Antique Door turned Coffee Table... in progress

There is this antique dealer (or junk guy) that lives

a few blocks from me...

He is always throwing out great things!

 

Recently as I drove by I saw a pile of junk...

so I stopped... of course...

And it was another fabulous find!

On the top of the pile was this 5' long heavy,

wooden door!

And as I was putting down the seats in my car to slide it in... 
the man came down the driveway!

Embarrassing!

He explained to me that what I was picking up from the side of his driveway, was an  

antique armoire door....

Jackpot!

So... I proceeded to stuff the door into the back of my car. And no he didn't help... just talked!

I guess the pile of wood underneath was the rest of the armoire but there didn't seem to be anything worth saving. Unfortunately it was splintered and water logged.

Check out the wooden pegs that are 

holding it together!!!!

So...

Now, as you can probably guess....

I had plans...

First, I went to Home Depot and bought metal pipes to use as the legs.... 
brought them home, screwed them on...

Nope!
They didn't look good... too high!

Next, back to Home Depot and we tried
wooden legs ...

Wooden legs and these brackets seemed to do the trick! 
 Once the legs were attached I painted them black...

And there we had one awesome coffee table!

Until a week later when I decided the legs looked crooked... 
they never seemed to sit right and they wobbled... 

 So it was back to the drawing board....

And then it hit me... 
I had this unfinished, green tinted,
wooden bench in the garage....

I washed it down, sanded it, threw on a coat of lemon oil and attached the top to the bench!

Perfect fit!  
And Very Sturdy!

Time to accessorize with some rusty finds....

Check out the photo holder... 

it was an iron plant foot...

I bent the picture at the bottom and added a magnet!

How much do I want to stencil or stamp some 

"crate" words on the top or the sides of this wood???? 

 This coffee table finally ended up to be a great junk-style coffee table!

(only now I'm thinking the base should be black...)
Please help me with the painting decision...

 
And check out the stenciled, painted, finished version here!

Susan

Linking to the places I like to hang:
 

Nifty Thrifty ~ It's So Very Cheri ~ Between Naps On The Porch ~ Dittle Dattle  ~ Sassy Sites ~ Savvy Southern Style  ~ Beyond The Picket Fence  ~ Remodelaholic Tatertots and Jello  ~  Funky Junk Interiors   Be Different, Act Norma ~ Under the Table and Dreaming ~ Laurie Anna's Vintage Home ~ My Repurposed Life ~ LaurieAnna's Vintage Antiques ~ Miss Mustard Seed