DIY
D.I.Y Pallet Table
Local D.I.Y. whiz Courtney Kennedy shares how you can make your very own pallet coffee table.
By Julie Sedenko Davis
Mar 2014
Courtney Kennedy woke up this morning in a bed she had made with her own two hands. Just 20 years old, Kennedy discovered her handcrafting passion in high school. “I was in an engineering class, and that’s when I figured out that I like to make things,” she says.
An Alabama native now living in Springfield, Kennedy turned her hobby into a profitable career, selling her creations on Etsy under the moniker shopalwaysrooney. “I get to set my own hours,” she says. “I’m passionate about it, so I make time for it.”
Kennedy makes everything from simple, no-sew items to projects requiring wood and power tools, and she says everyone has the capability to create. “Challenge that craftiness within you,” she says. “It’s all about trial and error. It is just starting and not being afraid to fail. I’ve had lots of fails.”
Her latest endeavor is a distinctive coffee table made from wood pallets, and she shares the step-by-step instructions so you can replicate the table in your own home. Try this project yourself, and check out more of Kennedy’s work on her blog, alwaysrooney.com.
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