Pallet craft – it’s everywhere!

Last week I made the smallest contribution to the pallet craze I could think off…… A table lamp……..

Let me start at the beginning – My sister’s FABULOUS coffee business Cargo Coffee just moved from an outside (open to all the elements) site to a partially enclosed site on Fort Street in Auckland, NZ.. She had spent the last few months been busying the troops with moving duties and building a pallet wall, during which – she enlisted us on pallet runs……… to score free-cycle materials to transform the space into a chic stylish little spot.

Below is the ‘before’ state of the space.

One day’s progress…. Sheets of Ply went up to close in the space and provide a base for the pallet wall, and prep work was done on the deck.

Here is a Pallet shot of the wall in progress

Moving day

Below is a final shot of the space completed and looking very inviting!!

A few old school assembly benches and some rustic furniture and the space looks great.

stellar job! This space certainly looks the business!!

I was lucky to score some offcuts that were in the rubbish pile in the form of stacker blocks…. most with printing on them or a splash of colour…. I admit it was inspiration at first sight.

On the way home from my sisters cafe, inspired and holding my blocks of wood – I asked hubby to stop at the hardware store to pick up some bits……

• a trusty extension lead
• light bulb
• screw in light fitting
• in line switch

and about an hour, or so later we produced this…..

I was on electrical duties and hubby busied himself with the power tools.

I managed to score a cheap clearance ceiling fitting that was already wired up, well kinda.

I cut the ceiling fittings off, leaving as much cord as I could…. Followed the instructions for the in line switch, then repeated the process with the extension cord cutting off the female end…. for written instructions please refer to my earlier post – Trash to Treasure–Art Deco Lamp conversion & Spruce up .

Hubby clamped the first block, and readied the drill  for the first hole and then prepped the hole saw……. followed by a bit of routing and a side drill in the base for the cord to exit the block

It took a little manipulation to get the cord through the block but in the end we had light.

A small contribution to the fad of the day…….. I can’t say I am a convert yet, but we’ve got a few pallets now so we better make plans to use them…. stay tuned.

A special post for my sister.

P