If study abroad taught me ONE thing, and one thing only. It would be: 

It can be done. 

All throughout school (and life), studio teachers, and regular people have constantly told me “That can’t happen.” “That wont stand up” “Those don’t exist.” “That wont work.” Etc. etc. 

I’ve so very over believing anyone who utters those words to me. 

I’ll post pictures with architectural examples as soon as I’m in the same room as my external hard drive… until then: Pallets. 

Oh look. More lights. Good. This is a good trend. 

Ok, so why the tirade about can’t vs. possible? 

TWO SUMMERS AGO. I had it in my head that using pallets for all kinds of things would be an awesome idea. I was in the midst of building a bunch of furniture and why not? Farmers, warehouses, all sorts of places practically give them away for free. Especially once they start to break. They’re insanely inexpensive, and there are large quantities of them all over. Is there a reasonable argument NOT to try to use them for something other than firewood? No. 

But then I tried doing some research about if anyone had worked with pallets before to make furniture or anything else. The good ol’ internet was very discouraging. The people who had attempted to use them advised against it, and for that matter, so did people who hadn’t. 

THIS SUMMER. Oh!? What’s that!? Huh. Pallets are USEFUL. PLENTIFUL. INVENTIVE. Who woulda thought. I have my eye on constructing that chandelier like you would not believe. 

I’m not going to be persuaded out of my ideas anymore.