7 ways with pallets & organizing my backyard !!

Hello dearies !! How have you been ??

Me, I’m running in full gear organizing my garden, courtyard and backyard !! And that’s quite a lot.

A couple of facts :-

• We live in Dubai
• A  part of Dubai is still desert while the other part is a beautiful concrete jungle which includes the worlds tallest tower – Burj Khalifa !!
• Wood is precious ! If you’d like to work on a wood project, you’d have to buy wood in places like Ace Hardware at the Festival City.  We have many hardware stores but only a handful would be able to provide wooden planks ~ some are located in Al Quoz industrial area.  So for the DIY enthusiasts like me, a pile of dumped pallets is like honey for the bears !!

Back to my courtyard improvement :-  I’ll just explain alitte about my house surroundings. My house is fenced and surrounded by a large patch of land on all four sides.

The front two sides  of  the courtyard are being prepared for the garden. ( will share in another post, once the grass starts grinning )

The third side of my backyard will house my kitchen garden. (hopefully)

And 4th side where my kitchen door opens has  :-

• My “Recycle park ” (work much in progress)
• My wood workshop ( a small open space with tools )
• Two large sheds

1. One of the shed carries all my exhibition stands, dozens of workshop chairs, frames and many other things related to my exhibitions.
2. The other shed is for all our domestic storage.

My wood workshop is nothing great but just an open space with a couple of wooden stands for wood chopping, designing and sanding. A few tables to carry all my tool kits and a wire rack to hold some of my hardware stuff. Samie has provided excellent flood light just recently which makes working in the evening so much easier now. Below here is my little wood workshop.

Much before all the grass, plants and flower beds get worked on, I wanted to organize all the stuff lying around in the backyard making it look terribly messy.

The dumped pallets, (which I mentioned in my previous post) served several purposes here.   We are expecting rains this season, so I did not bother painting them. Here are just a few ways in which the pallets helped in making the backyard presentable .

I have wanted a picket fence for like forever !!! And now, I get to make one for my garden !! Once you get rid of the 3 edges, and cut the planks in a v shape, it gets this look. I will be digging the base, deeper into the soil so that it gets support. With every pallet, I can make 2 of these !! We never wanted the plastic ones that you get at Ace Hardware or Daiso, coz they really are too small and cannot withstand the desert heat or the sandstorms.  This turned out to be the perfect solution.

The center log that gives support to the pallet is much thicker. I cut out these house like structures from them. I have nearly 5-6 of them. Although I love their natural color ~ I might alter them with some decoupage or paint, if I get tired of this look.

The cycles are generally not used in the summer months so they get dumped in a corner, but this is the season, the boys get them out often for a ride. I found this idea on pinterest and I can tell you, its so much more easier to have them on these “Pallet stands” !!  You don’t even have to nail them coz they are so sturdy.

What could be more fun than a ball pit in a sand pit !!!! The cats love it ~ the boys love it !! And believe me, it was super easy !!!

I have plans of placing larger planks on the base of these two pallets inorder to give them some height, plus a mattress and we can make patio sofas out of them !! How cool is that ~ but right now, I am unsure if I would like to carry out this plan, since we already have large benches in the patio. So with this project, we’ll just have to wait and see.

I have already made several garden signs and sign boards with these in various shapes. Ofcourse these single plaques are shaped in arrows but I have some which have been nailed together in formation of twos and threes ~ which are waiting to be painted.  But that’s for another post 🙂

I really like, that the brooms, mops, shovel and other cleaning sticks have now a proper place with support to keep them together. This really makes organization so convenient.

So that’s it. These pallets have benefitted us a lot. But there are many incomplete pallet projects still waiting for my attention. Hopefully, I will share those in another week or so.

I am linking this project with the following parties ~ It would be great if you could also join these fun parties.

