50 Scrap Wood Projects To Improve Your Home

If you have lots of offcuts of structural timber and you need a stand for your TV, this is a great scrap wood project that can be made in less than 2 hours!

It's super quick, using a mitre saw and pocket hole jig and if you want to go an extra mile, why not add a top?

Using some old pine shelves that had seen better day, you can easily turn them into a personalised coat rack and dog lead holder.

You can router out a word or glue some lettering on, then paint and add your hooks!

Another project with scrap wood is DIY desk monitor. This is perfect if your laptop or computer screen isn't quite at eye level and you can add shelves too.

This was made using offcuts of plywood from an old project.

When it comes to scraps of wood, most people will have some after fitting a laminate kitchen counter.

Here you can see an unwanted faux marble worktop offcut turned into a very easy desk with suspended drawers using an IKEA hack.

What about this cool wood shop project? It's a very useful kitchen counter tea towel using some strips of wood and dowel joinery.

There's no screwing or mounting needed and anyone can make it! BUT, make sure you know where your scrap wood is form and whether it's safe to use.

I absolutely LOVE this DIY kitchen recycling bins cupboard, purely made from scrap wood. It's hashed together with old, unwanted pine shelves, random plywood offcuts and old kitchen end panels.

It's designed with a hinged lid to hold 3 recycling bins and a drop down drawer type shelf. AND it declutters the workshop, shed or garage!

For more cool things to make out of wood, I love this scrap wood bathroom cabinet that Claire from Making It Out of the Woods YouTube channel. And it only cost her £10 o make!

For something a bit more unusual, but incredibly useful, you can make arches for doorways before plastering to save money. Buying them fro the shop is incredibly expensive and this will cost you nothing!

If you have some plywood scraps of wood and you love sitting on the sofa with your laptop, then say hello to this lap desk with cushion!

All you need is a piece of plywood leftover that's big enough for your laptop, then add your favourite colour or wallpaper/fabric.

If you're looking for easy DIY wood projects for the kitchen, then here's a maple leaf design trivet you can make in an hour.

Simply scan a leaf, print it out and stick it to some scrap wood. Then cut the shape out with a band saw or jigsaw and router the leaf vein detail and treat.

This is perfect for saving your kitchen counters stylishly. Or even use it as a candle holder or coaster.

Another scrap wood project idea is this beautiful and simple coat rack.

We're going back into the kitchen again, but this time it's with YouTuber, Average Joe's Joinery. Here, he shows us how to make beautiful cutting boards with worktop offcuts.

Or you can make a DIY serving platter or cheese board instead. These would make great gifts as hampers, don't you think?

Now let's move away from functional for a moment and towards something more aesthetically pleasing, which is still important in a home!

I love the interesting detail in this DIY rustic wreath and blog, Lovely Etc just proves that any scrap wood will do and the more contrast in wood, the better!

Scrap wood art is another great way to personalise your home. Or, for example, this painted clef would suit anyone who loves music or make a great gift.

I don't know about you, but I could always have a serving tray in my life! And She Saved blog shows you just how to make one with scrap wood and handles.

This is a great easy wood project if you're in need and want something pretty and quick. Or, ideal for food bloggers wanting to make props.

Tables can be very expensive. Especially finding one that's a specific size. But did you know you can quickly make a frame, add some battens and clad it with pallet wood? Amy Lanham here on her blog shows you exactly how you can do it!

Here we have another cool scrap wood butcher's block. BUT, I bet you didn't think of repurposing an old leather belt for it handles! This is a genius hack that only cost Kristi at Chatfield Court blog $3.50 to make!

Another way to use scrap wood, but alongside a picture frame is some stylish and modern word art. It's definitely worth going over to her blog to see how she transforms it beautifully.

If you're a dog lover, then what about making your next scrap wood project this stylish dog treat holder?

And what better way to reward your pooch from something you made yourself!

