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Okay, so this project doesn't really have anything to do with pallets, but it does involve making the most of items you already have available.
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| I purchased this Cottage Bed on Craigslist several years ago. At the time it was painted red to be a barn for a horse themed room. We painted it purple and added flowers along the bottom. |
I've been planning to build one of those nifty dress-up storage units that keep showing up on Pinterest. Something like this:
http://www.gluesticksblog.com/2013/05/a-dress-up-box-for-our-girls.html . But the Cottage Bed takes up a lot of space in the little girls' room, so I came up with a cheaper, easier solution to the dress-up mess using inexpensive brackets and metal conduit.
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| I put these bags on hooks to store accessories. |
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| One end of the bed already had shelves. |
Now the little girls have a nice space for storing their old dance costumes and Disney dress-up clothes. The entire project only cost $3.40. The 1/2 inch conduit was $1.56 for 10 ft., so I still have some for another project. The brackets were $0.55 for a four pack, and the plastic end caps to finish the rough edges of the piping were $1.29. I already had woodscrews. This was a lot less expensive and involved less effort than building a new dress-up storage unit, and it uses otherwise wasted space on the back wall.
