DIY: Coffee Table
My sweet friend called me one day to tell me she was inside an old dusty cluttered barn digging out an antique wicker coop for me. Only someone who truly knows you would do something like that. I mean not everyone wants a dirty wicker coop, right? But she knew I would love it and of course, she was right!
At first I didn't know if I would use it indoors or not but after giving it some thought I decided to make it a coffee table for the family room. First thing I had to do was scrub the living daylights out of it! Then The Man built a frame out of angle iron and welded some casters to the bottom. My local glass shop custom fit the crooked piece with a tempered glass top. Now it has a rustic industrial look and is very functional for our family room!
What I love most about the crate are the original hand stamped graphics saying Made In Belgium and the rusty old metal spring latches and zinc corners. It gives it such character.
I also love the texture the piece gives to our mainly neutral room. For summer it's filled with books and a glass jar of white garden roses. FYI: To make your own "antique French" jar lightly sand/scuff apothecary labels and glue them to the front…voila instant antique!
Apparently the coop had been in that barn for 40+ years just waiting to be discovered. I feel like such a lucky girl to have friends who aren't afraid of mice and cobwebs because they sure do bring home the best stuff! Now my one of a kind coffee table has a fun story behind it instead of just saying…
"It's from Pottery Barn".
34 Responses to “DIY: Coffee Table”
Very cool! 🙂
Heather, I’m not one to covet…but this just makes me green as Kermit with coop envy!
Debbie
Luv it! What a fun find.
Wow, this looks amazing!! I wish that I or *My* Man could whip something up with angle iron and casters! What a fabulous piece.
It is gorgeous – bravo girlie!
xx
This looks fabulous! And how nice your man coukld whip that frame up for you. Gotta love a man with a welder! lol
Heehee. I LOVE it! We just made something similar this winter. We found an old Del Monte Pineapple crate at Goodwill, we added casters, my favorite thing in the world…and voila!
http://puanani-puanani.blogspot.com/2010/12/pineapple-crate-coffee-table.html
Very creative and very cool. So much character and interesting mix of textures. Love. It.
How great…the coffee table, the idea, and most of all the friend!!
Fab…love the vintage industrial mix!
Wonderful! You’ve done a great job. Love all the texture.
It is TOTALLY wonderful!!!!
I HAVE an old chicken crate! Just found it at a garage sale and wasn’t sure what to do with it, but now I know! Thanks so much!!!!!
I couldn’t agree more! That’s my kind of coffee table.
that i love—–it’s perfect.
vraiment trés trés chouette !!!
J’ADORE!!!!!!!!!!!!
bises laurence
It is sooooo fabulous, Heather! What a great friend you have :O)
Hope you have a lovely week.
Hugs,
Marie
LOVE this ~ such a GREAT table (especially for us chicken fanciers)! I could have guessed it’d be lovely Serena who’d be sweet and kind enough to score this for you. What a treasure to have a friend like that!
I passed one up at my local vintage shop a few years ago…now I REALLY regret that.
absolutley love it!
It turned out beautifully. Love the rug it is sitting on! Is that a Pottery Barn find?
Very cool Heather! That is a great friend!
Wow, I love the base your husband built for the coop! I’ve found lots of chicken coops and turned them into coffee tables to sell in my shop but I never thought of having a base like that made!
Thanks for the inspiration! (You don’t mind if I copy your idea do you!!)
Gail
Way cool…and how wonderful to have a friend like that….and “the man” with skills to help out.
Wow, I love it! The best finds are always in the cob webs.
What a wonderful duo you and your husband are! Your vision and his engineering/technical ability…WOW!
Your friend ROCKS! Glad she found a good home 🙂
that’s my kind of friend! i recently “dug” through a barn filled with vintage items…it was like a time capsule. it was fun as long as you didn’t mind the mouse poo and dirt!
judi
H~ It turned out awesome! Blessings, Kimberly
It takes a creative eye to spot a treasure like that…and an equally talented hand (and helpful man) to turn it into such a charming piece!
Ohhh I love it! I love a variety of textures in a room and that would be a perfect addition.
I quite love that pieced together treasure of a coffee table!
Hollie
I seriously love this! Perfect use for the coop, great story full of adventure/friendship/and DIY…doesn’t get much better than that!
Very cool table! Your husband has awesome skills. My hubbie made our coffee table, but it certainly didn’t require welding…
I love this!!! If you ever decide you want to sell it, I wouldn’t mind taking it off your hands. 🙂
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