Bar carts don’t have to cost a fortune either. DIY wood bar carts can be a great choice and most can be built for less than $100. Check out these ten ideas for inspiration. Projected at $75 for all materials, all you need for this cart are moderate woodworking skills, a drill, a table saw, and a jig. All Wood Bar Cart from Nina Hendrick via Remodelaholic Outdoor Bar Cart Project from Table & Hearth via Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body Amazing enough, she used a wooden director’s chair. She added a wood serving tray to the top, painted it in Sherwin-Williams Lemon Twist to make it stand out against her neutral dining room walls, and–done! Instant bar cart/table with a pop of yellow. Yellow Bar Cart from Earnest Home Company Ikea’s Kallax bookshelf came to the rescue. Using Kallax as a base, she added brass pulls, casters and a few other accessories that dressed up the shelf and made it bar-ready.​ The best thing about using wood as a base is that she had no problem screwing in the casters and pulls, as the soft MDF material is easy to work with. IKEA Hack Wood Bar Cart from Sugar and Cloth Softwoods, too, can be stained darker colors to emulate the look of pricey hardwoods. Just be sure to use a pre-conditioner to avoid blotchy staining. Anna Liesemeyer provides you with all of the details on her site. Outdoor DIY Wood Bar from In Honor of Design Gold Wooden DIY Bar Cart from StyleAnthropy For only $150, they built this fantastic copycat bar cart. Being two self-described “power-tool-wielding DIY queens,” they decided to build the cart entirely from scratch. Building plans are laid out in great detail over on their site. DIY Start-From-Scratch Bar Cart from Shanty 2 Chic Galvanized pipes and fittings are simple to assemble by hand; you don’t even need a pipe wrench. DIY Industrial Style Wood Bar Cart from Thrillist Inspired by Crate and Barrel’s Collins bar cart, this from-scratch creation cost Allen less than $30. Lau left the wood natural, but you can stain it and apply a protective coating, if you wish. Wine Rack Bar Cart from The Nifty Nest One tip when using a pallet to make a bar cart: check it for cleanliness. Some pallets are embedded with oil and other toxic materials that are difficult to remove. For that reason, many DIYers choose to purchase clean pallets. Pallet Wood DIY Bar Cart from My Pinteresting Life