Box Spring Mattresses BETTER than pallets!

One sees lots of things made from recyled pallets but pallets are often exposed to really toxic chemicals and are often nearly impossible to disassemble. I recently had to move some mattresses out of my moms 2nd story home by myself and stripped down the box springs so I could cut them up into easier to move pieces. When I saw the wooden frames and supports, they wonderful raw material they represented saved them. I used one to make a wall in her garden, soon to be covered in vines, the other is a roof for a trellis that will also be covered in blackberry and melon vines.

Just thought I would share as I hadn't seen anything about repurposing them.

I disassembled an old sofa a couple years ago; it had some great pieces of wood in it too. My husband made our son's bed frame with it.

I have used the wood and the heavy wire mesh. It's similar to pig wire. Makes a very strong tomato cage.

I made a fence of the box spring wires to keep the porcupines out from under the cabin. Not the prettiest but effective.

An old set of box springs will do a good job of leveling and smoothing out loose dirt when pulled behind an ATV or lawn tractor.