Pallet Decor

Everywhere You Look There Are New And Creative Things To Do With Pallets And I Saw One I Would Like To Share With You. I Copied It & Elaborated On It (of course)...

I Saw This Photo When Googling Ideas.  It Came From This Link.

I Had A Ton Of Black & White Photos On My Hallway Wall Of My & My Husband's Grandparents From Years Ago And I Thought It Would Work Wonderfully In The Living Room On This Pallet.

So, Fortunately, I Have A Friend Who Was Able To Get His Hands On A Free Pallet (here in So. Cal they don't come easy) & I Had My Husband Move The Slats Around To Look Like The One Above.

I Didn't Have Enough Space On The Pallet For All The Photos I Had & I Felt I Needed More Than Just The Pallet On That Wall, So I Purchased This Chalkboard Shelf From Target.  Then I Framed The Photos & Began Arranging Them.

I Am Not A Fan Of My Penmanship, So Instead Of Handwriting L-O-V-E On The Shelf I Used My Cricut & Cut Out The Letters.

I Wanted To Add Some Color Somewhere & I Had Seen This Phrase (which is part of a hymn) In Someone's Home & Knew I Wanted To Use It Too!

I Had My Husband Chop Off The End Of The Board I Chose From All The Scraps In Our Garage To Make It Look Like Driftwood.  Then Using A Color I Already Had, I Grabbed A 'Throw-Away' Paint Brush &  Slopped It On...Literally, Slopped It On.  In Order To Make It Look Distressed, I Didn't Prep The Wood Nor Care To Paint On A Nice Coat (which is why I used the 'throw-away' paint brush).

It Turned Out Pretty Good!

Using My Handy Cricut, I Cut Out The Letters To The Phrase of the Hymn, Stuck Them On & Hung It! (well, my husband hung it!!)

Now I Need To Get The Rest Of The Living Room To Match The Blue....

This Was A VERY Easy Creation, Especially If You Have Access To The Materials. The Only Item I Purchased Was The Chalkboard Shelf!!!  YAY!!!

Although I'm Very Happy With This Project, It Leaves My Hallway Wall Needing Some TLC!!!