Turn a Pallet into an Ottoman

    So Pinterest has inspired me to make an Ottoman from a Pallet. I have have never done upholstery projects and to be honest had my doubts how this was going to turn out.

Since every Pallet is different you may have to adjust things to fit the build of your Pallet.

 

I stared by sawing of over hanging edges off the Pallet. It gave it a nice square shape. 

I wanted the pallet to have solid sides that way hen I placed my fabric and whatnot on; it would have something to hold on to. So I measured the hollow spots on the sides; Cut some scrape wood to fit the areas on all the sides.I used Glue and nails to put them in place.

So here is where it gets interesting...

When doing this project money was a little tight, So I knew I wouldn't have the money to go buy batting and foam and Fabric... so I improvised...

My kids had recently out grew a Foam Dora couch that folds out thingy. The cover was dirty and when I went to take it off to wash it I found the zipper was messed up. I tried to get it back on and couldn't. I decided to Repurpose that Wonderful Foam inside. It wasn't it the best shape but since this was just a test project I figured it couldn't hurt :)

I just a Elmer's Spray Craft Glue to secure the Foam.

I had just enough foam from the old Dora couch to do the top... 

I knew I needed something for the sides but knew I may just have to wait. Then to by surprise our church was throwing away some old batting they had used as snow at Christmas time.

Unfortunately I didn't get many pictures after this point so just use your imagination with me.   

Again I used the Elmer's Craft Spray Glue and placed the batting all around the sides.

And because I didn't have any "real" fabric on had I had to figure out what to do next. Awhile back I found a Beautiful King size sheet for $4 at a thrift store. 

Since this was going to be mine and kinda a test run if it didn't work out I decided to use the sheet. I looked up Ottoman Upholstery videos and how to's since I had never done anything like this before. I used a staple gun to secure.

And although I don't have a picture of this after I had stapled the fabric around the sides I then cut 2x4's to put around the bottom at the edge of the pallets. Then I wrapped the fabric and stapled to the bottom. 

I found some screw in Furniture legs at a yard sale for .50 cent each. I attached them to the bottom. and last but not least I used furniture upholstery tacks to give it a little flare. 

   

It's not perfect but for a first try I thought it turned out Great! Hopefully this will inspire you to try something for the first time as well!!!