How to Make a Quilting Room Table With an Old Door

Find the perfect door and four old table legs. They might be supplies you already have from a past home renovation or materials you find at a salvage yard. For the table legs, choose ones with height adjusters on the bottom for a stable finished result.

Measure the available space for a table in your quilting room with a tape measure.

Put on safety goggles and work gloves, and cut the table to the ideal length with a circular saw.

Measure the table’s length and width. Subtract two inches from each dimension. Trim four pieces of 1/2-inch-thick door molding to these dimensions with the circular saw.

Glue molding all the way around the underside of the door tabletop. Position the outer edge of the molding about 1 inch from the edge.

Secure the molding in place by screwing two L-brackets onto each side (eight altogether) with 32 screws.

Glue the table legs into the corners created by the door molding.

Secure the legs by screwing two L-brackets into each leg and the door tabletop with the remaining screws. Allow the glue one hour to dry.

Set the table right side up, pull up a chair, and have a seat. If the table legs are too long, cut a few inches off each leg, measuring first to ensure consistent cuts. Remove the height adjusters from the leg stubs and reattach them to the newly shortened table legs.

Rough up all surfaces of the table with a sander and sandpaper.

Prime the wood with a layer of wood primer.

Apply two coats of wood stain or your preferred color of paint with a medium-size paintbrush. Allow the table time to dry between each coat.