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This pallet table was so easy to make! Now I have space to do my gardening on the porch and keep my supplies handy.
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Easy Pallet Garden Table – DIY

Want a project to fill a few minutes of your day and improve your organization? Try making this pallet garden table. Minimal supplied needed.

Our porch is a mess. A big mess. I have never been good at decorating and only moderately good at organizing, so it looks like a bunch of stuff has been thrown on it.

I wanted, no I needed, a table or something to manage the clutter I keep around. I also needed to be able to pot my indoors plants outside, that way the kids can help and I don’t have to clean up a big mess inside the house. My husband is pretty handy with a saw, and we have some pallets in the garage, so I asked him to cut some pieces up so I could make my own work station.

I love my new pallet garden table.

DIY Pallet Table

How I Made My DIY Pallet Table

This is what the porch looked like before, and even this was the cleaned up version. The paint job is beautiful, I can loan you a 3 year old to paint yours too. Pay him in fruit punch and dinosaur toys.

Before

I had a whole set up planned to document the process, but said 3 year old hid my phone. I later found it on the floor against the baseboard below the dishwasher. I only have a few photos, but the steps below are easy to follow so you can build one yourself.

Here’s what the table began life as.

We happened to have some 2 x 4s in the garage as well, I used those for legs so the table would be more sturdy. They were slightly warped but still usable, and it added some extra character to the table. Pallet pieces would work as well, but I had it, so I used it.

Step 1

Cut the pallet in any length you want. We went 2 boards deep this time, but I will probably go for 3 or 4 next time around. To cut the bottom length, simply place the cut piece on top of the pallet and cut another section of equal length. Minimal measuring required! We just needed a pencil to mark the lines but no measuring tape.

Step 2

Cut the legs to desired height. We used the same measuring method as before. Eyeball the first piece, (just make sure the cut is straight so your table doesn’t lean) then line up the rest and mark off with the pencil.

Step 3

Attach the legs to the outside of the pallet pieces with nails or screws. I used 16 screws total, one on each the outside and the inside per leg.

Step 4 (optional)

Add an additional pallet board in the gap along the top and bottom shelf to make a more flush working space. This step isn’t necessary, but I didn’t like the gaps in between the boards from the original pallet. I’m clumsy and I know I will drop a lot of stuff in between them.

This was the hardest step for me, I’m not proficient at breaking down the pallets yet, and this is where I spent some extra time. Even then, this step only added about 10 minutes to the whole project, and the table turned out much nicer for the extra effort.

I used a nail gun to attach the boards into place, which was fun and took around 10 seconds to complete.

After

I didn’t paint or sand the garden table since I plan on getting it pretty dirty all the time, and I like the bare look. The entire project took approximately 30 minutes from start to finish, not bad for the amount of hours in use I will get from it. In my opinion, well worth the time and effort.

If you have a way to make building a pallet garden table even easier, please let me know.