Recycled timber hairpin leg table

When we moved into our house one of the odd details from the previous owner was a random timber slab attached to our fireplace. We have no idea why it was placed there, it didn't seem to serve any purpose at all and it certainly didn't look good! The only reason I could come up with was maybe it was there to stop the dining chairs from being damaged by the bricks but that is only a guess as it was too high!



We recently lime washed the fireplace so the timber 'feature' had to go! But WHERE was it going go? It was a stunning piece of timber, maybe a servery? Shelf? Vanity top? It was the wrong size for any of those things. Then it hit me, a console table! I needed something to fill a big wall and a console table would be perfect.

The timber had a thick varnish finish that has yellowed over the last 30 or so years. I stripped the varnish with Citristrip paint stripper and applied carnauba wax finish to keep that natural timber look

The timber after stripping and new finish

I went searching online for some table legs and found Hairpin Legs Australia in Melbourne. I ordered a set of hall table legs and they arrived within a couple of days. I ordered raw steel as I wanted to paint them a colour that would suit the rest of my planned colour scheme. I decided to prime the steel first with an etch primer to help the paint stick and to prevent rusting. The legs were then sprayed a pale aqua blue. All that was left to do was screw the legs to the timber and voila, a new console table!

Here is the end result!

Jodie xx