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Trash to Treasure:
An Old Wooden
Door Picked From the Trash Becomes a Dinning Room Table
Door Table:
In the mist of my daily travels, I noticed on the side of the road
an old door, in a pile of trash. (Yes I love to trash pick) I
brought it to my garage and got right to work! I put the door on
folding legs so it was off the ground. I used an electric hand
sander to get the first couple layers of paint off. (That was a lot
of work). Once I got it to almost its first coat of paint and
original wood, I then started to chip off some of the paint to give
it a rustic, shabby chic look. Then once I was happy with the look,
I then lightly sanded it by hand. Once it was nice and smooth I put
one coat of polyester stain on the door. On the other side of the
door I sanded it down with an electric sander and put polyester
stain on, (That way when you sitting at your table your legs aren’t
rubbing against something sharp).
Now I am ready
to attach the legs to the table. I purchased 4 table legs from my
local home improvement store (unfinished). Then I painted and aged
the legs myself, to match my door. I turned my door face down on the
folding legs, so I can nail my legs to the door. I used metal
brackets to screw the legs down. You can purchase them at your local
home improvement store. Once the legs were in place, I had to
measure the length of my dinning room chairs from seat to floor. I
realized that the table was to tall for my chairs so then I had to
shave off just a few inches on all four legs and sanded it down to
make them smooth and even. Before you turn your table over, you must
attach support beams from leg to leg, I also did a support beam down
the middle of the table. Just measure the length in-between the legs
and cut your support beams to that size and nail them to your legs.
Now you are ready to turn your table over!!
I needed to
make the surface of my table even, because it is a four panel door
so my plate settings would not have laid right. So I measured the
width and length of my door panels and had my local home improvement
store cut me pexti-glass to fit inside the panels. Your door table
is now done!!!
But I of course
wanted to add just one more thing. I love to collect cute door knobs
so I drilled a hold on the face of the leg and filled it with wood
glue and place little antique door knobs along each leg.
Love Who You Are,
Ashley
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