I hope I’m not the only person that has epic DIY failures occasionally, but Gail graciously let me come share with you how I salvaged my DIY failure into a pallet project I love.
My name is Angie, and my blog home is Knick of Time, where I share lots of repurposed vintage projects & free antique graphics each week. Okay, here’s the story behind my DIY failure. I wanted an antique fruit shipping crate, complete with a beautiful label on it, but I didn’t want to pay antique store prices for it. I had several weathered pallets, so I figured it would be easy to build my own crate, right? Well, maybe not. I’m also way behind the crowd, because I have NEVER created a project with pallets before, but thought this crate would be perfect as my first attempt. You can see from this photo of the massacred pallet that I’m a newbie, but I got that pallet cut apart and came up with my plan.
Thank you Angie for a great guest post today showing us that it pays to not give up, there is no such thing as a project fail. Although I have felt that way many times myself. I love how your wall organizer came together with a great vintage style.
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gail
Love your shelf & I would never have known you struggled with it. Anyone who saws and drills and hammers to create is a PRO to me! I totally LOVE your images of the can labels. I bought a set of 5 last year from the “blue bird” company for green beans! I framed it and sold it at a crafts show. Now, I’ve put another one on top of green bean recipes on a tray. I am NOT selling any of yours, but I am enjoying them! And your creative and inspiring posts! Smiles!
so gorgeous ! failure seems to be part of every success when it comes to DIY! =)
thank you angie and gail for sharing!
I love it Angie!! Fail to great success! We all have project fails, but to turn it around and make it awesome, that is true talent! Plus you do AMAZING stuff on your blog, love it!
It’s awesome Angie! and yes, I have had many epic fails. Most I can’t salvage though:)
Looks great, Angie. I frequently have those great ideas that I can’t make work. Glad you figured out how to salvage this one. 🙂
Happy Easter!
Great job Angie!!! Gail I would love to do a post for you my friend 🙂
Susan
Great save Angie. I’m glad you didn’t give up on it.
Did you clean the wood at all, as far as bugs, toxic chems? Wash it or?
Awesome! (well not that a failure is awesome, but the final results). What a great idea; just love the textures on this piece.
Very clever, Angie. Hidden in every failure is a success waiting to emerge. Love those labels.
great idea, Angie. love the fruit labels, I’m going to grab them. and you’re right, crates with good vintage advertising are a premium.
Angie, don’t be so hard on yourself, you have some of the best creations in blogland (besides Gail, that is)!!
Thank you, Julie – you always make my day!!
I really love how that turned out. It’s rustic and fabulous! Great job turning a fail into something awesome.
That turned out great and actually gave me an idea for my kitchen re-do that we’re working on. Thanks.
Sometimes from the ashes rises the phoenix!