Our pallet coffee table tutorial

Grab a decent looking pallet and attach furniture legs in your desired style and height.
I had a carpenter down the road make and attach the legs for me but I'm sure that you can buy them ready made in bigger towns and cities.

Sand down the rough edges and feathered bits.
I did the top and then flipped the table over and did the bottom. The only reason that I bothered with the bottom is because through the gaps of the top of the pallets I noticed that the splintered and feathered bottom looked ugly, especially after having smoothed out the top.

Apply some clear wood glue to some of the badly splintered bits and some wood filler in the cracks and gaps as you desire. For deep gaps fill it in stages.

When that is dry, sand the table down again with a fine grit sand paper. 

Apply stain according your preference. 

  

I chose the quick route and decided on a spray stain, in a light oak color.
Turn the table as needed when staining it. Ask someone to help you move it though (I almost broke one of the legs off trying to flip the table by myself). Apply as many coats as you need to and wait the recommended drying times. Basically just follow the stains manufacturing instructions.

When you are happy with the stain coloring and it is properly dry, apply a top coat of polyurethane. This is just to seal the table and help protect the wood.
I chose a clear gloss polyurethane spray. Again the spray seems so much easier and I liked the idea of a gloss as opposed to a satin look but this was just my own personal preference.

The only thing left to do is possibly add a glass top...


I am quite pleased with how the table turned out as a whole. I would love to add some pallet side tables but perhaps I would try a gel stain on those.

I should probably note however that the woodfiller was in a beech colour and so didn't stain exactly the same colour as the table. That said it is a pallet table and I liked the looked of the colors blending but if you want a more perfect look then try pick a filler in the colour of your stain or choose a darker coloured stain to cover it up.