Wood Pallet Projects: Cool and Easy-to-Make Projects for the Home and Garden (Fox Chapel Publishing) Learn How to Upcycle Pallets to Make One-of-a-Kind Furniture & Accessories, from Boxes to a Ukulele Paperback – March 1, 2013

When I got this book earlier this week, I have to admit I was a tad bit disappointed because at first glance, it seemed sparse as to ideas, the number of projects and instructions. But as I delved further into the book, the more substance to it I saw. Chris Gleason covers this subject very thoroughly, from choosing the right kind of pallets to be used (there are certain pallets to be avoided, for those have been chemically treated and therefore not safe for use indoors; others are too splintery or full of nails to be safely worked with, etc.), to taking them apart for your projects, the tools to use,with an in-depth overview of what to use and what they're used for and so on.Furthermore, Mr. Gleason provides several projects in the book with detailed, concise step-by-step instructions and lists of materials needed for each project, such as a mirror frame, a coffee table, an outdoor loveseat, chair, and even an ukele! He also peppers the book with interesting factoids such as, "Old pallets can be ground up to make insulation, landscaping mulch, and construction materials", or "Due to sustainable logging practices, the number of newer trees each year exceeds the number of harvested trees".I also love the photos of various objects that were made with wood pallets, such as an accent ceiling, bed headboards, wall art and others that are creative and meant to inspire. And inspire they have... I am itching to get going on some of these projects, and so will you. This is a must-read if you're wanting to make things for your home and garden easily and very cheaply.

great ideas for the seven pallets I have. Easy instructions and the illustrations are helpful.

Overall, there is good info in this book. Working with pallets requires a lot of 'sweat equity' and decent wood working skills. The author is an experienced wood worker so your first pallet projects will likely not turn-out as polished as his! :)Lots of great pictures and step-by-step instructions.

From the photos on the front of the book, you would think that the projects shown would be in the book.. Some of them are, but not all of them. The ones that I was most interested in were not. Just pictures inside with no instructions on how to assemble them. I'm not an idiot as far as trying to figure out how they were done, but I think it's a little missleading.

interesting projects

good reference book with lots of great photos! bought the book used and was very happy with condition and speed of shipping.

I got this book hoping that it would provide some great inspiration and directions for pallet projects. The beginning of the book has some really cool projects and inspiration photos, but no directions for these projects. The back of the book has directions for a handful of projects, none of which are all that exciting compared to the first images. I was disappointed to say the least. The book was shorter than I expected and really only contained a few projects with directions. Completely replaceable by using Google. Waste of money.

I saw this book in my local Lowes and found it much cheaper here!I had seen some examples of pallet furniture and wondered if a guy who can hardly drive a nail in straight could build anything in this book!Well I did and I plan to build more of the ones in it. Chris makes the instructions KISS for folks like me!