So you know how we spent $45 on a perfectly nice occasional table?
Let's break it!!
Let's break it!!
This little dude didn't get to live in the house for 20 minutes before Jay had it in a million jillion (15?) pieces.
The first step was simply to unscrew the parts that were screwed into other parts. So easy. I was a little worried about the weird pull out shelf things that you can see in the top section of the picture above, but they came right off.
We decided we liked the overall footprint of the table as it was, so we are going to re-use the top and the legs. However, there are a few problems with the newest member of our furniture family:
1. It's a frilly, swoopty, swirly design that is far too stuffy for our tastes and the rest of our decor.
2. It's an occasional table which means its too short to be used as a vanity as is.
Not to worry, we are redesigning the shape of the legs a little so they can be seamlessly extended. See Jay using a chisel and hammer to pop off the swoopty part below.
The first step was simply to unscrew the parts that were screwed into other parts. So easy. I was a little worried about the weird pull out shelf things that you can see in the top section of the picture above, but they came right off.
We decided we liked the overall footprint of the table as it was, so we are going to re-use the top and the legs. However, there are a few problems with the newest member of our furniture family:
1. It's a frilly, swoopty, swirly design that is far too stuffy for our tastes and the rest of our decor.
2. It's an occasional table which means its too short to be used as a vanity as is.
Not to worry, we are redesigning the shape of the legs a little so they can be seamlessly extended. See Jay using a chisel and hammer to pop off the swoopty part below.
After we extend the legs we are going to add in smooth, contemporary style sides and a drawer. After that we'll put the top back on, paint it and do a happy project-finished-victory dance.
In case nothing I just said made any sense, here's a really sweet plan for you.
In case nothing I just said made any sense, here's a really sweet plan for you.
No that giant seam won't be there. I just included it so you could see where we're extending the legs.
I'm thinking of painting it blue to tie in with this really amazing painting I have of Mt Kilimanjaro. That's a bit down the road for now though. Back to destruction!!
I'm thinking of painting it blue to tie in with this really amazing painting I have of Mt Kilimanjaro. That's a bit down the road for now though. Back to destruction!!
All the sad little pieces in a pile :(
Unfortunately we couldn't re-use the boards for the sides because they aren't big enough. Off to the excellent woodworking shop Rockler to grab a few new poplar boards on sale! Yeah we actually have a Rockler! There's only a few stores in the country. Hooray big cities. Of course you can check out their extensive inventory on-the-line. (Note, I don't personally find this exciting but Jay wanted to make sure you guys knew about it).
Unfortunately we couldn't re-use the boards for the sides because they aren't big enough. Off to the excellent woodworking shop Rockler to grab a few new poplar boards on sale! Yeah we actually have a Rockler! There's only a few stores in the country. Hooray big cities. Of course you can check out their extensive inventory on-the-line. (Note, I don't personally find this exciting but Jay wanted to make sure you guys knew about it).
Jay hasn't had a chance to build at all since he's been working so he'll be back with a step by step on the construction soon.