      Phillips screwdriver

      Drill

      Sandpaper, varying from 100 to 220 grit

      Industrial-strength wood glue

      Safety goggles

      1" chip paintbrush

      2" chip paintbrush

      2" slant paintbrush

      Small flat and round craft paintbrushes

      SAWS

      There are four different kinds of saws I use when working with wood projects at home: chop saw, miter saw, table saw, and jigsaw.

      The main difference between a chop saw and a miter saw is a miter saw can rotate and make angled cuts. These angled cuts are often referred to as miters, hence the name. A chop saw only cuts straight, ninety-degree angles. A miter saw is traditionally attached to a base and often elevated on legs, and a chop saw is handheld. A cordless chop saw is my favorite tool when creating small DIY projects and furniture.

      A table saw or saw bench is a circular saw where the blade protrudes through the surface of a table, which provides support for

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