Reclaimed pine coffee table

[Mar_mite]

Hi all. Just made this table for my in-laws. They recently moved from a house they lived in for 40 years. Anyway the new owners were having a loft extension added so I grabbed a load of old rafters out of the skip. This is the resulting table. Finished with sanding sealer and wax. Thanks for looking.

 

[AndyT]

Nice one!
What a criminal waste it would have been if you had not intervened. And very nice for your in-laws to have a souvenir of their old house.

 

[Mar_mite]

Cheers mate. My father in law is a sentimental old git. I haven't given it to them yet. It's a moving in present once the builders have finished in the new house.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Very nice....and I'm sure he'll be really pleased to share his new home with the woodworm from his former

 

[Harbo]

Nice chunky table

Rod

 

[paulm]

Looks great and really satisfying to recycle stuff, bet your inlaws will be chuffed

I kept some old rafters from when we had our loft conversion done many years ago, and a few years back I ran some through the bandsaw and planer thicknesser and table saw to make some traditional style kitchen shelves and brackets. SWMBO was most impressed that I was making stuff that wasn't round for a change ! :lol:

Cheers, Paul