I love old doors. I think they look so neat and have a lot of character. And I always wanted one as a table. But I did not want a Plexiglas top and I didn't want to leave the panels sunk in and I could not find tutorials how to do that on Pinterest. I know. Shocking, right?
We found this lovely door on our local Craigslist and scooped it up and as you can see, it has spent a decent amount of time hanging out and resting on saw horses. I was actually getting used to seeing the table like this...and I started to like how this looked!
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| It has been like this for so long the kids started to use the saw horses for storage! |
The only solution was filling in those lovely panels with bar top epoxy. I found a great website called Best Bar Top Epoxy and am going to use this to ensure that the top of this table is smooth and flat. At least the outer edge ones. I haven't decided. I think I might like the ones in the middle staying indented to catch things.
My handy husband used 4x4 for the legs and measured them out to counter height. I wanted a shelf so he used 2.4s for the supports and placed them about 8 inches from the floor. He measured and cut the space to fit the 2x4 so it was flush with the leg of the table.
For the frame to attach the legs, he used 2x4's and screwed them together, using wood glue where they connected. He followed that process for each of the connections so they would hold well. Where the legs connected to the table, he made the connection flush by trimming out the leg. The screw holes he drilled out with a bigger drill then put the screw in and made plugs to put in the holes so you can only see wood.
We stained the base using Minwax Special Walnut which is my absolute favorite wood stain color. I use it for everything! It really brings out the grain in the wood and is such a warm color. I used a satin finish poly that was water based to do a top coat and it looks amazing!
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