Thank You so much. They were extremely happy with their gift.

I intended for this to be in the Halloween Challenge contest. Did I not submit it correctly?

OK, Thanks. I thought it was suspicious that there were only four entries.

Thank you for the kind words. The design is not exactly what I intended. I was going to utilize the pallet bases for the horizontal tops and bottoms but decided it would add too much weight to the overall project. The hardest part was disassembling the pallet without damaging too many of the boards. I ended up taking apart 5 pallets to ensure I would have enough usable boards which also gave me a larger selection to choose from. Some of the boards still have the nail heads in them where I couldn't remove them completely, but it adds to the character. Apart from sanding each board first with 80 grit sandpaper, I didn't do anything else to them. Once it was assembled I sanded again with 150 grit sandpaper and smoothed over the edges since it would be for a little boy (no splinters). I did ensure that each pallet I used was stamped with HT (heat treated).

Thanks.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. With the bookcase height, a ladder seemed appropriate. The rod is just a large dow rod, store bought. The brackets which hold them in place are 1x4 hickory glued together and cut to shape. The rod goes completely through the center bracket but only half way through the end ones and glued to the bookcase.