Wanting to put a wood wall in the nursery I'm doing for my soon to be born boy. Anyone know where I could find some beetle kill pine? Thought it may look cool, otherwise I'm going to go with regular old pine and antique it.
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Have you considered pallet boards? They have some good character. I did a wall in my son's nursery and it turned out really nice. I cut up pallets, sanded them some, and then put a polyacrylic finish to seal them. When I was half way done I found a place in Houston that sells old pallet boards by the box and they were really reasonable. I wish I would have found the place earlier as it would've been a lot easier.
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pallets are sometimes treated with a lot of stuff i wouldn't want near my kid. They also harbor a lot of mold and fungus from sitting in piles out in the rain and crap. I had a buddy that put a wall cladding in his house of pallet wood. They couldn't figure out why their allergies and stuff were getting so bad. It was that wood. They ripped it out and the problem went away. So I am real leery of doing that. I wish I could though... there are probably 50 pallets sitting out by our loading dock right now waiting to get thrown away.
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Originally posted by Rubberdown View Postpallets are sometimes treated with a lot of stuff i wouldn't want near my kid. They also harbor a lot of mold and fungus from sitting in piles out in the rain and crap. I had a buddy that put a wall cladding in his house of pallet wood. They couldn't figure out why their allergies and stuff were getting so bad. It was that wood. They ripped it out and the problem went away. So I am real leery of doing that. I wish I could though... there are probably 50 pallets sitting out by our loading dock right now waiting to get thrown away.
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Originally posted by Rubberdown View Postpallets are sometimes treated with a lot of stuff i wouldn't want near my kid. They also harbor a lot of mold and fungus from sitting in piles out in the rain and crap. I had a buddy that put a wall cladding in his house of pallet wood. They couldn't figure out why their allergies and stuff were getting so bad. It was that wood. They ripped it out and the problem went away. So I am real leery of doing that. I wish I could though... there are probably 50 pallets sitting out by our loading dock right now waiting to get thrown away.
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yeah... you are probably right. That being said I called everyone and cant find any beetle kill... so I guess I will buy regular pine and beat the tar out of it so it looks old and then stain it and get that aged look going. That sounds like a lot of work but I dont have an alternative I can think of.
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ok well... i thought about it and decided no dangerous stuff for my baby.... so all new wood and start from scratch. After a bout with the router, lots of paint, stain and elbow grease.... this is what I ended up with.
Also, this is the mural we painted on the wall the other day... my wife drew it up... i just helped to paint it.
I hope this baby appreciates all of this. Hopefully I will be done redoing the dresser this weekend coming up and then I can take it a little easier... I can tell I am getting older. This weekend kicked the crap out of me.
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