Rustic Ice Chest Plans

I wanted to make something that would be easy relatively cheap and very rustic so i went with cedar fence pickets.

Rustic ice chest plans.

If you will be using a styrofoam cooler a 2 thick one should do the trick. Deck cooler wood cooler pallet cooler cooler stand outdoor cooler cooler box cooler cart woodworking furniture diy furniture. Many tutorials use all sorts of tools that cost upwards of 1000. My wife found a picture of a wood ice chest box on facebook and once she showed it to me i knew that i had to make one.

Most of these plans use wood to build around a styrofoam or plastic ice chest. The result is a rustic aged looking ice chest with the safe modern convenience of a purchased cooler a combination of antique and modern. Many people call these coolers cowboy coolers because they have that rustic appearance. Now it s time to start building the rustic cooler legs and frame.

There are even have plans for picnic tables or an outdoor grill prep table with built in ice chests. Heck i don t even think mine is the best. A fellow diy er named paul broder from burleson texas sent in a photo of an ice chest and said he d love to see a tutorial on how to build something similar. Items you can t find anywhere else.

In this video i show you how to make a wooden ice chest cooler box out of 10 not 8 cedar fence pickets. They are 5 8 thick by 5 1 2 wide by 6 feet long. Free wooden ice chest plans use an old refrigerator as the inside of your ice chest or use a simple plastic cooler as the basis. By ourrusticfamily about.

One of a kind. I cut the two pallets down and i sanded them a little i didn t want to remove too much wood characters. Either way you can build a wooden enclosure that s attractive and sturdy. Rustic outdoor cooler stand wood pallet.

Full plans available on my website. A wooden ice chest is a fun rustic way to go back to the old days before there were plastic materials. Building the rustic cooler frame. Rustic pallet ice chest.

But i can promise you it s the simplest to build. So i got to work and ended up coming up with some easy to follow plans and an awesome new ice chest to have out on the deck. That makes the ice chest easy to insulate. Rustic coolers trash cans bars patio sets frames accessories impressive.

Some ice chests can be made only from wood and metal but that is very hard to make water tight and insulated. This ice chest was created from 2 wood pallets. Blog posts texas made hand crafted. Pallet furniture pallet boxes chests rustic pallet ice chest.

At outdoor rustic coolers each one of our wooden products is hand made out of all types of reclaimed wood so no two finished goods are alike.