Accent wall!!!

[nickj718]

Well as some of you may know I just finished me tile floor. So iv been looking for something else to do. I settled on a pallet wall. I cut the planks off of pallets ripped them down to 3 different sizes 3",4",and 5" then i sanded them all and stained them. Here is my progress so far.
Finished with new lights





finished! Mind my mess I finished it late last night. Took 207 boards to complete

 

[Greek]

That looks great!!! Is it just the one wall you will do???

 

[nickj718]

So far yes I will only be doing one wall. This is the wall you see when you pull in

 

[Jack Olsen]

So far yes I will only be doing one wall.

Famous last words.

It looks great.

 

[upndown]

Looks great..But I've always liked that look! Been collecting and stripping pallets myself to finish the inside of a 10x12 shed. I like being able to hang things anywhere..Plus burning the leftovers in the Firepit..

 

[don long]

I too am a fan of that look
I thought that one wall would be enough until I stood back and looked again
Now three walls in my man cave are covered in old fence wood
Yours looks great with 3 different board sizes!!
Lot of work.

Don

 

[bazzateer]

All that ripping, sanding and staining? You have too much time on your hands.
(Just starting hour no. 16 of an unexpected 24hr shift!)

 

[ct71rr]

Looks nice. What did you use for stain?

 

[nickj718]

I used min wax special walnut no poly needed just stain

 

[ct71rr]

Thanks! The wall looks great!

 

[iagsxr]

That's awesome. I'm going to do something similar in my building, never thought about pallets. Barn boards are so freaking expensive.

 

[dubber]

Really like that wall. Very cool!

 

[JEngledow]

How have you fixed them to the wall?

 

[Garage Coffee Roaster]

Looks great...

Pallet wood is such a pain to work with. Splits, Cracks, etc. Way to save the some money and show the skills.

 

[nickj718]

I nailed them to the wall with a finishing nailer. The screws are 2in and are hit on the studs. Thanks guys I'll post it fully finished next weekend

 

[JordonMusser]

That looks awesome, any close up shots?

 

[Mobman924]

That looks great! I've been debating doing the same to at least one wall in my shop, now that I've seen it done, I think I'll do it.
Any idea how a many pallets you salvaged?

 

[JordonMusser]

My GF talked me into reallllly expensive (although nice!) reclaimed wood for an interior accent wall.. I like this idea of this for my garage

 

[nickj718]

So far I have 157 planks up I need about 60 more to finish it for a total of 217 planks. Pictures do not do it justice is is amazing in person my neighbors all came to see it by word of mouth.

 

[TiFJ]

I have a dozen or so pallets sitting in the garage waiting to be taken apart, sanded, stained and turned into an accent wall in the house. Great DIY project where the end result looks much fancier and more expensive than it actually was.

Looks great!

 

[prowler777]

We are getting ready to close on a house and I told the wife I wanted to do his on a wall in the garage....she said she'd like to do it in the house as well....I want to do a Chevy 350 engine block coffee table for the living room too,but she needs convincing on that one.....lol

 

[nickj718]

I'm going to cover my drywall beam in my living room with them next weekend. My wife loves the wall. I'll post close up pics tonight after work

 

[MackMan]

Really cool idea, around here it's illegal to throw away pallets, so getting them free or cheap is easy.. Wondering how this would work as a floor!

 

[Kevin54]

One of the members on here did the complete inside of his garage using fence boards that he picked up here and there. It turned out super.

As for the OP's wall, I like it Sometimes you have to look outside of the box.

 

[nickj718]

finished picture is up what do you guys think?

 

[dubber]

finished picture is up what do you guys think?

Looks great man, you "nailed" it

 

[JasonJ]

Looks great... makes me wish I had a wall to try that out on.

 

[JordonMusser]

awesome man!

 

[Kevin54]

Looks great... makes me wish I had a wall to try that out on.

No walls in the garage huh?

 

[nickj718]

Thanks guys for the positive feedback

 

[ZRX1040]

Looks nice. Just sent your pics to a buddy building a new garage/workshop/bar/home microbrewry and wants something rustic.

 

[nickj718]

This is defidently the ticket. It's super rustic ad looks awesome in person

 

[nickj718]

track lighting added

 

[mikde]

I had the same inspiration about a year ago, just a little bigger.
my garage has a second story(20x45). I used 3 sawsalls, 225 pallet, and 10,000 air nails. here you go.
P.S. the bar top is also made from the pallets 2x4 cross peices.

 

[Kevin54]

Mikde..... Welcome to Garage Journal. And killer first post. Hope to see and hear more about your space in the future. Just for the record, which one are you in the pics?

And again, Welcome!!!!

 

[Boosted1]

I like the wall. I'm working on something similar for my garage. Still collecting material.

 

[monkey-1]

That looks great man. We did something similar to my daughters room, but didn't use pallets (too labor intensive for my 15 year old).

 

[thetastelingers]

Ah. Glad I saw this. Was thinking of doing something like this in one of my bays, but didn't know what it would look like. Until now!
Thanks!

 

[ToughMudder]

That looks great, good job!

 

[ct71rr]

Are you guys just butting the boards together?