We always admire people who fearlessly take things apart on the way to REconfiguring them in a new way. So we love the antique table Faye from You are the River hacked, to give it a rustic/modern look; she salvaged rough-hewn top and added moderne legs. “I picked up a super funky table on Craigslist for $50, removed all the rusty screws, sanded it down, removed the legs and voila, I have yet another dining table!” It’s the legs that make it (They remind us of the one Sally designed out of black steel some time ago.

We found an inexpensive version of the legs at Ikea: Vika Moliden ($30 each) looks like a pretty close match to Faye’s.

Here was Fay’s process:

…deconstruct…

…sand

…then screw in the legs. Great.

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