We had this really old deck on the side of the house, it was really falling apart. Those benches were nailed to the deck. So it had to go. So I tore it all apart, tore it out of the ground. And as always, salvaged any wood that might be useful. Then I figured I could build a table as I did save the benches.
So I did supply some lumber of my own. Those two cross pieces under the table top are 3x3 or something weird, I decided to use nails to put it all together up top. The legs are 2x6 (of course) and the frame around the bottom was built from the frame for the deck which sat in the dirt for who knows how many years. You have no idea how difficult it was to salvage even 4 pieces for that, it was all trashed.
But I did it! Later, I painted everything and added the 2x2 cross pieces on the sides to get rid of some wobble. I also cut down one end of the long bench which had an unsupported piece that if you sat on it would almost flip the bench like some slapstick humor.
Below is my original quote that I wrote on social media when I did this:
It only took about 3 hours...those 2x8s are 84" long and i was only able to savage 1 and 1/2 boards for the table! the other 42" came from another random piece i found laying in the weeds. im really glad i was able to pull out the benches without destroying them...id like to meet the carpenter that put this all together, he used like 8" nails in places, not a screw anywhere in sight. i had to keep it old school and used nails of my own to attach the table top to the cross pieces that connect them. that was 16 nails and about tore my arm off...im spoiled. but im glad i brought them...they ended up being used strictly for aesthetic purposes but i was worried that screws might destroy old wood. luckily i used them carefully and everything is intact. it was a ton of fun!
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