This
week on Trash to Treasure Thursday I am transforming the lid to a
gift card tin into a cute and useful table.
A
while back I was standing in line at my local JoAnn's fabric store.
It was one of those days when they were running a good ad but had
neglected to schedule enough staff so the line was pretty long. At
one point I was standing near a display of little metal tins that
were being marketed to hold gift cards. They had a bunch of different
designs suitable for almost any gift giving occasion. Being a
miniaturist instead of a tin what I saw were Table Tops!! These
particular tins measured about 2 ½” by 5” perfect for a kitchen
or work table. As the line finally moved on forward I grabbed a
Christmas themed one and added it to my purchase. The lid for this
tin has been sitting on my worktable in my pile of “things to do
soon” for a while now. I was on the lookout for the right thing to
use as legs. Several things came to mind but none seemed to fit the
modern look of the table until I happened to need to pick up some
nails to do a home repair. Just down the shelf from the ones I needed
were some nails that were 2 ½” long, perfect for table legs. I
grabbed the package of those since I can always use nails around here
(20 acres with the buildings and repairs that go with it mean I try
to have these kind of things around- or I should have them)
When
I got home I tried the nails as table legs and they gave the perfect
“modern” look to my table. Since I wanted to protect the floor of
where ever I decide to use the table I added some bead feet to the
legs.
If
you don't have nails look around at what you do have, I bet you can
find something to use if you look around.
I
tried a couple of different glues and settled on using Household Goop
to attach the legs. I did use my faithful 527 Glue to add the beads
though.
And
before you say anything, yes, I know one of the legs is not straight.
Remember how I said to be sure that the legs on your table are
straight and if they aren't you are going to be stuck with a crooked
leg? Well, I should have taken my own advice. LOL I guess I will be
using something to disguise the leg when I eventually use the table.
As
far as chairs, I haven't got anything special planned but I think the
ones I made years ago on a video (Chair video is here) would work just fine and stay in
the theme of
Trash to Treasure project.
Trash to Treasure project.
Great idea! I have just the right nails for them right now!
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