# Pallet furniture? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pallet-furniture/444802 "2008-04-10T21:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pallet-furniture/444802/1 "2008-04-10T21:13:41Z")
I’ve heard that a lot of cheapskate people make furniture out of free discarded pallets. Himself’s store is going to need a lot of storage, so I went online to try to find some plans using this, you know, free resource, and was surprised not to find anything. Advice? Tips? Not worth it? Resources? (If I need to get a little planer, I can.) ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pallet-furniture/444802/2 "2008-04-10T21:24:57Z")
Perhaps I am just better with google today - try using the following keywords: furniture plans pallet ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pallet-furniture/444802/3 "2008-04-10T21:44:46Z")
I lived in a house where the owner had remodeled his entire kitchen using palette wood, building kitchen cabinets out of them. It was godawful. ---
**Author:** ![Harry1945](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Harry1945](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harry1945)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pallet-furniture/444802/4 "2008-04-11T00:38:57Z")
Pallet wood is usually rough, warped, narrow and thin, and often has splits and knots. There are also nail holes every foot or so. I’ve used it for small projects like end tables, but it wouldn’t be my first choice for shelving or storage. For that, I think sheet goods are the best and least expensive. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pallet-furniture/444802/5 "2008-04-11T00:54:09Z")
Norm Abram did this on “New Yankee Workshop”. Of course, he has a planer, to make the boards true, and constant width. Your mileage is probably going to vary a lot. [Here’s an episode description](http://www.episodeworld.com/episode/221248) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pallet-furniture/444802/6 "2008-04-11T01:03:23Z")
Add in you don’t know what chemicals the pallets have had contact with.