You might remember when Brad and I found this old barn door at an antique store last year that we just couldn't pass up. We tossed several ideas around as far as what to use it for but the easiest and most practical was to make it into a coffee table. We thought we would find something that could serve as the base but after looking for quite a while at antique and junk stores we didn't find anything. So we decided to have Stan, the man who made our stair railing, make a base for it.
It seemed really big at first but now I'm getting used to it and like it a lot.
Some of the things we found that could have been used as the base would have definitely competed with the actual door but this simple design compliments it well. And he just used leftover material from our railing.
The door is NOT perfect and even has a couple of somewhat dangerous details. This piece of metal could hurt someone. We may need to offer all guests a Tetanus shot as they enter our home.
And this sticks out just far enough to get someone's leg as they round the corner. That someone will probably be Brad.... Luckily the one at the other end of the table is almost completely rotted off. I'm guessing this end was the top of the door since it's basically still in perfect condition.
I'm so happy with how it turned out. It's challenging to decorate because of the two raised panels but I'll deal with that just to know that no one else has the exact same coffee table as us.
I do wish I knew the story behind it. The lady we bought it from told us she rescued it from a pile that was about to be burned. So I guess it's true that one man's junk is another man's treasure.
