DIY & Home Improvement

X_Digger

(18,585 posts) Tue May 7, 2013, 06:24 PM May 2013

Latest project complete..

The wife and I have been hitting some nice estate sales recently, and this is my latest find.

It started out as a broken down drop-leaf table, with one leaf missing, the other broken, and the supports for the leaves falling off.

I took the leaves & hinges off, cut down the broken leaf, recreated the breadboard edge, and made it a shelf covering the rails. On the top, I profiled the ends to match the sides, and refinished everything. The legs appear to be late 19th century hand carved newel posts flipped upside down, based on the stain patterns on the inside and the dents and dings at the top. Who knows how many lives this collection of craftsmanship has seen. Here's to one more.

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Latest project complete.. (Original Post) X_Digger May 2013 OP

It's beautiful Auggie May 2013 #1

Awesome legs! Suich May 2013 #2

Thanks! Not bad for $20 + elbow grease. :) n/t X_Digger May 2013 #3

You did a beautiful job! CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #4

Part of the fun.. okay *most* of the fun (for me).. X_Digger May 2013 #6

Absolutely beautiful! Hassin Bin Sober May 2013 #7

Very cool, thanks for posting. Scuba May 2013 #5

Wow-- that's gorgeous! beac May 2013 #8

OMG! That's outstandingly beautiful! What an excellent job! Nay May 2013 #9

Thanks! Today we found an old door that's going to be our new headboard. X_Digger May 2013 #10

Auggie

(31,785 posts)

1. It's beautiful

Reply to X_Digger (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2013, 06:28 PM

May 2013

Suich

(10,642 posts)

2. Awesome legs!

Reply to X_Digger (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2013, 06:29 PM

May 2013

Nice save on the table...it's beautiful!

X_Digger

(18,585 posts)

3. Thanks! Not bad for $20 + elbow grease. :) n/t

Reply to Suich (Reply #2)

Tue May 7, 2013, 06:33 PM

May 2013

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,048 posts)

4. You did a beautiful job!

Reply to X_Digger (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2013, 06:34 PM

May 2013

Congrats on using your imagination. Wonderful work!

Enjoy your new table/sideboard!

X_Digger

(18,585 posts)

6. Part of the fun.. okay *most* of the fun (for me)..

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #4)

Tue May 7, 2013, 06:41 PM

May 2013

is finding these old pieces and giving them new life. I just couldn't imagine all that nice quarter-sawn oak being tipped into a dumpster.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,690 posts)

7. Absolutely beautiful!

Reply to X_Digger (Reply #6)

Tue May 7, 2013, 09:45 PM

May 2013

LOVE quarter sawn oak!!

Nice job!!

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

5. Very cool, thanks for posting.

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Tue May 7, 2013, 06:38 PM

May 2013

beac

(9,992 posts)

8. Wow-- that's gorgeous!

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Wed May 8, 2013, 05:17 PM

May 2013

Bravo!!

Nay

(12,051 posts)

9. OMG! That's outstandingly beautiful! What an excellent job!

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Fri May 10, 2013, 12:42 AM

May 2013

X_Digger

(18,585 posts)

10. Thanks! Today we found an old door that's going to be our new headboard.

Reply to Nay (Reply #9)

Fri May 10, 2013, 07:49 AM

May 2013

Nothing special about the wood, it'll stay painted (mainly because it's probably lead paint and I've lost enough brain cells as is).

Plans are to mount the glass knobs and escutcheon plates to the front, as well as some swing-arm lamps that I've re-painted and the wife has made shades for.

Pictures to follow- eventually.

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