![]() Pinkie swear.Īll in all, this live edge side table using a Target hack cost me $80 for the table plus the cost of some sandpaper and stain, which we already had on hand. However, your glass is not going to slide off this table. I’ll be the first to admit this cheat did not entirely fix the problem. Therefore, I cheated!īefore Handy Husband secured the top to the base, I added six clear, self-adhesive bumper pads between the top and the base to raise up the least level side ever-so-slightly. It goes against the grain to “ruin” something new, doesn’t it?Īll the sanding in the world would be a waste of sandpaper was not going to make the tabletop completely level. The most painful part of the project was asking Handy Husband to drill through a brand new table so that we could secure the top to the base. You knew that was going to happen, right?Īfter that, it took a few coats of stain and a coat of polyurethane to get the live edge round to the color and sheen I was going for with this modern vibe. ![]() Partly in an attempt to get it slightly more level and partly in an attempt to get the chainsaw marks out.Īt some point I gave up and called it good enough. I then proceeded to lose track of the amount of time (it was hours upon hours) I spent sanding down this round. Being greeted with a hammer and a chisel probably wasn’t the weirdest thing he encountered that day. That was a fun way for the UPS driver to find me in my driveway. I chipped off the loose bark around the edge of the round with a chisel and a hammer. ![]() Thankfully, the round was a bit too big for this side table hack, so we cut off the thinnest section that was the least level. Perhaps I should have tracked down someone who could have helped me with this, but where’s the challenge in that? We didn’t have the tools to deal with this situation. It had been cut with a chainsaw, so there were deep grooves in the wood.Īlso, the wood round wasn’t level. The hard part of this project was going to be getting the live edge round ready to use. If I’ve thought about something long enough to quantify it in months, not minutes, then it’s a safe bet I will truly love that item for years to come. Should I tell you how many months I thought about it? Let’s not dwell on how long I overthink things. I finally pulled the trigger on purchasing the table. (image: K ibara Brass Cage Accent Table from Target) After all, it needed to be able to support a big slab of wood. It had a modern vibe, but it wasn’t too delicate looking. I thought it could be the perfect base for my live edge side table. Target was selling a brass cage-style side table that I loved. Turns out, those are the wrong places to look for something modern. I scoured thrift shops and flea markets looking for the right thing. That meant I needed to come up with a different idea for the base. I needed a live edge side table with a modern twist. I also didn’t want the table to be too rustic because we don’t live in a cabin in the woods. I already have one table with hairpin legs, so I needed to go a different route. Most live edge side tables that I’ve noticed have hairpin legs. They are a part of the Colonial Farmhouse’s history. There is no way I could get rid of or burn those rounds. I KNEW one of those rounds, maybe both, had to be turned into a live edge side table for my house. I had just encountered the blessing side of this situation. There’s a blessing and curse to buying a home from someone who had lived in that house for almost 50 years. When I inquired about them, the previous homeowner told me that they did indeed come from the tree that had been cut down in front of the house. ![]() I was told the tree had to be cut down because it wasn’t healthy and was posing a threat to the house, the county road, and the power lines.įast forward several years and among the things left in our garage when we moved into the Colonial Farmhouse were two wood rounds. Had this tree stood sentry over our house for one hundred years? Maybe more? Was it here before cars were mainstream and the county road was paved? I don’t know. The diameter at the base of this tree was over 6-feet wide. This story starts a long time ago in a land not so far away.Ī huge tree used to stand tall and proud about ten steps away from the front of our house. Get ready to feel a flutter deep down in your sentimental soul. This story of how I created a modern live edge side table has the perfect old meets new plot line.
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