These tables took shape after my brother brought a butcher block style work table top home from work that would have been thrown away. It had been well used and was broken it to two pieces and held together with plastic pallet strapping. The largest piece I used for the coffee table top. The remaining piece was used for the side table top. I used four antique balusters found by a friend in a flea market for the coffe table legs. I was lucky to find four more balusters in a flea market for the side table legs.
I cut down scrap pieces of 2x4's to use as the table aprons. The tops were sanded and finished with a tung oil finsh. Here are a few pictures of the tables as they were being built. I like the look of the flaky paint on the legs and the weathered, beat up look of the tops after years of use in a factory.
-Charles
Coffee table, built but unfinished.
End table top
Both tables built before aging the aprons and before finishing the tops.
End table aged and finished
Both tables aged and finished.
Mom just sent me a link to your blog. These items are all amazing! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I am still figuring out this blogger site though. The design could use some work.
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