Remember this pretty little table from a few posts back?
Here’s how we made it.
In Michael’s dumpster divings he found this nice plywood round AND a circle (I call it a donut because of the hole in the middle). I wanted to give the table a scalloped edge so we needed an ‘inset’ space. But since the donut was the same size as the table top we had to do some cutting. To try and shave 1/4 inch off the outer edge of the donut and keep it even would have been nearly impossible. So my thought was to cut the donut into four even pieces, then cut an equal amount off each end until we got the right size. Since the donut would not show at all once we were done, the extra cuts were no biggie.
Once we got the right size, Michael glued and screwed the donut to the underside of the table.
Michael went on a ‘bar stool binge’ a while back and we’ve got a bunch of them awaiting a purpose, so I decided to use one for the table base. I just spray painted it a flat white. (it’s much more TIME efficient to spray paint things like chairs and stools. Brush painting around the legs and spindles is just a pain!)
Then Michael attached the top to the base, screwing it in from underneath. Now I was ready to work on the top! I gave it a good sanding, two coats of pale pink paint, then sanded to distress it.
For the scalloped edge I painted four pieces of lathe, two shades of pink (one the same color as the table) and two shades of white.
Then cut them into pieces using my scroll saw. I just cut them ‘freehand’ because I didn’t want them to be perfectly the same.
Once cut into the rectangular sections, I ‘carved’ them and distressed them using my 1″ belt sander. Again I did this ‘freehand’ not wanting them to be perfectly matched.
I decided to stamp a little bit of a design around the edge of the table.
Using a foam stamp and craft paint.
You can see the design much better in person than in these pictures! This pale pink paint just does not photograph very well. NOW it’s time to add the scallops! I flipped the table upside down:
And just glued them along the inset under the rim of the table.
Alternating the colors.
Left it sitting upside down for the glue to set overnight.
Turned it right side up the following morning and gave it a couple of coats of waterproof matte varnish.
Had a bunch of the scallops left over so I glued them onto a couple of white shelves.
Ah-ha! You can see the stamped design around the edge of the table better in that photo!
One thing I learned from this project is that the ‘donut’ for attaching the scalloped edge to was NOT the best idea. It worked ‘okay’, BUT with all the scallops added, the table is a little ‘heavy’ on the outside edges and will tip if you lean on it. Next time we make one of these we will make the inset a solid smaller piece of wood to better balance the weight of the added scalloped edge.
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Forgot to post the before picture of this first little chair when I posted the finished one a few days ago:
