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Old bed slats

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27 May 2022 at 4:27PM in Crafting

I have a collection of old wooden bed slats that I'm loathe to throw away, but struggling to work out what I could do with them.

I've looked at YouTube/Pinterest but they seem to think that all bed slats are straight, whereas mine are slightly curved.
I have a pyrography set so going to use some of them to practise on, but there'll be lots left.

Anyone have any ideas?

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nimbo Posts: 3,701 Forumite

28 May 2022 at 9:08PM

Could you glue two together and then clamp to straighten them out?

Offer them out to people on face book or what ever to replace broken ones?

Have one drill holes in and then dangle strings with things on through the holes as wind chimes?

Hammer stakes in the ground and then use these to make mini raised beds?

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theoretica Posts: 12,691 Forumite

28 May 2022 at 9:37PM

A lot of the craft ideas for barrel staves might work
https://www.instructables.com/Wine-Barrel-Adirondack-Chair/

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WeAreGhosts Posts: 3,113 Forumite

29 May 2022 at 6:28PM

theoretica said:

A lot of the craft ideas for barrel staves might work
https://www.instructables.com/Wine-Barrel-Adirondack-Chair/

Mine look exactly like that. Thanks for the link, I wouldn't have known what they were called!

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witchone Posts: 13 Forumite

7 June 2022 at 9:13PM

Planters for the garden.

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waso12 Posts: 6 Forumite

16 June 2022 at 1:39PM

I think you could recycle them.

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