Here's a project to get you thinking about the warmer days to come: patio furniture! Before we know it, the temperatures will be rising and that means we'll spending more time outside. Need new outdoor furniture for your Spring and Summer fêtes? Don't buy new ones — make them instead! Wow your guests with these patio chairs made from wooden pallets.
For a video tutorial on making an Adirondack-style chair, watch Wendy of Holy Scrap Hot Springs show you how it's done. ReNest has written instructions on creating a pallet lounger chair on their website.
(This is also a project that you can start on now while you're bored and stuck inside due to the cold weather. I wouldn't advise painting them inside, though.)
This article appears in Dec 23-29, 2010.