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DIY Bistro Table With Pedestal Base Made of Wood Salad Bowl and Pipe.
by
Jen Panguluri
(IC: blogger)
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I'm always on the look-out for things to make into furniture, so if I'm visiting your house you can be sure I'm looking for things you don't "need" that I can repurpose.
While visiting my sister, I noticed an abandoned wooden salad bowl that was keeping the cat company on the back porch. No, she didn't need it. Yes, I could take it home with me. I packaged it for the airplane flight and brought it home. I didn't know what I was going to do with it at the time, but later I repurposed it into part of the pedestal base for this bistro table project.
On the outside of the bowl, the flange was positioned over the ends of the bolts, and cap nuts were screwed onto the end of the bolts to keep it all in place.
Ready for concrete! After I got the bolts in place with the cap nuts on, I turned the bowl over and filled it with concrete. I let the concrete in the bowl cure for a few weeks, but one week is probably enough. When my bowl was ready, I sanded the wood and finished it with Wipe-On-Poly.
While the concrete was curing, I worked on the rest of the table. I spray painted the pipe and two flanges.
My table top is a round edge-glued pine panel, widely available at the big box stores. I sanded all the wood and added flattening cleats to the underside of the table. After this, I finished it with Minwax Wipe-On-Poly.
Then I positioned the bottom flange on the concrete-filled bowl and connected it with the cap nuts. (After the concrete cures for a day, you can take the flange off to paint it.)
You can use your bistro table inside or out. If it is going outside, I suggest finishing the wood with spar urethane or another moisture-resistant finish.
That's it for the bistro table. It's perfect for a cup of tea with a friend on a patio or in a cozy nook of your home.
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Suggested materials:
- Wooden bowl (gift (Walmart))
- 1/2" galvanized pipe and flanges (Menards)
- 24" pine panel, round (Menards)
- Minwax Wipe-On-Poly (Home Depot)
- Rustoleum spray paint (Home Depot)
- Nuts, bolts, washers, picture wire, screws (Home Depot)
- Concrete (Home Depot)
- Palm sander (optional)
- Pencil, measuring tape, sandpaper, cleaning supplies, gloves, dust mask, miscellaneous (various)
- Drill and bits
- Zinsser BIN Primer (Menards)
- Miter saw (Home Depot)
- 1" x 2" board, 36" length (Menards)
- Bucket for mixing cement (Menards)
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Published July 18th, 2016 9:44 AM
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Susan on Jul 20, 2016How clever you are! Stylish, Architectural Digest look out! I could have used this idea a few years ago, when my large dog was still learning to manage his tail. Ha!! he knocked over a few tables. Now he is a lamb, and knows to tuck his tail under. Boy, he can do some damage with his tail. Ha!
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Taq1740391 on Jul 20, 2016Love it just love it
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