Pallet Adirondack Chair Pallets come in many shapes and styles. They're made from lots of different types of wood. They are readily available for free. In fact, most companies pay people to take them away. But there's a catch: pallets aren't easy to take apart. If you're expecting perfection, than pallet lumber may not be right for you. If you're not interested in turning a pallet into something else or trucking around the nation looking for free stuff, substitute the pallet wood for some nice cedar or pressure treated wood.
Make a DIY Pallet Coffee Table | Pallet Furniture Plans This easy to make rustic indoor coffee table is made from pallet wood. The pallet was dismantled and the thicker rails were used as the frame but they were slightly twisted. To straighten it was soaked with water and weighed down on a flat surface to dry. The slats were screwed across the top of the frame then cut straight. Submitted by Michael Tapscott!
DIY: Pallet sofa Thank you so much for your input on my flea market find yesterday. I appreciate your thoughts, and I will absolutely think twice before I paint it. I´ll probably keep it as it is – at least for now *smile* Anyway I thought I would show you our “pallet sofa” on our balcony today. I have made one out of two pallets covered with pillows and throws.As a table I have used an old wooden crate, so I can decorate with flowers and candles, or simply to have a place to put my coffee. So if you have a small budget for your outside area this year, maybe you can make something similar to my pallet sofa? Do you have any other pallet ideas? (Images: Nina Holst)
Paracord Laced Pallet, Hanging Chair Stuff you will need- Tools: Drill Saw Lighter Sawzall (optional) Materials: Paracord Pallet (I was able to get by with just one but it all depends on how much usable wood you can get off of each pallet) I used pallet wood because it is hardwood and free but, as with all treated wood, you need to use precaution when handling this wood. I used paracord because it is small yet strong and does not stretch as much as other ropes. DIY Outdoor Pallet Wood Sofa | Pallet Furniture Plans After sometime we become more expert about home furniture items with working with pallet wood. You can design you own DIY pallet wood sofa by keeping in mind of different chair structure and size of your mattress after getting some pallet wood to achieve your desired article pallet stool bench, pallet tool box and pallet planter box and many other items of home used furniture. Pallet wood can be attained in your garage and stocks of your home. Measurements of pallet wood sofa base, on which back and seat boards have to be placed. Arrangement of back and seat board for pallet sofa should be even and balanced for comfortable sitting. Image source
Tangeez - Tangible Lights by Emily Webster & Mustafa Bagdatli "Tangeez are wonderful building blocks of light. The magnetic click and the translucent colors are incredibly satisfying. They're continually offering new combinations, and they're impossible to put down. I want a whole wall of them." These “physical pixels” create a tactile, interactive and social experience that allows you to hold and control light. Tangeez combine red, green and blue light to create a spectrum of colors that change depending on how you stack them. The more you change and rearrange, the more colors you will see. "They've got the simple charm of a set of Dominoes and yet they're like an interactive set of Legos. -Donald Chestnut, Chief Experience Officer, SapientNitro From spaceships to skyscrapers, Christmas trees to robots, Tangeez can be combined and stacked infinitely to build glowing structures of any shape and size. Tangeez brighten up any space and are as portable and mobile as you are. "Who isn't fascinated with light? -Jim Campbell, Electronic Artist Emily Webster
reading chair made from two wooden palettes (part 2) Allright, friends! It’s time for the second installment of Build A Chair Using Palettes. In part 1, we built the platform of the chair/reading nook. Today, we’ll be attaching the sides of the chair and painting it! For this second part of the chair building, you’ll need: -a wooden palette (if you already collected two for part 1, this part will use your second palette) -two pieces of scrap 2×4 at least the length of each of your ‘chair’ sides -a sander (I used an orbital sander, but any will do… you could even hand sand if you were really into manual labor) -circular saw -crow bar or reciprocating saw (to pry planks of wood off of the palette) -nails 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Remember, this is part 2 of a series to make a reading nook using palettes. *Find part 1 of this series here.
