I’ll be frank, buying a house and doing it up well did not leave me with much to spend on furniture. I’ve been trying to cut corners and still maintain character, it’s not easy thinking of ways to cheap-out in the consumer heaven we’re in today. Luckily for you, the thinking process is the hardest phase and you are allowed steal any ideas here!

The Natural Floor Spherical Lantern – 5 Euros - This was a no brainer, take a sunny day off to enjoy a walk on the beach in search of a nicely evenly weathered stone as a base, and find a stick to use as the stand. Go home and log onto ebay for a Spherical Lantern and a bulb holder, and you’ve got your list of ingredients. The only hurdle is drilling the hole in the rock ( hole used to place the wooden stand in the rock) – If the stone is hard like mine is you’d want to go to a stonemason who has a laser guided cutting device. If not you may want to try and drill the holes yourself. I used string to assemble the light fixture, I preferred going with something safe and not conductive to electricity,

The Vintage Adjustable Arm / Boom Arm Tripod Floor Lamp – $100 – I guess I could have done better with this, but am still proud of what I accomplished. I won this on ebay as a brown old vintage lamp, took it to my local car sprayed who sprayed it white for free since I am a top client. I finally found a pro to having crashed my car so many times. it was never my fault, cough.

The “Big Boss” Easy Chair – Completely Free and Upcycled - this is where I started my pallet obsession, my life as never been the same ever since. When I was driving home after work I saw a bunch a pallets outside a stone oven bakery waiting to be burnt. At the time I was looking for pallets for the Lion’s Eye 3 reggae fest, so I took a few home with his consent. Some surfing, a couple of hours later I made I was able to sit on my first chair. It’s very simple to make – I don’t have any experience in woodwork. I used dowels and wood glue to assemble it. You don’t need plans, I did not even need a ruler

The Storage benches – again, Completely Free and Upcycled - They’re not completely finished, I still need to buy a cushion, hinges and a bottom for the storage. “Technically” is was a lot more easy to figure out than the easy chair – and pallets that i found had consistent dimensions. so it was another no-brainer!

If you’re going to attempt dismantling a pallet, I strongly suggest wearing safety glasses to protect your eyes from nails that might fly back, and safety shoes just in case you had to step on one of the many nails that will end up on the floor. check out this youtube video for stripping a pallet

The photos you’re seeing have filter distortion from a wide angle lens adapter I’ve been testing… More on that soon, also I’ll be coming up with some cool lamps so stay tuned.

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