Ruler Table

Jim and I found ourselves checking out a couple Estates sales and I ran across these yard sticks.  It's amazing how expensive old wooden yard sticks can be, I've see them for as much at $5.00, these were 25-50 cents a piece.  Before we left town, we made our normal stop at the Goodwill shop and picked up this little side table for $3.00.

I always wanted to remake a piece of furniture using yard sticks.  I needed to first strip the ugly  brown, green, and white paint from the table.  Once the paint was stripped off I then went through and sanded all surfaces.  I painted the base a red barn color that I had on hand.

I had to figure out how to place the yard sticks on the top.  The yard sticks could cover the entire top of the table from end to end but I wanted to add a different look to it.  I thought it would look better by staggering the yard sticks.   I lucked out as I stacked the yard sticks next to each other, it worked out perfectly, I didn't have to slice a yard stick in half!

I first stacked and cut the yard sticks in random lengths.  There were a lot of yard sticks that had very blonde wood so I took different shades of stain I had on my paint shelf and stained some of the pieces.  Once I got the look I liked, I started to glue and nail each yard stick down.

Once it was put together and a couple coats of poly on the top, I like how it turned out.  Now it is sits perfectly in my entry way.  So with about $8.00 total cost, I have a great piece.  I just love it!!

I have plenty pieces left over an can't wait for the next thing I can use them for.