Pallet loungers Some of you may remember a while back when I made these beauties from some pallets. Someone requested a tutorial and I'm happy to oblige, especially since I was planning on doing that anyway when they were all done. At the time they were only primed white and now they're a bright and luscious red :) So I took a few more pics and decided it was tutorial time! Ok, maybe tutorial isn't the right word because I don't really have any before or during pics (!) but I'll at least be telling you how I went about it. I can also add that my lack of before and during pics are due to the fact that I didn't know if it was going to turn out well or not. Materials Four pallets of the same size, preferably rectangular One pallet slightly wider than your other pallets, more square than rectangular Scrap 2X4s or pallet scraps of the 2X4 kind 1. 2. 3. The arrow shows the nails holding the original middle board to the top boards, everything else was deconstructed. 4. 5. 6. 7. Just a close-up of the same thing.
Goethe on the Psychology of Color and Emotion Color is an essential part of how we experience the world, both biologically and culturally. One of the earliest formal explorations of color theory came from an unlikely source — the German poet, artist, and politician Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who in 1810 published Theory of Colors (public library; public domain), his treatise on the nature, function, and psychology of colors. Though the work was dismissed by a large portion of the scientific community, it remained of intense interest to a cohort of prominent philosophers and physicists, including Arthur Schopenhauer, Kurt Gödel, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. One of Goethe’s most radical points was a refutation of Newton’s ideas about the color spectrum, suggesting instead that darkness is an active ingredient rather than the mere passive absence of light. YELLOWThis is the color nearest the light. It appears on the slightest mitigation of light, whether by semi-transparent mediums or faint reflection from white surfaces.
the chew Spring is here and it’s time to give those green thumbs a workout. Michael took a look at a number of gardening gadgets. Check them out. Garden Pallet This pallet is great to have and simple to make. What You Need: -You’ll need a wooden pallet (you can order it online, or ask your local big box store if they have any that you could take off their hands)-Drainage Cloth-Staple Gun How to Make It: 1. 2. Wearable Gardening Stool The “wearable gardening stool” by Clean Air Gardening is stylish and efficient. The Urbio Now, if you’re short on space, but still want to try your hand at gardening, this is just the thing. Click and Grow Those of you who are still intimidated by the concept of gardening never fear there is the “click and grow” which takes all the guesswork out of gardening.
Understand color theory with these 7 facts - = Designer Blog Color is everywhere – in nature, in cities, in stores, online. We’re so used to it we often don’t notice it’s even there, until we suddenly come across a black and white movie on TV. Then we remember how good it is that we have such a colorful world. For that reason alone, if not for improving your design skill set, knowing how color works is a good thing to do. So let’s dive in! 1. Might sound strange but it’s true. Color is created only when our brain tries to make sense from light signals it receives from the outer world. Deprived of color, our world would probably look like a scene from Matrix. Without that, our world is a monochromatic place bathing in electromagnetic radiation of varied intensity and wavelengths. The key takeout? 2. If you ever thought RGB color model is a recent discovery from Silicon Valley, you’d be three centuries off target. We are able to see colors because of red, green and blue receptor cells in our retina. 3. 4. 5. The RGB model The HSB model (or HSL / HSV) 6. 7.
25 Ways Of How To Use Pallets In Your Garden Benches, flower pots, tables, small vertical gardens and even canopies covered with plants. All of them can decorate your garden immediately if you know how to make a simple pallet work. After we’ve shown you how to recycle wooden pallets, we thought it would be a great idea to see a bunch of decorative ideas that can beautify your garden. Moreover, they are easy to assemble and prove to be very functional for your future activities! A wood frame and a lot of pillows – cozy and comfortable! Natural wood or Mediterranean touch? Flowers couldn’t have been planted in a better place. :)
modern color theory (concepts) A Scientific Theory of Color Vision. For many centuries, the behavior of color mixtures was difficult to explain because material color, which seemed to be anchored in "real" objects of the external world, was conceptually distinguished from the "illusory" colors in rainbows or prisms. The two types of mixtures behaved differently, but the reason for the difference was unknown. The trichromatic theory provided the clarifying explanation and prediction of all color sensations as arising in the behavior of the eye. Subtractive Color Mixture. The principles of subtractive color mixture are not a rigorous theory at all. Subtractive mixing theory imitates the main features of additive color theory, and to understand the problems with subtractive color mixing, we need to unmask these points of imitation one by one. Subtractive Mixtures Occur in Substances. In principle, subtractive color theory ought to be able to explain the color changes that occur in any kind of material mixture. 36. 37.