Welcome August! Sorry for the dead air that was July. Ya know….travel, kids, company, kids, business stuff, kids. We’ve made it to the other side and the kids will be back to school in one week. One week. I’m both sad and ecstatic all at once. This past weekend I participated in a local Farmer’s Market (and I will be doing it every Saturday through August) so I’ve been busy with projects! I recently scored two antique milk cans and just had to so something fun with them. I spied some round wood pieces at Lowes and knew I had to made a Milk Can Side Table.

This is the milk can I started out with. It was pretty dirty to start with, so a good bath was the first step. Then I used a clear spray paint on the milk can to stop and seal in the rust.

This is the round wood piece that I found at Lowes. I bought the smallest size that they had available in my store. It’s about 15in across.

I debated on how I should finish the round top. I went back and forth about staining and painting. Finally I decided to stain this one Dark Walnut because I thought it would look great with the coloring of the milk can. I finished it off with some polycrylic.

Once the round top was done I flipped it over and positioned the milk can top in the middle of the circle. I traced the top of the milk can with a pencil, then I added some E6000 glue to the rim of the milk can. All I had to do was flip the can back over and place it in the circle I had drawn. Pretty easy. I weighed the can down onto the wood to make sure I got good adhesion.

Who knew an old milk can would make such a perfect little side table?

The milk can itself is so full of personality and character. The natural patina on it is perfect.

I think it would make a great indoor table, but it looks awful perfect outside with my adirondack chairs!

I mean, doesn’t this look like the perfect place to spend some long August days at? Ya me too.

Linking up to these great link parties!!!

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Want to do some more outdoor sprucing up? Give one of these Tiered Urn Flower Pots a try…..

What a week it’s been. The kiddos had 3 “snow” days this week and my hubby had two. Yes we are in Louisiana. So after a 5 day unexpected weekend things are starting to get back to normal.

Now I’m ready to share my new Round Pallet Coffee Table…..

Awhile back I shared this pedestal coffee table in a Thrifty Thursday post. I picked it up for cheap and I fell in love with the pedestal part of the table. When I picked it up the top of the table wasn’t in as good of shape as I hoped. I was afraid that even with a layer of paint it would still look like a beat up old table. So it sat in my garage.

Until I was inspired by a pile of pallet wood (also in my garage).

So we got to work. Step 1: plain down the ick on the pallet wood. Then lay out the boards to create a “new” table top.

Step 2: Find the true center of the “new” table top with a measuring tape. Put a nail in the center.

Step 3: Tie a string to the nail, then tie a pencil to the other end. Holding the pencil, move it around the wood boards creating a circle.

Step 4: Once your circle is drawn, use a jig saw to cut on the pencil lines. You can grab and cut one board at a time.

Step 5: Once all the boards are cut, line everything back up to make your circle. We used some cross boards to attach all of the pallet boards.

Step 6: Then it was time to paint the pedestal part of the table. I used some Annie Sloan chalk paint in old white. Can you see that plywood piece attached to the pedestal? That’s what we used to attach the table top to the pedestal. The plywood was added to the pedestal with a bolt and wood glue.

Step 7: I used Minwax wood stain to stain the pallet wood and Polycrylic (a couple coats) to seal the wood.

Step 8: We used screws and wood glue to attach the plywood (on the pedestal) to the new pallet table top.

I don’t know about you, but to me this is WAY better!

I mean….that dark stained pallet wood. Swoon.

Of course I love the pedestal even more now. I’m so glad I could do it justice by giving it a new fabulous top. What do you think of the Round Pallet Coffee Table?

Now the question is: What do I do with the old top???

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Earlier this week I shared this beautiful (and HUGE) Family Rules Window. Double SWOON right?