Art Room Makeover

Use pallets and old doors to turn a loft storage room in to the perfect arts and craft space with plenty of storage.

Time to dejunk, lay flooring, and screw some 2x4 supports across the back wall about the height you want for the table.

Measure and cut 4 pallets down to height you want (same height as the 2x4 supports you screwed onto the wall)

Screw your four trimmed pallets in place (sorry didn't get a photo of this step). Two on the outside walls , and two about 3 feet in. The middle ones are screwed to the 2x4 brace at the back.

Cut one of your two doors in half (we had to trim one down a little, but the size of the room was almost perfect for two doors). Lay one door across the middle, and the two halves go at the ends.

Screw the doors in place into the 2x4 support and into the pallets with some nice long screws. We added a trim piece on the front to cover the underside of the doors and make it look a little thicker and more custom (green tinted part)

Putty, sand and paint your tabletop however you want.

Buy two sheets of MDF shelving, measure and cut so they fit between your pallet slats and slide-em in. Perfect size shelving for my clayboard panels.

(just for fun)...My door to the attic room is made out of leftover ceiling planking. Was going to be a temporary measure but I like it so much I think it will stay. Painted it to match the rest of the room with leftover paint from other rooms in the house.

A great space to sew, paint, work on my Scratchboard Art. The table is solid enough I can sit/stand on it easily. Just need to mount some permanent lighting, add some curtains for the windows and maybe some draw curtains eventually to hide the shelving. I'm a happy camper! Cost = about $30 for two MDF sheets and maybe 20 screws. Everything else was leftover or free.