Reuse and Recycle to Make a Table

One side effect of a typical project around here is that we always mismeasure a bit or screw something up or both. So, in the end, there's usually extra materials or scraps. In the case of the pergola/gate project, we screwed up and had some extra cedar boards laying around.

John happened to be ambling by the hippie house down the street and they were tossing out a glam silver table base. I imagine it used to support some smoked, beveled glass top.

Based on some inspiration from a bench built over at The Brick House out of an old fence, John had the cool idea to make a small table with the scrap cedar boards and the silver base.

The three-board top is secured to the base by the cross-boards that hold them together. The cross boards fit nice and snug and secure the top to the base.

The finished table is a great combo of the natural wood and the circa 80s manufactured base. Now it sits all purty next to the bed.

It still needs a good sanding and maybe a finishing oil, but for now, it's holding up the books and alarm just fine. I love reusing things and finding stuff in the garbage! (Our other garbage finds - among so many - include this white chair, the gray old Adirondack chairs on the back patio, and this planter.)