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diy wood pallet bed

 

I have been busily organizing and decorating our home these last few months.  I feel like I got all the way through all the rooms and then I came to our room.  It was the last but not least room.   Our room has taken a back seat over the years. You know how it is when you have children, you want to spend all of your money on them not yourselves.

We had a king sized bed, but over the years,having so many little ones, we decided to just put the mattress on the floor, to avoid babies from rolling off and getting injured.  We have been looking into getting a new bed and frame, as ours is older, but it seems you will easily spend $1000 for a king sized bed.  We didn’t want to do that.

 

For the winter, we heat our home with wood.   To cut down on the cost of starter wood we use pallets that we get for free from local businesses.  One day while doing a search of “what you can make with pallet wood,”  I came across wood pallet furniture.  Then I found it……..

a diy wood pallet bed.  I thought it  was very original looking.  They were making these and selling them in high-end boutiques in big cities.  I had to first show my husband, in case he thought my idea was kooky.  Instead, he thought it was pretty cool.  So we started collecting our pallets.  A few trips into town and we had all 10.

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We took and painted half the pallets(you don’t see the other half because the mattress will be covering it) black to match our color scheme better.  You can always leave them regular wood color, maybe add a coat of clear coat.   We got a quart of black paint for around $8

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Having the pallets stick out on each side is convenient for setting our drinks and other items like cell phones, books, etc.
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Our home is quite simple, we don’t have alot of “things” to crowd our floors with.  Our room has the bed and a hopechest that has a tv setting on it.

Our walls were bare until I decided to make another picture collage, this time with Dollar Store frames and velcro.  I had our business cut the sign “All because two people fell in love….”  It has been shown to be a top seller for us.  I then have randomly placed different sized photos of us and the children.  I did it more in a random pattern, because  I like to be able to add more photos as I take them.

 

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This is an inexpensive way to make a bed frame that is creative and different than anything you have ever seen.

 

 

Modge Podge photo coasters or tile hangings…..another photo craft

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After making my photo collages for my walls, I was inspired with this Modge Podge stuff.  I did some Google searching with images and saw that people were making coasters out of photos and bathroom tiles.  We don’t have a need around our home for coasters, you don’t dare leave a drink unattended with 10 children!!  But I did have empty space in my kitchen that I was looking to fill inexpensively.

Since I enjoy chickens, I decided to use the photos of our chickens and ducks and cut them to fit my bathroom tile squares.  They were something ridiculously cheap like under 10 cents.  I then brushed Modge Podge over top of these photos.
019 I let them dry and was impressed.  I thought how cute to make a set of coasters for family members out of your children’s photos.  A great Christmas idea.  Since photos are like 9 cents a picture at Walmart and the tiles are under 10 cents.  Your gift could technically be under $1 or $2 depending upon the number of children that you have.  Or maybe you could print off some photos of different objects for special people.  A teenage boy might enjoy pictures of motorcycles, guitars, video games, etc.  A Christian might enjoy tiles with the names of God,or some favorite bible truths, printed on them. You could customize them for different seasons.  Making an autumn set out of pictures of fall things, leaves, pumpkin pie, corn husks, etc.  Summer out of beaches, sun, picnics, etc.  The possiblilities are endless.  Just brainstorm some ideas and Google some images, if you don’t have any yourself.

020I hung them up with my favorite item—-Velcro.

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