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Are you kidding? The pallets look great here. Just tell yourself the frame is built of "reclaimed lumber".

This turned out great. The only thing I would do is to make a cover for the mattress using vinyl or some other outdoor fabric.

I'm not a big pallet person myself... but how they were used here was actually nice. They are low and covered so you don't see so much of the pallet. I like it! And I like the rug, did you intentionally blend it in with that plant? It really goes well together. I think this is a good example of a budget style outdoors!

Boomer,
White Trash are just Bourgeois Vintage Fashionistas, without the bourgeois, and without an East Coast or West Coast or Milanese sense of fashion. And they don't have Daddy's credit card either, to buy their designer pallets from Crate & Barrel.

What a wonderful terrace you've got there!

Pallets are great.

Michael, it is a really cool roof, and in my single days, I used part of a shipping crate as a bed. It was my prettiest appartment ever.

yeah I don't like pallets either but here they work great.

"White trash building material"? That's kind of harsh. I think it looks great, comfortable, and acessible. If I were a guest there, I wouldn't be afraid to kick of my shoes and sit right down.

wow the comment above is pretty harsh..

I think the reuse of the pallets in this application is very smart. I think there is a lot of harmony in the layout, texture, colors, scale of potted plants. Very inspiring.


I just saw pallets used as a bed in a loft space on another blog, it was raw and beautiful.

If I had that space I would invite all my friends over to lounge and drink the night away. Loves the Mad Mats! They are so cool. Seems like someone made a nasty comment about the pallets...I don't really have an opinion on pallets used as furniture but I think the lounge space you created with them is so cool.

Now that Boomers comment has been deleted everyone elses comments may look like they are directed at mine!!! Yipes, I sure hope not! I love Michaels place and think that there needs to be a lot more on Budget Outdoors. I have a rather thin budget for my outside as well. I never thought to use a pallet, but the way Michael did it, I didn't even know that's what it was, I may actually reconsider... except I really don't know where you get pallets from.

I have never thought to use pallets for anything other then an alternative floor in my shed, but it looks like a cool idea for those who can't go out and just buy new outdoor furniture.Those rugs are fantastic by the way.

I have the urge to lay back, drink wine and smoke cigarettes up there all night ---and I don't even smoke.

censorship is never cool.

Wow looks like I missed the fun. Censorship?

I like the look, I never would have imagined there were pallets under there. I would never go searching for them unless I was broke (same reason I never shop at Ikea) but if it works why not.

I seem to remember stumbling across an old post about those rugs here on AT when I was googling for something similar.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/green-ideas/green-idea-recycled-rugs-026181

Beautiful, great use of pallets. I thought those mats were a fantastic mosaic when I saw the photo

I like it. Once again I'm jealous because I don't have an outdoor space.

I would be tempted to build a lightweight canopy over it for ultimate privacy.....you know....just in case you decide to......

Wow, in the last two posts I've looked at we've hit the topics of gay pride, hippies, and white trash...interesting.

Now ON-topic...I fell in love with the idea using pallets over a year ago when someone posted a picture of a pallet bed on wheels. That wasn't a very practical way of applying the material to design, but using them in a backyard is great. The pallet bed on the cover of the new Readymade is also really well-executed. I'm just afraid once I try to use the idea I'll find it's one that only photographs well, but looks cheap in person.

i LOVE how you've separated the tiny space you had to work with, to create zones! Who would of thought that the idea can also be implemented for a small patio... *stand up applause*

plus, it looks like the mattress you used is a pretty cheap one from Ikea...GREAT idea!

And also, those are some pretty low railings! I'm envious and terrified at the same time. :)

I made an awesome coffee table from a pallet once.Less than 100 bucks and 3/4 of that was the glass top. Rest was paint, sandpaper and fence finials for legs.