Weekend DIY

The past couple of weekends have found Tom waking up very early on a Saturday morning and requesting we take 'quick' trip to B&Q. This is because he has 'ideas'. These then turn into 'projects'. Then amazing things happen.

Pallet Bench

The first project, and the one I have to say I was most excited about, was making a bench to fit inside the archway in our tiny back yard. (Also Tom has pointed out that this way my 'idea' so I get the blame)

With the help of one pallet gifted to us by my dad and another acquired from a bin at university, a large number of screws and a lot of sanding, the bench was born!

Basic design involved cutting one pallet in half (to form the bottom and the back) then cutting another pallet in quarters to provide the legs and extra boards to make it look nice. 

My main job was sanding, but I got a bit bored and started planting things instead (more on that later)

As you can see it's nice and sturdy!

The Battering Ram

Tom's second project started as an indoor climbing wall but had to be downscaled once we actually looked at how much room we had. Not got all the photos at the moment but it is basically a could of planks of wood with proper climbing holds mounted to the underneath. The idea is it will make us both amazing climbers (more so because you now have to climb under it to get into my room).

Tom demonstrating how it works

Alex demonstrating how not to use it

As well as the DIY we luckily had enough sun to break out the first BBQ of the year. Burgers and sausages for all!