Plumbing Pipe and Pallet Wood Shelves

Pipe and Pallet Shelf

5/26/2016

Steph has been looking for some shelves in her office to hold supplies. We haven't used pipe or pallet wood before in a project so we thought shelves would be a great way to try both materials and get some cool shelves!

Watch the video above to see how this project came together.

Materials

Pallet (they come in different shapes and sizes- we used a pallet that had wood 5.5" wide)
Sawzall (to cut pallet) (link)
(2) 3/4" Plumbing Pipe 6" length
(2) 3/4" Flange
(2) 3/4" Cap (we priced out each item separately and found it cheaper to buy them in a set on amazon. Same pipes you would buy from the hardware store but it came all together in one package)
(16) Screws and anchors (link)

Pipe and Pallet. MotherDaughterProjects.com

Materials

How-to Steps:

We deconstructed a pallet.

We cut the sides off with a sawzall then cut through the middle support, and cut the boards off.

We sanded the boards.

We used a matte finish to seal the wood.

We marked the studs so we didn't accidentally screw into them.

We attached the pipe pieces together and wore gloves because they were dirty.

We did a rough mark of where we wanted the shelves to sit.

We used a straight edge to level both pipes.

We used a straight edge and level to get the top pipes lined up.

We drilled pilot holes.

Added wall anchors.

Screwed in the flange and attached the pipe to that.

We made sure all the pipes were tight.

We added the pallet wood.

The top board did not lay flat so we added a wood shim.

We hot glued the shim in place.

Then we filled the shelves!

Please note: We are not sponsored by any of the companies/products that we used. These products were picked and bought by us.

FYI: We are not professionals, and we don’t claim to be. This is what we found worked for our project. Yours may need a little different approach. Safety first!

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