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\"rustic<\/a>
Faye\/You Are the River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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 <\/a>hacked, to give it a rustic\/modern look; she salvaged rough-hewn top and added moderne legs.\u00a0“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!”<\/em> It’s the legs that make it (They remind us of the one Sally designed out of black steel<\/a> some time ago.<\/p>\n

We found an inexpensive version of the legs at Ikea:\u00a0Vika Moliden ($30 each)<\/a> looks like a pretty close match to Faye’s.<\/p>\n

\"Ikea<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Here was Fay’s process:<\/p>\n

\"rustic<\/a>
Faye\/You Are the River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…deconstruct…<\/p>\n

\"deconstructing<\/a>
Faye\/You Are the River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…sand<\/p>\n

\"rustic<\/a>
Faye\/You Are the River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…then screw in the legs. Great.<\/p>\n

Related posts: who say’s you can’t design your own table?<\/a><\/p>\n

sawhorse tables as solution + sculpture<\/a><\/p>\n

hacking ikea: throw away the book!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.\u00a0“I picked up a super funky table on Craigslist for…<\/p>\nRead More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100,6554,8,127,8362],"tags":[2517,2520,2519,2518],"yoast_head":"\nd-i-y modern\/rustic table - Improvised Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We always admire people who fearlessly take things apart on the way to REconfiguring them in a new way. 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