Welcome to Trash to Treasures Wednesday. Last week we took two old wooden end tables from the 70’s and transformed them into a casual, durable and very useful coffee table/seating with storage to replace an old outdated coffee table also from the 70’s.
This week we are going to transform the old coffee table that we replaced. It was a sturdy coffee table still in good shape but it had such an outdated look. The wood was still nice and it had ornate trim around the sides of the top that inspired me to give it a new life…..actually new lives. I was able to get five projects out of this one coffee table.
1. I cut the table longwise ten inches wide from the one side, primed it, painted it and attached brackets to it to hang above the fireplace. It made a beautiful mantle where there was originally none.
2. The other side of the table was about fourteen inches wide I also primed and painted it and attached it to the wall with braces, it is now a bar where three or four people can sit comfortably.
3. The spindle legs along with a spool that I had from wiring took on a new life as a pedestal table by using the top and bottom of the spool as the top and bottom of the table and using the spindles as one long leg then priming and painting the whole thing.
4. The table had two feet that ran the width of the table and were connected to the spindle legs. I turned them upside down, cut a few inches off the back to make them flat, primed and painted them, added brackets and they now hang on the wall as floating shelves.
Written descriptions don’t always tell the story. For pictures of my trash to treasure projects go to www.reutershomedesigns.com and see for yourself how you can take everyday junk and turn it into something special. Next Wednesday let’s make some more storage seating out of used wood and shelves.
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