• Scrumptious Sunday;   Sunday Funday Show stopper Saturday,
• lets get social sunday    Homemaker on a Dime Raising Memories
• Sew Many Ways  Inspired Sunday atSunday View
• The Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table and Dreaming,
• Sunny Simple Sundays Party at Sunny Simple Life,  Sundae Scoop at I Heart Naptime,
• Think Pink Sundays at Flamingo Toes, It’s Party Time at Three Mango Seeds,
•  Silver Pennies Sundays at Silver Pennies,
• Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop at A Blossoming Life,  DIY Showcase Party atMinette’s Maze,
• Nifty Thrifty Sunday at Nifty ThriftyThings,
• Saturday Night Special at Funky Junk Interiors
• Weekend bloggy reading @ Serenity now
• The creative home and garden hop
• Fall roundup and blog hop @ sewlicious
• That DIY Party @ DIY Show off
• Raising imperfection party @ sew crafty angel
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• Mix it up Monday
• Motivate me Monday ~ Keep it simple
• Sweet sharing Monday ~ Sweet Ann handicrafted design
• Monday Funday ~ Uncommon designs
• Monday Funday ~ C R A F T
• Making Monday Marvelous at C.R.A.F.T
• Monday Funday at Creatively Living
• Get your DIY on ~ The happy house
• Home sweet home ~ the charm of home
• Inspire me Monday ~ Create with Joy
• Biwitch me titi link party
• Fine Craft Guild
• Clever chic blog hop
• Inspiration Monday
• Mad in Crafts
• A Southern Fairytale
• Mom’s Monday Mingle
• Show Me Your Plaid Monday’s
• Metamorphasis Monday at Between Naps On The Porch
• It’s So Very Creative at Its So Very Cheri
• Calling All Crafters;
• Make it Monday;
• Creative Mondays;
• Make it Pretty Monday;
•  DIYer’s Link Party;
• Creative Corner Hop
• A Round Tuit at Creating My Way to Success {crafts and recipes}
• Marvelous Mondays at This Gal Cooks
• Made By You Monday at Skip To My Lou
• Making the World Cuter Monday
• Monday Link Party at Craft-O-Maniac
• More the Merrier Monday at The DIY Home Sweet Home Project
• Market Yourself Monday at Sumo’s Sweet Stuff
• Mad Skills Party at Mad in Crafts
• Craftastic Link Party at Sew Can Do
• Pincentive Blog hop
• Pin it Monday hop ~Pursuit of functional home
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• Totally tasty Tuesdays @ Mandys recipe box
• Thrifty décor chick
• One Project at a Time at A Bowl Full of Lemons
•  Transformation Tuesday at The Ironstone Nest
•  Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm,
•  The Scoop at Cedar Hill Ranch,
•  Project Inspired{d}at Cupcakes and Crinoline,
• You’re Gonna Love It at Kathe with an E,
•   Tweak It Tuesday at Cozy Little House,
•  Take a Look Tuesday at Sugar Bee Crafts,
•  Time to Shine at A Diamond in the Stuff,
•  Too Cute Tuesday at Funky Polkadot Giraffe,
• The Power of Paint Party at Domestically Speaking,
•  Creatively Tuesday at The Rustic Pig,
• Show Me What You Got at Not Just a Housewife,
•  Share It Link Party at The Winthrop Chronicles,
•  Tutorial Tuesday at Hope Studios,
• The Creative Spark at Clean and Scentsible,
• Tuesdays at Our Home at Our Home Away from Home
• Homemade by You at Made to be a Momma,
•  Ginger Jamboree LInk Party at Homemade Ginger
•  http://imtopsyturvy.com/ http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/ (Inspiration board)
• http://www.creatingahouseofgrace.blogspot.com/
• http://www.craftyconfessions.com/
• Tuesday talent show @ http://www.chef-n-training.blogspot.com/
• http://www.thekurtzcorner.com/
• http://organizeyourstuffnow.com/
• http://projectqueen.org/
• Show Me What You Got Tuesdays @ our delightful home
• Inspire Me Tuesdays @ A stroll thru life
• Tuesday’s Treasures @ my uncommon slice of suburbia
• Knick of Time Tuesday @nick of time interiors
• The Gathering Spot
• Brag About It Tuesday Linky Party here at VMG206 and also HERE at Be Betsy!
• Budget Decorating Party @ creative cain cabin
• Twirl and Take a Bow Party @ house on the way
• A-Zebra Linky party Tuesdays  @ A – zebra celebrations ( Be inspired)
• Cottage Style Linky Party  @ lavender garden cottage
• Tuesdays with a Twist @ back to basic health
•  Tuesdays At Our Home – our home away from home
• Today’s Creative Blog  @ todays creative blog
• Inside BruCrew Life @ inside bru crew life
• Lady Bug Blessings  @ lady bug blessings(handmade Tuesdays)
• Tutorials and Tips @ home stories A – Z
• Tuesday Trivia @ memories by the mile
•  Take it On Tuesday @ romance on a dime ;
• Tip Me Tuesday at Tip Junkie
• The Trendy Treehouse
• Wordless Wednesday ~ Crafty spices
• Tuesdays with a twist ~ Back to basics
• Blog hop social linky ~ Made in a day
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• Wednesday Whatsit ~ white lights on wednesday
