Article #12, Published June 13, 2017 by Eli Wasson
A quote for the read:
"My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him."
โ John Henry Carver
This morning, after two days, I finally finished building a rustic-style coffee table! I really wanted to build something using old barn wood, so this past weekend while I was out at my mom's house, I stole two wood boards out of the inside of her barn (don't worry, they were necessary to the building's structure). They were the perfect width and length for a coffee table. I took them off the wall of the barn and hauled them over in the back of my Ford Ranger (read that story here.)
The next day I started planning out how to build it. I took some pieces from here and there: the sides and legs are all from an old porch swing and the bottom shelf are two old fence boards put together. You mix it all together and voilร ! It soon becomes an old wooden coffee table.
So what do you think? Do you like it or do you think I should change something? I'll probably end up cutting the legs down a couple inches because itโs a bit taller than the couch cushions and we like to put our feet up. Also, I might put a horseshoe on each side. It looks pretty cool like that.
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