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There's a lot to love about recycled furniture: you can save money, keep things out of landfills and add a personal style. But a person's recycled chair on Pinterest could be another person's disaster. Pallets - wooden platforms used in warehouses and factories for storing or moving materials - offer a solution. Usually made of unrefined rough wood and measuring 4 feet by 4, the pallets are so ubiquitous that they can usually be obtained free from old warehouses and shipping areas. This means that even when you make a mistake, you will have a lot of material to try again. You can turn any pallet into a pallet, and their charm comes in part from the fact that you do not have to learn how to work with wood to make something beautiful. However, it is important to know something more about the pallets you use. Pallets can be exposed to substances such as corrosive chemicals, molds or insects. Therefore it is better to clean them and determine their origin before s...