A Faux Stainless Steel Topped Coffee Table!

I found this little particle board coffee table

in the alley the other day…

It had some damage to the top…

not a lot you can do to particle board that's gotten wet.

But you know me,

I hate to give up on anything!!!

 

So….I gathered my tools….

…and my secret weapon:

This vinyl I purchased at Ufab 

that looks like brushed stainless!

 I cut around the tabletop, leaving some overhang….

then I spray adhesived the top and 

placed the fabric on top.

Next, I carefully flipped the table upside down,

and stapled the turned edges on the underside, 

then trimmed the excess.

 I flipped it back over,

 and it looks like this.

 

You can see the brushed texture here….

Next, using these little wire nails,

I hammered in all along the four sides...

If I weren't low on them, 

I'd try to simulate riveting…

like this….

 …but for now, 

this will do….

 One little industrial coffee table……

the cost of this was $17.99 for a yard of vinyl, 

and a couple bucks for the nails.

I used a black Sharpie paint pen to touch up the legs,

and it looks like a brand new piece!

And I saved yet another piece of furniture from a landfill.

Yay me!