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Very nice! thanks for that. I really like basic agricultural do it yourself furniture. We should reclaim our furniture and be less dependent on IKEA et al. I'm defo going to try the adjustable table at the top of the pdf, thats a work of art.

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Ironically, companies like Ikea have started selling products aimed at people making their own furniture; the "outdoor bench made from pallets" is pretty popular, and ikea & co sell cushions just for those.

I never understood those tbh, used pallets are splintery. I wouldn't be surprised if you can buy pallets specifically made for use in upcycle projects.

fake edit after a quick search: yup, you can buy readymade pallet benches or benches "inspired by" pallet projects.

https://www.online-pallets.nl/products/pallet-bank-2-hoog-me...

https://www.karwei.nl/assortiment/wakefield-palletbank-lina-...

Like Amazon continuing the DIY door desk long after it became more expensive than just buying desks. For some reason, people will pay a premium for the refurbished industrial look.

My understanding is that Amazon continues it for 2 reasons: it's similar priced, but more importantly they can get the doors at massive scale and they're the same. Styles, colors, materials with desks change over time. They have to source sometimes ~10k desktops in a quarter with little lead time. You can't do this with desks but you can with doors.

Or this is why they told us we wouldn't get white desks in Seattle when we had em in sfo. Even though we got the same legs.

That may well be the reason now, but they were never cost effective in my time. They were representative of an ethos the company wanted to promulgate.

Built a few desks. Got a door desk award (not for my sub par carpentry).

> I wouldn't be surprised if you can buy pallets specifically made for use in upcycle projects.

thanks, i hate it ("it" being the recuperation of DIY)

From what I've read, pallets are treated with all kinds of nasty chemicals.

Use the ones with ht stamped on them. They are very common now. They are heat treated instead of extra chems.

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