• Twitter blog hop ~ Enjoy the view
• From dream to reality ~ The DIY Dreamer
• Flusters creative muster ~ Fluster buster
• What we accomplished Wednesday ~ Green willow pond
• What I learned Wednesday ~ We like to learn as we go
• Riverton housewives round up
• A little birdie told me linky party
• The Wednesday roundup
• The climb blog hop ~ Sew crafty Angel
• Wow me wednesdays
• A hump day hop
• Homemade by you ~ Made to be a momma
• Wined down Wednesday ~ Love pasta and a tool belt
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• Work it Wednesday~The blissful bee
• Power of Paint party @ Domestically speaking
• Party Time at The 36th Avenue
•  Home Sweet Home at The Charm of Home,
• Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Creek Cottage,
•  Share Your Cup Party at Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson
•  Talkin’ about Thursday at Designed Decor,
•  Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life,
•  The Inspiration Gallery at Craftberry Bush,
•  Made U Look Linky at Made in a Day,
•  Creative Things Thursday at The Vintage Farmhouse,
•  Catch as Catch Can at My Repurposed Life,
•  Time Travel Thursday at The Brambleberry Cottage,
•  Catch a Glimpse Party at A Glimpse Inside,
•  52 Mantels,
•  What To Do Weekends at Crafts a la Mode
• http://delightfulorder.blogspot.com/
• Show Off Your Stuff Party on Thursdays
• http://tidymom.net
• Treasure Hunt Thursdays
• Vintage Thingie Thursday
• Open House Party
• The Busy Bee’s Blog Hop
• Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop 
• Homemaking Weekend Link Up Party
• Grace at Home Party
• All Things Pretty Thursdays 
• Garden Party
• The Mandatory Mooch
• Showcase Your Talent Thursday
• A Handful of Everything
• 100 Ideas Under $100 at Beyond The Picket Fence
• Strut Your Stuff at Somewhat Simple
• Thirsty Thursday;
• Artsy fartsy sitcom
•   Get Your Brag On;
•  It’s a Party;
•  Blog Stalking Thursday;
• Things I’ve Done;
•  Pin Cushion Creations;
•  Wildly Original;
•  Think Tank Thursday;
• Show and Tell;
•  Rhinestone Beagle,
• The project stash link party @7alive
•  The project stash @ it happens in a blink 
•   Artsy Corner,
•  The Frugal Girls,
• The humble brag
• Glitter glue and paint ~ throwback thursday
• Create it Thursday ~ Lambertslately
• The project stash party ~ One dog woof
• Pin it Thursday @ Sweet Bella Roos
• Creative inspirations party ~ Embracing change
• Live laugh linky @live laugh and rowe
• Thursday favorite things blog hop @ Sew crafty angel
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• Simply Creations Link Party at My Simple Homelife, Furniture Feature Friday at Miss Mustard Seed, Inspire Me Please Link Party at Liz Marie Blog, Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest, Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage, What Have You Redone at Redoux Interiors, Home Sweet Home at The Charm of Home, Thrifty Things Friday at The Thrifty Groove, Simple and Sweet Fridays at Rooted inThyme, Be Inspired at Common Ground, Faunt It Friday at Chic on a Shoestring Decorating, Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous, Fabulously Creative Friday at Jennifer Rizzo, Show and Tell Friday at Romantic Home, Junkin’ Joe Vintage and Thrifty Finds at The Cottage Market, Weekend Wrap-Up Party at Tatertots and Jello, Shabbilicious Friday Link Party at Shabby Art Boutique, Tickled Pink at 504 Main, Anything Blue Friday at The Dedicated House, Rustic Restorations Weekend Link Party at Homespun Happenings,  Great Idea Thursdays at A Handful of Everything, Crafty Allie
• Fun Friday blog hop @ The pink momma
• Freedom Fridays @ My turn for us
• The weekend retreat @ the best blog recipes
• Something Swanky   Your Great Idea at Or So She Says   Sweet as Sugar Cookies   Sweet Saturday Link Party ~ Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday     ~ Super Saturday Show and Tell      ~  Finding the Pretty and Delicious   Reasons to Skip the Housework    ~ A Little Claireification   ~ Share It Saturday ~ Saturday Night Special at Funky Junk Interiors     Show and Tell Saturday at Be Different Act Normal     Whatcha Got Weekend at Lolly Jane Boutique    Saturday Swagger at It’s a Crafty Life     Seasonal Inspiration at Crumbs and Chaos   ~ Tutus & Tea Parties,   Homemaker in Heels, A Vision to Remember, Positively Splendid,  Crafty Moms Share, Serenity You, Shaken Together   ~   http://justagirlblog.com/

I hope you found some of these ideas inspiring. Please share with me if you have made any use of pallets. I’m always looking for inspiration 🙂

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