I made a pallet wood bedroom for my wife, and you’re welcome to follow along in the video. I made a herringbone headboard from pallet wood, a shelf from pallet wood and a side table from a cherry log.
The video i mention in the beginning about my epoxy resin mistakes is right here:
Notes about the video:
I refer to my wife as “my boss” because my wife traditionally makes the most design decisions in our house. The new thing is me making stuff for the house and also having an opinion, but trust me, she’s still the boss if the thing is going into the house.
My wife was away most of the time I renovated the bedroom and was pretty (positively) surprised when she came back and saw it. She didn’t want to be a part of the video, so you’ll have to imagine her reaction. IRL it wasn't monday-friday in a row, but I dramatized the story a bit to fit into a video storyline. It was filmed during the summer in Denmark, and we are so high north we have daylight (and even sunlight) most of the 24 hours of each day. Yes, our nights are just 3-4 hours long during the summer.
I quote a few lines from a Coldplay song called Fix You. The first line is “When you try your best, but you don’t succeed.” My kids used to sing that line when me and my wife were discussing something, and it was obvious that I didn’t get my way, or when I tried to fix something in the house and failed. We laughed a lot about it, so it’s just stuck in my head.
I tried out some different Rubio Monocoat products in the video with very little success. I would like to point out that I’m a big fan of Rubios products, especially their Oil + 2C PURE, that’s a fantastic finish for tables, floors, furniture, all things woody. Their staining products are probably more difficult to use and get a good result with, so far I’m only good friends with the Walnut oil + 2C.
I had some other makers say and do stuff in this video. They are not being mean in any way, all that’s being said and done in this video is written and edited by me.
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- Jesper
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:10 Renovating our bedroom
01:00 Making a pallet wood bedroom
01:35 Herringbone headboard from pallet wood
01:48 Preparing the pallet wood
02:27 Designing the herringbone pattern
03:00 Gluing the headboard up
03:31 Trimming the headboard with a circular saw
04:15 Making a shelf from pallet wood offcuts
05:12 Shaper Origin: Attaching the shelf to the headboard
06:22 First Rubio Monocoat mistake
07:15 Second Rubio Monocoat mistake
07:38 Third Rubio Monocoat mistake
08:01 When you try your best, but you don't succeed
09:03 Sanding the burned wood
09:38 Making french cleats from pallet wood
10:06 Making a log side table
10:55 Putting legs on the log side table
11:37 Mounting the pallet wood bedroom