Dallin's Outdoor sectional

First, I have to say that I know a LOT of incredibly talented people. This post is about my friend Dallin's outdoor sectional he made from pallet wood. 

I am generally not a fan of pallets, they have oils and paints in them that dull the blades on power tools. They are hard to work with and to tear apart. That being said, there are ways of working with them to save your tools, and this project he did may just make it worth saving pallets for!

After he tore them all down, he rebuilt them into a fantastic outdoor sofa sectional. 

He also made a very cool propane feature out of pallets to go with it. 

The dedication and hours that he put into this project are definitely something to be admired! 

The beauty of this old wood in a new design is what keeps bringing people back to using pallets, there is nothing like it. 

Here is Dallin hard at work. We go to BYU together and he is rocking his man bun for the photo. (Photos courtesy of Dallin and his lovely wife) 

Look how gorgeous this turned out!!! Stained a beautiful and rich color and then cushions and pillows added for comfort and beauty. 

Again great job Dallin! You have a lot of talent.  I think this free pallet project is definitely the best one I have ever seen. 

I hope your family can enjoy it for many years to come! 

  If any of you are working on projects and want to share them, I would love to see what you are up to! 

Sincerely,

Lori Hatfield 

 

Table from start to finish

Here is the table back at home and better than ever.  It didn't always look like this.  Here it is when it came to my house. 

These oak tables are a staple in most houses around here.  The yellow finish was worn and tired,  it definitely needed to be spruced up. 

We started with sanding.  Lots and lots of sanding!  I even purchased a new sander to help with the job. 

This is the circular sander from Ryobi that we purchased.  The circular sander works great to sand the top without cutting groves in the wood like a palm sander can. 

I used this detail sander to get the edge by the line. 

It was just enough to cut through the old polyurethane.  Since the stain was going darker we didn't need to completely remove all of the old stain. 

We then took the table outside and sprayed the base and the chairs. My awesome husband is the spray master,  he gets all the credit for the paint on these because his expertise is spraying.  

After I stained the top.  The color is a custom tinted color from Sherwin Williams.  My husband then sprayed all of the top, base and chairs with poly acrylic by Minwax. 

I like using this because it dries beautifully and quickly.  The top did not get a thick enough coating from just spraying so we did do sanding between by hand with 400 grit sand paper and applied coats with a wide foam brush.  

There was a couple of touch ups that we needed to do so we used this touch up pen and added another coat of poly.  It looked great! 

Here it is out on my lawn,  all chairs and base matching and looking brand new! A big difference from how it looked in the beginning.  

Thanks for reading,  I appreciate all of the comments and likes you have been giving me. 

Have a great day! 

Love, Lori