Use old doors to DIY a rustic and eclectic coffee table.
Time: 2 Days Cost: $10 Difficulty: Moderate
To see more: http://www.thespacebetweenblog.net/2012/08/24/old-door-upcycle-how-to-make-a-wood-coffee-table-tutorial/
19 Comments
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Karah, I love this! You are so creative. -
I just gave away my standard schmandard coffee table and now I know why. I need THIS! Crazy brilliant! My FB page must see this pronto! -
fantastic idea!! -
I love this and will be featuring it on Roadkill Rescue! -
that would make a great kitchen island, close it in, add some shelves, some corbels, bead board, build in wine rack on one side and recipe book shelf on the other.....whew, wish I had some old doors now. -
Very nice! Good opportunity to recycle to something useful! -
That might be a little too rustic for me. Put some wheel covers on the wheels at least. And take those door knobs off and use them as handles to make drawers. Sand those down some. I wouldn't want paint chips on the floor. (remember that old paint had lead in it) -
You could also take those old doors and make an Armoire of them, or a desk, end tables, or use them as walls to a home in a basement maybe. I like the idea of re purposing things. in my day we called it recycling, I guess that word isn't up to date with our times now. -
I LOVE that idea Jessica A!!! Thanks so much, Kris S! -
Lynn L - it's great to hear how your style is so different, so fun that we can all create exactly what we love with old things!! The knob is one of our favorite parts of the coffee table, and you can read all about prep here (http://www.thespacebetweenblog.net/2012/08/17/restoring-old-wood-scrape-strip-and-sand/), no flaking paint on our new favorite piece. :) -
Love this, however, I had one and needed to get rid of it. The wood started to spread and crumb, etc started getting the openings. Sad. For future info, does anyone know oh a way to keep this warping from happening? Thanks <3 -
Great table. Especially if you love shabby-schiek as I do and repurposed is best of all. -
fabulous for sure.. -
Gina! That's a bummer about your project. When you say the wood started to 'crumb' ... was it particle board? -
What did you do to fill the hole where the door knob was? -
Angie Owen - I kept the door knobs on the door! The door crack in the second picture here is still on the door on the bottom shelf, you can see more pics of it at this link ... http://thespacebetweenblog.net/2012/08/24/ol.... -
Thank you for the info and the link! Have a great day! -
You too, Angie Owen !! -
Beautiful! I love the hardware!
