Multipurpose Potting Table...Done!

If you have been reading along with me for a while, you will remember my post about wanting to find a potting table for our deck. I wanted it to be versatile and use it for planting and extra table space for entertaining. After collecting two old barn doors and an ugly table this is what I ended up with.

The old barn doors were found on craigslist for free, I knew this one would make a fabulous table top. Now the search was on for some legs.

A couple of weeks later I found the table for eight dollars at a garage sale. It had a hideous laminate top but the legs were wood and I knew they would work.

After taking the table apart, a new apron was made with one of the old barn doors. My husband used a 2x10 on top to give it some height.

Then I primed and painted with two coats of exterior paint.

After the paint was dry, I brushed this glaze on and wiped it with a damp cloth.

Then came the fun part...the hand sander! My first time using one.

 

  I would have been there all day distressing this by hand.

Here is a close up of the barn door turned table top.

The basket tote was my Mothers Day present. It will be perfect for the farmers market!

I'm thinking the clock needs to come down a bit.

For less than forty dollars I have a multipurpose potting table that will get a lot of use this summer. I can already picture it with candles burning and a pitcher of frozen margaritas!

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