Crushing it, Pallet-Style

Do you have those ideas where you're like, "I think I'll do something like from Pinterest that's really crafty."?

I have done these Pinterest projects many, many, many times before, but they were always food-based. I love food. I like to make it. No-brainer.

However, what I have now that I didn't have before is Josh. And Josh is a Pinterest go-getter. And when I say go-getter, I mean we came up with this concept, he got a bunch of pallets immediately, and we started tearing them apart almost as quickly.

The concept of which I speak is a pallet wall. The master bedroom needed some work, having been painted a uniform bluegray. I mean "uniform" as in down to and including the doors and baseboards.

So we agreed that this pallet wall would be really cool, and we would paint the rest of the bedroom a less-threatening, lighter gray.

The next question was whether to paint or stain it. Josh talked about how cool it would be to find a natural stain. And then he did some research. And then he formulated the plan. What he found was a stain comprised of nails and vinegar combined in a bucket. There's oxidization involved, very science-ish, no idea. But allegedly it worked.

Here is what we were looking at before.

And here is also what we were looking at before. 

But, and I really can't emphasize this enough, Josh is a go-getter. We tore those pallets apart. And by that I mean largely him.

He also made the stain. 

Regular vinegar.

Apple cider vinegar.

Not gonna lie, there was for sure a strong smell. And let's just leave that there.

This weekend was declared as the one in which it was all coming together. By Josh. Josh declared it. But I was totally down with it, too, so.

The project commenced. In earnest.

So much rippin' and tearin'.

And staining. 

Huge color variation based on the vinegar type alone. 

And then, it began.

These are the beginnings of the wall lamps, side note. Super awesome.

He flat made it happen.

And then, he closed the deal.

Look at that outlet-cutting and baseboard-making technology.

Pallet wall with natural stain: complete.

I made bread...and kinda cleaned the garage. The point is, the wall is great.