Free Base + Free Top = Free Table!

My attention is finally turning from construction to decorating, and I've been casually shopping for a coffee table to use in the great room. Though my trips through the Design Gallery at the Furniture Mart are enjoyable, paying $1000 for a coffee table is not. Luckily, I had a brainstorm one afternoon last week, and Scott actually went along with it! We now have a table that is the right size, the right look, and - best of all - was free! Here's how:

During one of his dumpster dives last fall, Scott found this 16"-tall steel table base. He thinks it was probably a patio fire pit stand that outlived its usefulness for one of the construction guys.

When we were first married, my dad made a kitchen table for us out of a butcher block table top that he stained and finished. The base was a Singer sewing machine stand from one of his great aunts. 

I got busy sanding, touching-up the stain, and poly-coating the 42"-wide table top . . . 

. . . while Scott tightened-up the screws holding the base together, and gave it two coats of "bronze" spray paint.

Wilson helped Scott attach the base to the top with eight screws . . .

. . . and Leo gave the table his approval! It looks great with the other steel and wood elements in the great room. Best of all, it was free!

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