Peter Piper picked a peck of perfect pallets, a peck of perfect pallets Peter Piper (or Becky) picked...and from one perfect pallet she made a picnic table!
This picnic table started life as a 12 foot pallet. But, after cutting it in half and removing the boards on the back of it, I knew it would make a fantastic table top.
I added legs cut from old decking and fence boards (cut at 30 degree angles)
and a few cross boards running the length of the table for stability (just a friendly Sheriff cruising by). I made the table and bench legs angled because it makes it much more tsbale in the grass.
I asked on my Facebook a while back which type of picnic table people preferred, one with benches connected or separate. Separate won by an overwhelming majority.
I ran into a few pesky pallet problems when making the benches. Mainly the pallet wood was not hefty enough to support the length of the benches (almost six feet). Luckily I made the tops and realized they weren't going to work before attaching the legs. I remade the benches using some reclaimed 2"x 6" boards. The legs on these were cut at 20 degree angles.
I painted the table and benches sparsely and sanded them heavily and then chose a light stain (Golden Pecan) and a clear coat to finish the picnic table set.
