Tangled? Make a Pallet Shelf Charging Station!

Today’s pallet project is a super simple and useful one!
Do you have a tangled clutter on your table or desk? This easy-to-build pallet shelf / charging station will organize everything and take care of the mess in no time!
Made from pallet scrap wood, it can sit on a desk, or hang on a wall to free up even more space!

Plus a little gift: you will get some lovely vintage crate labels as a free download too at the end!

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Before we start, here’s a very helpful article on where to find and how to work with pallets-

Make a charging station from pallet scrap wood, and clear up the clutter on your table or desk! Plus some gorgeous vintage crate labels as a free download!

You probably know how much I LOVE vintage orchard crates from this post- how to make pallet wood crates and transfer images to wood easily! 

Make a charging station from pallet scrap wood, and clear up the clutter on your table or desk! Plus some gorgeous vintage crate labels as a free download!

Today we are taking a different approach, let’s start!

Materials and tools:

We started out with pallet scraps from our 2-pallet potting bench project.
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As you can see when we cut the “legs” to the right height, we were left with the end pieces which are about 6″ of  stringers and a board on each side of the 2 stringers.

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If you are starting from a whole pallet, just cut off a 6″ section at the end of the stringers (they are the 2″x4″ usually, and the boards are 1″x4″), and leave the boards attached as shown above.

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In order to make the pallet shelf charging station, all we need to do is to add a piece of wood on the bottom, and an optional piece on the back.

We can get these 2 extra piece of wood from the same pallet. Use a hammer and  a pry bar to get a couple of extra boards, and cut them to the right length. Use nails or screws to attach the boards to the bottom and back side.

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Next, give it a good sanding, so no scratches or splinters in future use.

Now comes the fun part: let’s put a vintage label on our pallet shelf !

Not only do I have a 1920s peach crate label for you at the end to download, but also 2 other vintage crate labels!

Print this pretty peach crate label out and cut it out on a piece of paper. I prefer  this really nice and inexpensive Exact Index Cardstock  because it’s less likely to wrinkle.

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I used Elmer’s spray adhesive here. But Elmer’s glue or Modpodge will both work nicely too.

Apply a even coat of adhesive or glue, attach the label to the wood, and finish with a coat of  Modpodge . This will protect the surface by making it more water resistant.

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To hang this pallet shelf charging station on the wall,  add a couple of screws on the back side, attach a piece of picture hanging wire or string, and glue or nail two piece of scrap foam or thin wood towards the bottom so it would hang flush.

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Now all the clutter on our table disappeared, and everything found its happy new home here in this little pallet shelf charging station.

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And here is the download for you!

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Can’t get enough vintage printables? Print out these free vintage seed packets and see how to make them into wall art!

Make wall art from Free printable vintage French seed packets and scrap wood! | A piece of rainbow blog

Happy Creating!

13 Comments

  1. Sorry, but the vintage crate labels are not downloading ..can you help .. I’m pressing download but nothing is happening..is this a fault…I had downloaded them in the past, but I must have deleted them and would like to use these again please.

    The transfers have worked great I’m very pleased with the look. Thank You.

    • hi Julie! some browsers may block the pop-up to save files. if you see the images you can right click and save. if not, try chrome or firefox or internet explorer perhaps?

  2. We need this at my house! There are devices and cords all over my kitchen countertop and it drives me nuts. What a great idea for containing them all to one spot. Your graphic makes this project especially attractive.

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