Reader Favorite Revisited: Spindle Table

Welcome to another edition of Transformation Thursday. It's the one day a week we all get together to celebrate getting things done. We're working on our 5 tasks a week, but even if you're not working on the challenge, you're welcome to join in. Just hook up in MckLinky below.
As for my five tasks -- I couldn't find that silly photograph, so I couldn't frame it. I went looking for sticks and didn't find any I liked. Ugh. But I did complete two out of five. I'm cheating this week, by posting a tutorial from earlier in the summer.

Remember all those spindles I bought a few weeks back, which were about a dime each? I used almost all of them on the porch project Father's Day weekend, but I still had a few stragglers left, hiding out in the garage. Today I used four more of them.

First, I ripped down some scrap 1x12 down to 3 inches wide. If you are using a rip saw, be sure to use a scrap piece to push the edge through, so you keep all your fingers.

Next, I measured it to the length I wanted (9 inches for the sides and 20 inches for the front and back.) {You could also get the nice people at the home improvement store to cut your lengths of a 1x4, and you'd get almost the exact same size.} Then I cut a 1x12 to 21 inches long, so that I would have overlap. The width of the front and back board, plus the 9 inches, means a little overlap. If you cut it yourself, make sure to line up the blade on the outside edge of the mark you made, so that you will have the entire length you need.

Nail the side pieces into the legs - you could also use screws, but nails are easier on such small pieces. Use three nails on each leg, offsetting each of them to give it more strength. Once you have the side pieces together, then nail on the front and back, making sure that they are in front of the side edges. Then, put the top on, nailing it in each of the corners. I painted mine, then used an antiquing glaze and sanded it on the edges for the perfect shabby look.

40 cents worth of spindles, some scraps out of the wood pile and about 30 minutes of work made this little corner complete. And, those homeless stenciled canvases found a home above the table. Amazing how that works, huh?

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