Wood And Stone Coffee Table – Revitalizing pre-owned furniture is a well-loved hobby in my household. There is a reupholstered sofa in the sunroom, bentwood chairs with new velvet seat covers in the dining room, and a mid-century dresser in the bedroom that got a few coats of paint over the chipped veneer cover.
Earlier this spring, the wood veneer surface of our Craigslist-find coffee table was showing some wear. I didn’t mind too much, but my husband Austin wanted to try coating the top in concrete to give it a different look. We sanded it and then applied the concrete. It was not a huge success. The next morning the sides were already broken by the concrete surface and no long term solution was seen. We removed the concrete layer to find that the wood veneer was soaked in moisture from the concrete and now looked worse than ever. I’m sure we could have done more research and tried to make the concrete work, but it was such a disappointment that we just started looking for new coffee tables.
Wood And Stone Coffee Table
One thing that we both really loved about our coffee table was the design of the legs. Instead of individual legs attached to brackets like most tables we’d seen from the 50s and 60s, this one had solid wood legs that were butted together in the center. When I started looking at replacement tables, I kept coming back to what I liked about the one we already had. Austin had a great idea to go to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and see if there were any pieces of stone that could work as a replacement table top instead of getting a new coffee table.
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Thankfully, there were about 20 pieces of 2 by 3 foot white sierra granite that were just the right size and $40 each. The only problem was that they had all been drilled with 2 inch holes for plumbing fixtures. Austin came up with a solution and we went for it. This DIY project was much more doable for us than the concrete top and we finished it in less than an hour. I hope this project inspires you to reimagine pieces in your home!
Place the table on top of it. Use a hack saw to separate the legs from the top at the seam.
Place the set of legs right side up and gently sand the base of the legs where the top was removed.
Uttermost Catali Stone Coffee Table
Place the leg frame where the coffee table will go. While the furniture bumpers and the weight of the stone top will ensure that the table is strong for daily use, it will be too heavy to adjust and move easily being two pieces.
If your piece of stone has a precut hole that needs to be plugged, use a drill with a saw attachment that is about 1/4 inch larger than the hole to cut a disc from scrap hardwood (we used a nut ). Use sandpaper to clean the edges and to clean the sides until the disc fits into the hole with a little pressure. Place the disc in the hole, place a towel on top and gently press it until it is in place. Our original idea was to blend it until it was flush with the table top, but we ended up liking the look of it sticking out of the surface.
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Place the surface of the stone on the feet with another person and readjust until it is centered – and done!