Hundreds of years ago, when I had my first flat in Liverpool and the mortgage rate was so high that I could barely afford to eat, a bed was needed.While my heart was set on everythng Habitat (remember them?), my wallet said FREE is GOOD, so I decided to make one. As I had a mattress, what was needed was the base. After much thought and a little chat to my then employers, two industrial pallets arrived at my door. With a can of red gloss paint I created a low level bed that was much admired. Why didn’t I come up with the name UPCYCLING and start a business?

Today upcycling is massively on-trend, eco-friendly and loved by lovies everywhere. With the exception of the extremes (“Oh look Camilla I have turned a double-decker bus into a book shelf”, “How to turn a mahogony table into shirt buttons”) I love it. It is so impressive how inventive people are and what they can achieve.

Back to reality I am in the middle of turning a number of pallets into a two-level dog kennel. There are three things to consider:

1) Can it be completed before I run out of dogs to put in it?

2) Can it be done without buying any new wood whatsoever?

3) Can it be done without spending more on accessories and tools than the cost of a new two-level dog kennel?

Hmmmm, time to do stuff rather than writing about it!

Laters

p.s. More on this later if you can bear the excitement…