By Ki Nassauer & Sue Whitney
It’s surprisingly easy — and so eco —
to breathe new life into discarded,
broken, or just plain tired objects.
For this project, we asked
the authors of Junk Beautiful to show
us how to create some clever nesting tables.
MATERIALS
8 old table legs
2 worn art frames (same shape; different sizes)
Artwork (we used botanical prints)
Wooden dowel rods
Stain
Tite Chairs liquid wood expander
TOOLS
Tape measure
Wood handsaw
Drill
DIRECTIONS
1. Saw 4 of the table
legs to your desired
height, then
cut the remaining
4 approximately 3
inches shorter.
2. Measure frames
to determine the
dowel dimensions,
leaving 1 inch on
both ends of the
shortest sides to
allow for overhang.
3. To attach legs,
cut 8 pieces of
the dowel to size
based on measurements
made
in the previous
step.
4. Measure 1 inch
from the top of
the table legs and
drill holes to accomodate
longer
dowels. Rotate
legs 90 degrees
and drill a second
hole 1 inch below.
5. Insert dowels into
holes and secure
with Tite Chairs,
making sure longer
dowels are in
the top holes.
6. Finish raw ends of
legs with matching
stain. Insert
artwork into
frames and set
atop dowels.
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