Our, TOTALLY free, rustic table

Well howdy there blog world! I decided to take a small break from blogging to finish setting up my little Etsy shop but I'm back! It's November already and the Holidays are just around the corner! Eeeek! I'm so excited and have already been working on projects to get my home ready for the festivities. 

Part of getting ready for the holidays was finding the perfect, VERY cheap,  kitchen table. ( Strict budget around these parts ) 

A few months back I had found some awesome leather and metal chairs on Craigslist and I just had to have them.  I bought all four for 100 bucks! What a steal! 
Finding the perfect rustic (round) table to go along with them was another thing. I looked ALL over for months and found nothing I liked. (Or that I was willing to spend money on ) They were all too big, too small, too modern, too ugly....blagh, blagh, blagh

And then....I remembered that we had an old cable spool in the back yard. My husband had found it on the job site awhile ago and we had just been using it for an extra table in the backyard. Sooooo, I asked my hubby if he could make it into a kitchen table for me.....
Well duh, he can make everything! He told me to come up with a plan and we went from there. 

I have seen so many tables made from cable spools and all of them had just kept the whole spool in one piece and then just turned it on its side. I wanted something a little different and this is what we came up with. 

Here you go, A FREE, rustic kitchen table. Just the perfect size for our little dinner nook. 


My Husband started by detaching the top part of the spool and sanding it all down until it was super smooth. I had originally wanted him to use steel rods for the table legs but then we just decided to go with materials we had on hand. 

 We had a few wooden pallets on hand and so my Husband spent the afternoon creating a table base and legs from the wooden pallets. I think it came out so amazing and the best part about it all was that it ended up costing us ZERO, ZILCH...NADA....well, You get the point. 

These chairs are my favorite Craigslist find!
( My pup decided he needed to be in this post) 

 We are still trying to decide what stain to use ( so many choices ) but for now we are keeping it as is, and I LOVE it ! 

 There will be cracks and irregularities in the wood but that doesn't bother us. It gives it such a  rustic feeling...AND that's pretty much the theme around our place. 

So pretty !  

I am so happy we FINALLY have a table. We can eat together now.
 I know, its small but it is perfect for us.

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO,

Nia