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Trendy Tire Table :{While They Snooze}
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There are some nice end tables out there, but this one ranks way up
there on the coolness scale (is there such a thing? If not, we just
made one.) We love how Sarah, from While They Snooze, used
something free to create something totally fabulous for her home.
Booyah to pricey furniture everywhere. Let’s take a look at how she made
this bad boy…
On a run a week or so back, I passed a house in my neighborhood
with 6, count ‘em 6, old tires on the curb (Where you at HOA??). My
slightly hoarderish brain immediately tried to think of projects I could
use them for. Alas, as Beyonce blasted in my ears, I thought of nothing
and ran past. Fast forward a few days to when the Creating with the Stars
announcement was made and I learned theme one was Upcycle. In the midst
of picking my jaw back up off the floor, I remember those grimy tires.
Early Saturday morning, still bra-less and in my PJs, I drove to that
house and hurled the one tire that was left into the back of my car.
Let’s hope the morning fog prevented most from seeing that. Don’t be
fooled, though the kids look excited, they are confused as to why mommy
threw garbage in the car.
As the tire lay in my garage, it dawned on me that it was the
perfect size/shape for a side table. 24″ round. Just needed some legs
and some (a boat load of) prettying up. Here’s what I did.
Supplies:
- Old tire – Mine still had the rim… it will still work if it doesn’t.
- Plywood – One circle for the base and one for the top. My plywood is 1/2″ thick.
- Legs – Get creative! I used wood but you could use an upside down flower pot, metal, or buy pre-made legs from Ikea. This tutorial will show you how to make wood legs.
- Rope – to disguise the tire. I used 350 feet (yikes!) of 1/4″ sisal and manila rope sold in little bags at Home Depot.
- Glue/Screws/hardware to attach the legs – This will vary depending on what legs you get.
- Construction Adhesive – To glue the tire to the base and the rope to the tire. I used Liquid Nails.
- Basic tools - This will vary depending on what your base is made from. I used a jig saw to cut the circles. A chop saw, table saw, and jig saw the cut the legs. Drill to attach the legs.
Step 1: Scrub your tire.
Chances are it’s going to be really grimy. Give it a scrub with
some dish soap to cut the grease. This will also help your adhesive
stick better. Let it dry.
Step 2: Cut out two plywood circles.
First circle should fit in the center of your tire to make a flat
surface to form the table top. I measured, then nailed a piece of
string into the center of my plywood, attached a pencil, and drew the
circle. I had to sand the edges of the circle here and there to make it
fit in the tire.
The second circle is the base that the tire will sit on. Trace
your tire and cut the circle one or two inches smaller than that.
I bribed the hubs with lunch so he would cut them out for me. 
Step 3: Cut out some legs.
Since this table will be replacing another (ugly) table in my
living room, I measured the height of that existing table. It was 20″.
The tire is 9″ high, so I needed 11″ legs. Side tables vary in height
though. They should work well with the seating they will be next to. So
measure your tire and then figure out how high you need your legs.
I must confess, my husband came up with the idea of using the rocker slats from our rocking octopus, cut in half, for the legs.
Since I didn’t want to destroy the octopus (poor Ollie!), we
took them off, traced them onto some scrap pine from the garage, and cut
them out. If you don’t have rocking octopus legs to trace rectangles would be fine!
rectangles would be fine!
Trace.
Cut out.
Cut in half and sand smooth.
Step 4: Assemble the legs.
Take your larger base circle and arrange the legs equally spaced
around the perimeter. To make the table a little more sturdy, I cut some
small blocks from the scrap pine to use as supports for the legs. I
glued the blocks to the legs with wood glue and clamped overnight. Once
they were dry, I glued them to the wood circle, attached L brackets, and
put a screw in through the top of the wood.
At this point I stained the legs and the rim of the base
circle. However, they didn’t turn out that great. I’ll fix that in a
minute.
Step 5: Glue tire to base.
Once the legs are secure and dry, flip the base over, apply
generous blobs of construction adhesive, and set your tire in the
center.
Step 6.: Glue smaller circle to top of tire.
The smaller circle should fit slightly inside the inner curve of
the tire so when it’s in place, the whole surface is flat… or close to
flat. Since my tire has the rim, I just glued to that.
Step 7: Glue rope to tire.
Attention: hot glue does not stick to tires just incase you were considering it.
I tried… no go. Stick with the liquid nails. Bonus: Liquid nails is
the same color as rope. Some of it bled through. You can’t even
tell. Turn the table over, start around the base, and work your way to
the top of the table.
I tried… no go. Stick with the liquid nails. Bonus: Liquid nails is
the same color as rope. Some of it bled through. You can’t even
tell. Turn the table over, start around the base, and work your way to
the top of the table.
Keep going! Once you get around the lip it’s easier if you flip it back over. I used a combination of sisal rope (the lighter color) and natural manila rope (the dark color). Both are sold in 50′ sections at Home Depot.
Once you get to the top rim it gets tricky. The rope kept wanting
to pop off so I had to keep it taped down with painter’s tape as I went
until the adhesive dried.
Then, when I hit the plywood, I switched to hot glue. Much easier! (Does anyone else have toys mixed in with their projects?)
Step 8: Paint the legs.
Remember how the stain on the legs came out kind of meh? Sarah from Thrifty Decor Chick had the great idea to “dip” them. Basically, I painted the bottom half of the legs bright citrus yellow. Not meh anymore!
And that’s it. You can put the rope down. You’re done. I can’t wait
to have people over and see if anyone knows it’s an upcycled tire!
My staging assistant. ; )
And so you know last week was one CRAZY week… here’s a lovely shot I
took of myself, gluing rope to a tire at midnight while the rest of the
family snoozed. Enjoy.
Ahhh, so fun! You guys have to see the behind the scenes look
at Sarah’s round 1 project. You know we love it when people keep it
real! Sarah is super talented with a sewing machine, but we totally dig
these fun DIY Chevron Curtains she made from Ikea curtains.
Be sure to check back tomorrow to see how Sarah created that who-would-have-ever-thought-you-could-do-that-with-egg-crate-insulation light fixture. Omw. Soooo creative.
Also, do you want to be a part of Creating with the Stars yourself? You can link up your favorite upcycle project right here until tonight at 10 PM EST for a chance to win a great prize package and be featured on EC2!
