Free Reclaimed Wood Table

A few fun facts about me. I love to get things for free, I love reclaimed wood, and I love to build. Since I have a passion for these things my friends all know what makes me smile. Which is a good thing, because when they come upon free reclaimed wood they give it to me, and I get really giddy. Example: our good family friend suggests that his son give me the old bench wood from his Eagle Scout Project...and after I stop drooling...I begin making plans in my head. This table was made from those poor old beat up benches in my town, but you would never know by looking at them now!

This is my awesome pile of reclaimed bench wood, which actually came from a small park area up the road from my house, my friends son fixed up the benches for his Scout Eagle project and gave me the wood instead of throwing it away.





This is some wood I got from the free section on Craig's list, it was already glued together and I used it for the top of my table.





I built the base of my table with the old bench wood using pocket holes and glue.





I used some other scraps of wood I had also gotten for free to make a lower shelf.
With some natural stain and lacquer, this table was completely transformed! The finish brought out all the rich goodness in the wood.
So when when you see tired old wood in someone's trash pile you might want to look more closely. It might just have a new future with a little love and imagination. Can you blame me for my love of free wood?
For a full tutorial on my build check out my blog post! :)






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