Pallet Sofa with Tacoma Perry

Do you love Pinterest and pin tons of projects?

You are not alone.

I'm here in Atlanta, and Tacoma Perry, a reporter for Fox5, pinned this pallet sofa last July.

And she decided to take it on as a project!

But Tacoma loves to make each project her own, and decided stacking two pallets high and wood arms would work better for her space. So she decided to go rogue on her pin and change things up! But without a ton of experience with carpentry, her project came to a standstill after sanding and painting her pallets.

So she called me!

And we got started!

We decided to attach the two pallets with wood arms. The wood arms would not just keep the pillows on the pallets, but would also keep the pallets attached.

Because the pallets can be so not square, we used a square to mark the height the arms need to extend above the pallets.

And then clamps to hold everything in place while we attached with countersunk screws.

And we went from a pile of pallets to a sofa in an hour!

The arms really helped secure the pallets to each other and keep the pillows in place on the sides.

It's funny that when you build something with someone, you end up building a friendship too!

PS - It's super comfortable too!

I loved that Tacoma lives in a beautiful urban Atlanta apartment, and uses her balcony to build! Sure you can build in apartments. You may get a weird look or two hauling 2x4s up an elevator, but hey, you got stuff to build!

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This morning I woke up and there we were on FOX5 Atlanta! I love it when Tacoma says, "she should NOT have given me this book!" hehe!!!

Later that day, Tacoma texted me this photo! She tackled two more pallet sofas after I left! Tacoma, thank you for having me! I loved helping on this project! You can read Tacoma's side over at FOX5 Atlanta - check it out!

I wanted to share these plans with you too, so that you can build your own pallet sofas as well! Just scroll for the plans.

Do you live in Atlanta? You can watch the segment live today as well on FOX5 at the noon and 5PM shows - say hi to me!

I'm in Atlanta to demo a project from my book at the Home Depot. Last night was my first signing, and I was so excited to have such an amazing turnout last night.

I built this giant frame, a plan from the book, and used some packing twine zigzagged across the back to turn it into an ever changing display board. I clipped photos from my family trip to Homer, Alaska in the frame.

If you live in Atlanta, I'm doing one more book signing here! It's again at the Home Depot at Research Center from 6:00-8:00 PM. There's lots of fun giveaways, I'll be doing a project demo, and YES, THE BOOK IS FREE!!!! With $20 purchase while supplies last.

Bring your Mom (thanks Kristy!), bring your friends, especially those that don't build! And we are going to get our build on!

See you there!