When I designed and built our dining table 😊

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Hi all,
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With my second post into your Architecture+Design Community I want to show you the dining table I designed and built out of used pallet wood.
It was June 2017 and I lived at that time in Pedregalejo Spain.

I don’t have all progress photos, but I have a few in between photos so you get an idea of the process and my design. Even how it changed along the way with different stands and a new metal frame. In my future projects and furniture designs I will show you my whole process 😉 I also have a few old furniture pieces I refurbished and painted different colours.

First I took a few pallets apart, as you could see and read in my first post from last week: When I designed and build our salon table.
These pallets, and the wood I got from them that could be used, I used to make our dining table first, (before the mentioned salon table) which I show you today.

I sanded the wooden pieces I could save… I left as many as possible nice marks and stamped lettering for a rustic feel in the wood. So you see it is reclaimed wood. Some of these markings you can see on top of the table.

The wooden slats I used are also thicker and less wide than normal pallet pieces so perfect for this table top. The place I could collect them from said they were rather old. So that made me smile even more 😁

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Here you can see I was measuring what would fit in the living room. Also which pieces would go next to each other as some were a bit deformed, but eventually I got them perfectly lined in order to work as a rustic table top.

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I screwed all slats onto the 2 long beams from the bottom up.
The table top measures 1 metre x 2 metre
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I placed them to begin with, on some work benches.
They didn’t fit straight order the gap under the top between the 2 longer beams.
So I needed to find another solution.

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I had an idea; I would search for a Black Matt powder coated metal Frame to rest the table top on.
After searching for quite a bit I did find a Matt black powder coated frame 😎

Somehow it fitted perfectly:
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Tadaa 😉 our reclaimed wooden Dining Table I designed.

In our previous living room see next photo: (a few houses after the apartment where I built it) I added 4 all different chairs to it over time.
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Hope you enjoyed my photos and the progress of our Dining Table.😎

Thank you for looking and reading 😊 and if you liked my post, an upvote or re-blog is always welcome 🙏🏻

Any questions or comments, let me know. Always happy to help.

Have a great day all 😎
Grtz Jackie

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Dear @aplusd of course I can adjust it. I thought I had 500 words.
Will do it now. Thank you for letting me know. 😊

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I love the work you have done with these pallet wood dear friend @littlebee4 the table is great

Thank you so much @jlufer you found the dining table 😎😁
We still have it and it moved already many times with us. Even countries 😉😭

Wood pallets are definitely versatile materials for furniture projects. Its architectural applications are virtually endless, and only require our creative juices for its successful design. That dining table is impressive!

What are some of your common challenges when working with wood pallets @littlebee4?

Yes they surely are @storiesoferne. They are (most of the times) freely available as most don’t want pallets. The possibilities are just endless if you pick the ones with good wood.

My challenges when working with it; is getting the entire length of the slats off. Some saw off the nailed part. So it’s easy to dismantle. But I like to use that part too, the whole slat, as it gives a different look.
The wood is nailed with really long nails, some corners have about 5 long nails in them going one way and about 2 nails coming up from the other side. It’s a true challenge to get the corner parts loose. The middle parts have not so many nails.
Another challenge… as I had a Classic Mini at that time, I needed help with another car to collect the pallets 😉 they just don’t fit in a Classic Mini.

The pallet wood I used for this dining table top was different. A very old pallet, maybe even antique…. like they don’t make them in this way anymore and don’t use this wood either. It’s almost a hardwood. These slats were only nailed with 2 nails on the bottom side up and not entirely through like with the thinner slats they do nowadays. So the finish looks different, without nail holes. The top itself I can’t lift myself. It is a 2 person job to move it around. It is really heavy. We moved with it now about 6 times. It’s very sturdy 😎

Oh, wonderful! Working with wood pallets is quite a meticulous job that requires careful selection, proper handling, and precision. I'm glad these raw materials didn't damage your Classic Mini, as they would be more suitable to be transported in cargo vehicles. Hope they have not scratched your precious car, haha. 😁 Thank you for showcasing this dining table project, truly a labor of love @littlebee4! 😊

Thank you so much @storiesoferne 😊 it really is.

Nothing damaged as I transported them in another car, they didn’t fit 😇
You are welcome, happy to be here 😁🐝

I love the top view, the natural design and the natural color is a sight to behold.

Thank you so much @afterglow 😊 me too…

You're welcome (^_^)

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