This Pallet Bar In My Backyard Cost Me Only $112 To Make
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My name is Paul Nowak, and I’m a hobbyist woodworker from Sheffield, in jolly old England. My latest woodworking project was a resounding success! I constructed a beautiful, stylish, black-painted backyard bar almost entirely out of pallets and scraps of wood. I always wanted to make a home garden bar as we spend family time in the garden. The pallet project took two days to build after I collected everything together.
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I’ve always wanted a bar in the garden so I got some pallets and knocked it together
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This little DIY project of mine cost me only around 90 pounds (112 dollars). Once I got all the materials I needed for the wood bar, the actual building part was fairly quick — it took me only a couple days, from start to finish. I got most of the materials I needed all for free: the pallets and crates cost absolutely nothing. However, I did need to spend some money on the roof (that was around 40 pounds or 50 dollars), the paint (around 30 pounds; 37 dollars), and some odds and ends. A good mate of mine owns a pub, so he gave me some beer mats and other things for free.
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It took me a couple of days after I got all the stuff I needed to put it together
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Image credits: Paul Nowak
I’ve always liked woodwork, I should have done it when I left school but I never did
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I even installed a working fridge in my DIY bar, so all my drinks can stay nice and cool, and there’s no need to go running into the kitchen every time I feel a bit thirsty. I always loved woodworking, and sometimes I still wonder what would have happened if I took it up professionally after leaving school. I do decking for friends and family, but this is the very first bar I’ve built. However, it’s just the first of many bars, I hope. My friends and family loved my project, and it’s been amazing how people have reacted to my bar online. I’ve already gotten over 47,000 likes and 75,000 comments. All I need now is a sponsor or a business to help me keep this going.
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I got the pallets for nothing, the crates were nothing
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Image credits: Paul Nowak
40 [pounds] for the roof…with paint (about £30) it was 80 or 90 [pounds]
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Image credits: Paul Nowak
My mate’s got his own bar so he gave me all the beer mats and that
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Image credits: Paul Nowak
This is the first bar I have done – first of many I hope
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Image credits: Paul Nowak
Friends and family love it!
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My bar idea got quite a bit of attention from everyone, including Celtic Marches Beverages. They liked it so much that they stocked it full of delicious drinks. Cheers!
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Image credits: Paul Nowak
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Your back garden must be huge, you got a trampoline and a bar most of us lose the whole of the back garden to a trampoline so congratulations on both the brilliant use of wooden pallets and the space you have. Well done.
What happens when it rains?
Water comes falling down from the sky. (Sorry, Jenna, it was too tempting)
LOL! FUNNY! Your bar is cool!
Dang, Monika, you beat me to it!
I guess they get in out of it!
Incredible is an overstatement
Thanks 👌
Your back garden must be huge, you got a trampoline and a bar most of us lose the whole of the back garden to a trampoline so congratulations on both the brilliant use of wooden pallets and the space you have. Well done.
What happens when it rains?
Water comes falling down from the sky. (Sorry, Jenna, it was too tempting)
LOL! FUNNY! Your bar is cool!
Dang, Monika, you beat me to it!
I guess they get in out of it!
Incredible is an overstatement
Thanks 👌