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22nd January 2012, 02:21 PM #1
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Just want to show you my recycled coffee table
Man was throwing this out so I asked him if I could have it.
Was an old filing cabinet from either doctors or police station (skinny drawers).
Had water damage down the bottom and was rotting.
So I took off the top half (which was not damaged), stained it a walnut colour, put on some cast iron castors and now it's a coffee table!
I like the fact that I saved something (well some of it) from the tip.
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22nd January 2012, 02:29 PM #2
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nice story vegimitegirl.
regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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22nd January 2012, 08:55 PM #3
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What a great idea.
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22nd January 2012, 09:14 PM #4
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Love it, creative thinking.
Regards,
Frank.
In trying to learn a little about everything,
you become masters of nothing.
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23rd January 2012, 04:40 AM #5
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And plenty of storage for the remotes, cup coasters and other things that always clog up coffee tables.
Nice job.Dragonfly
No-one suspects the dragonfly!
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23rd January 2012, 09:34 AM #6
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You seem to have a better class of rubbish roynd your place!
Looks Cool
anne-maria.
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(White with none)
Follow my little workshop/gallery on facebook. things of clay and wood.
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23rd January 2012, 11:04 AM #7
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Great job and nice save,...sad to see what some people will happily throw out!
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26th January 2012, 03:16 PM #8
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Hi Vegimitegirl,
What they all said. Great save and an all wood. Terrific.
I like those cast iron castors, very Retro and suit the the piece. Can you tell us where you picked them up from?
That is one big backyard you have there!
Cheers
Pops
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26th January 2012, 04:26 PM #9
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The castors are actually from bunnings and only $3.50 each and cast iron! I was surprised at how cheap they were. I would have liked to put on bigger ones but the next size up jumped in price (around $13 each) and I thought I'll just stick with the cheapies.
When I asked the guy if I could have the filing cabinet he said he was hoping someone would take it because he was scared it would go over the size limit for hard rubbish pick up. LOL
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26th January 2012, 04:31 PM #10
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Oh and pops the back yard is a curse! LOL It's a rental, if I owned this place I would be getting a bob cat and tearing out the grass! I've never know grass like it, it even tries to creep into the house!
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27th January 2012, 11:22 AM #11
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Hi Vegimitegirl,
Thanks for that, will have to check Bunnings out, last time I went looking for cast iron wheels nobody had them, apart from 6 inch ones.
So you have Triffid grass?
Have similar stuff trying to get into my shed, am sure that if I sat still long enough it would strangle me.
Cheers
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