Repurposed Goods!

Home of the Pallet Adirondack Chair!

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Repurposed material brilliance! Large pizza box for the win.

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There are so many things that a person can ship in a pizza box. Great use here.

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Pallet wood in use for a table top. Good background info on the types wood salvaged, the potential for expansion / contraction, and how the use of different woods might be the undoing of such a beautiful top.

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Reduce, reuse, recycle. Fire pits and grills made from old rims!

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This is rather clever concept but WOW those things get hot. “Not it!” for cleaning out that fire crucible.

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roller pallet couch desk

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Pallet roller thingy. Not sure what the true purpose is but its cool looking!

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Why would they dump this this subway car into a body of water?? It could be an awesome backyard workshop or tiny house. It has so much potential BUT it is now on the bottom of some ocean / lake. Sad face.

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Banjo Cold Brew at the Avondale Estates Farmers Market showing off some repurposed coffee bean bags and wooden crates. Good show and GREAT cold brew coffee too

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Some wood work from BarnBeautiful. Great examples of what one can do with barn wood.

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Yet another abandoned space that has amazing architecture. What can this be used for next?

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Usage of wood pallets getting some old school, non digital press!

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Half a steelbarrel used to make a flower pot. Found at xxx in Knoxville, TN

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Shipping container on the second story in order to provide some great outdoor seating. Near Georgia Tech.

@Delia’s Chicken Sausage in Atlanta, GA.

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Clever usage of the spinning globe vents found on top of houses. @Jake's Ice Cream in Atlanta, Ga. Near Krog Street and the new Krog Street market.

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A pallet lounge chair found at Romantic Farmhouse in Augusta, GA.

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Tony Cragg's repurposed art as displayed at the Tate Modern. Found here.

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Packard Automobile Plant, Detroit Michigan

I visited Detroit last month and was astonished that the stories I heard from friends and colleagues about Detroit were true. During drives around certain parts of the city, it was visible that life had completely departed. Overgrowth, demolition, vandalism, abandoned, forgotten and sad. Although I didn't get a chance to tour or get near the Packard Plant, I heard rumors that seeing it would be surreal. Photos might do it justice, as this 3.5million square foot industrial powerhouse that was abandoned in 1956 is a giant. More information here (Wikipedia).

I will look through my photos and see what I can personally share!

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Unclaimed patient suitcases, Norristown State Hospital.  Oftentimes, when a patient in a state asylum died in care, the asylum was required to hold on to the luggage until a certain period of time elapsed.  This would give the family - if there was a surviving family - time to decide if they wanted to make the effort to retrieve the belongings.  Oftentimes, however, no family came, and the various suitcases and boxes of belongings would be piled up on a basement shelf and forgotten, as seen here in Building 14 at Norristown State Hospital.  When the buildings were abandoned, the patients’ belongings were forgotten, much like many of the patients themselves, their records laying mouldering in damp buildings until their demolition.

Print available here.

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Beyond those things we see everyday that are discarded without a second thought, there are countless buildings in complete ruin full of abandoned things from their past. How do we bring these relics back to life OR in the case of these suitcases, give them a proper burial?

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Here are my personal Pallet Adirondack Chairs (PACs), after 3+ years of use, moving, dismantling, re-mantling and being outside during rain, sleet and snow. They've taken a beating with little repair or care. The wife wants them to become fire wood, the black cat wants them to continue being a scratching post and I want to salvage them...again. I will probably win. These photos are a first for me and probably most DIYers, post use, the unglamorous stage of our hobbies. No fresh paint, well fitting arm rests or fantastically blue skies in the background.