Benched

Since I discovered my new fondness for building things, Josh has been bringing me wooden pallets that he finds at work.  Our garage is now filled with many different kinds of pallets in different states of dis-assembly.

This past weekend I got bored and decided that I would try to make something out of what I had on hand in the garage.  This blogger has made a few different variations of a basic pallet bench, so I took her basic plans in mind and went to work on my own bench.  I didn't purchase one single thing in order to build this bench- every single item was already on hand.

I didn't take very many in-progress photos, but you can probably imagine how it went.  This didn't exactly involve a lot of complicated steps, although I did manage to use the circular saw, the drill press, the electric screwdriver, the electric sander, and the jigsaw- all by myself and without any injuries!  Very proud.  I'm also getting pretty good at the distressed-paint look.  I wish I'd used a slightly less-dark color of stain on this one, but for a quick weekend project, I'm overall super happy with all of how it turned out.