Another fun and aesthetic scrap wood project is this stylish wood banner, shaped like a bunting. And you can paint and decorate whatever colour you like.

I think this would be perfect to personalise with letters to create a name for a child's bedroom. Or a special season or celebration!

Let's get back to something more functional and quite frankly, awesome! And it's these personalised scrap wood coasters, making the perfect coffee table saver and even personalised gift made with love.

If you're want to create a handy space for your chopping boards, then Tikkido shows you how you can make a holder to store behind your kitchen cupboard door.

Very cool and only uses some scrap wood and corner brackets. So simple yet so useful!

Why not turn a scrap piece of wood into a Bluetooth stereo speaker? It sounds amazing too as Claire shows you how you can easily make one in her video here.

There's nothing more satisfying than turning your scrap wood into something you'll use every day. And that's what Lindsey from Repurpose and Upcycle did just here with her beautiful X shaped sofa table.

She Saved has another fantastic scrap wood project you can create for your family and it's how you can create this DIY growth chart.

Or what about making some wall art from plywood scraps?

For any baseball lovers out there, then Scrappy Geek shows you how you can also turn scrap wood into this cool DIY hat rack using baseballs. And it has an added storage shelf to boot!

Pallet wood projects are PERFECT as scrap wood. And YouTuber, MG Makes shows you here how to make this cool pallet wood bird table!

Another serving tray you could make is this patterned one. This is particularly great for anyone wanting to create a frame around it with mitred corners.

Or what about this really cool rustic house number sign?

Depending on the season, blog, Happiest Camper demonstrates how you can create an image or design for your home. Just like this DIY Christmas wood project snowman!

Now here's something I'm sure many of us all need. A DIY rack for lost socks!!

Another resourceful scrap wood project you could make is this simple DIY towel rack to mount to your wall.

Or what about this DIY rustic LED nightlight lamp?

But, if you're wanting to create a planter, then you can easily turn your offcuts into this easy planter to sit under trellis.

It also uses a recycled weaved shopping bag as a liner!

Another neat idea you could make if I don't mind me saying, is this chevron pallet headboard.

The backing was created using an old Billy bookcase and each pallet strip was cut, glued, sanded and painted.

Another simple pallet wood project you can make is this DIY pallet night stand!

Another scrap wood project that might be very useful is to make a pull out bed for the home or camper van.

This uses offcut birch plywood and some old bed slats.

Average Joe has some more projects from scrap wood. And one of them I think is useful meat mallet tenderiser.

Instead of breaking old picture frames into scrap wood, then perhaps you might find this simple blackboard useful?

All you need to do is remove the glass and picture if it's too nice. Then paint the frame's backing with blackboard paint and personalise the frame how you want it!

If you want to some veg patches, then why not turn scrap planks of wood into some raised bedding?

Something else you could make some framing scrap wood you have is this DIY rustic vision board.

This is great for pegging lists and reminders to some string.

Throwing away beautiful scrap wood is definitely a no-no in AVerage Joe's Joinery's workshop! Here, he shows you how you can turn a piece of walnut and an old glass bottle into a flute!

For more perfect weekend wood projects using scraps, then why not make this rustic photo display?

Here's some more scrap wood coasters you can make in no time at all! Average Joe also adds some nails and slices them using the Evolution mitre saw that is perfect for the job, (and that's speaking from experience).

And why not encourage a more productive garden by turning scrap wood into this cool bee hotel?

Pam Harris at Highland Boxes shows you how you can do this by drilling holes into dowels and offcut fence posts in a small shelter.

If you have an ugly vent in your house and want to make it more modern without sealing and hiding it, then why not make a frame with scrap wood and use a weave fabric?

Well, here's a cool, scrap wood hack you could do with old planks. And that's to mimic a LIVE edge look as Average Joe's Joinery does here.

And what about turning scrap pallet wood into a horse feeding trough? OR, these would make very stylish planters in the garden!