My DIY Outdoor Coffee Table

We recently purchased an outdoor set of furniture from IKEA but unfortunately the matching coffee table was sold out (and I'm not a matchy person so I don't know why it bothered me for a minute - but it did) Anyway, I had an old coffee table frame in storage and some left over lumber (we're living in a fixer upper - so lots of things like that on hand lol).

This was the easiest DIY I've ever done I think.The wood was simply cut to size (there's a rim on the frame so the wood rests inside of it).

I stained the planks with some walnut colored gel stain (there's a finish in the gel so that's all I needed) and voila! An outdoor table I like far better than the Ikea one!

Should have built the sofa too LOL!! More pics on the blog.

Original article and pictures take http://www.hometalk.com/9562665/diy-outdoor-coffee-table site