STACEY SOLOMON was back with another DIY hack.
In a previous episode of BBC’s Sort Your Life Out, the mother of five was making a coffee table.
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She explained: “When one has an abundance of bowls, you can do a lot of things with them.”
Stacey was referring to a collection of wooden salad bowls that the family she was helping had.
She added: “You can buy bowls like this for super cheap, [add] a little MDF and suddenly you have a table!”
To make Stacey’s exact coffee table, you need six wooden salad bowls of the same size.
To start, she took two bowls and “put some epoxy glue on the rim of one bowl.”
“Then take your other bowl and place it directly on top,” she told viewers.
“It takes about 20 minutes for the glue to set.”
Once dry, fill the space between the two bowls with wood putty and, once dry, sand until smooth.
Then add some glue to the middle of the inverted bowl and place the third bowl on top – so the bases stick together.
Stacey advised: “You want it perfectly aligned, otherwise you will have an unstable table.
“And no one needs an unstable table, do they?”
Now it’s time to paint or stain the “legs” of the coffee table in a color of your choice.
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Just apply an even layer all over the body and then a finishing spray to set.
The presenter added: “To finish my coffee table, I’m cutting out a piece of wood for the top and sanding it.”
After staining or painting the top, she glued the piece of wood onto two legs – and she had a coffee table!
You can also make a side table if you prefer, just follow the same method but you will only need three bowls to make one leg.
If you want to try this at home, there are many stores that sell wooden salad bowls.
What you need to make Stacey’s coffee table:
Stacey’s side table may not be the cheapest to make, but it is very creative!
- 6 wooden salad bowls, all the same size
- Epoxy glue
- Wood filler
- Sander or sandpaper
- Wood stain, varnish or paint
- MDF board and cutter
IKEA has a 20cm bamboo bowl for £10Asda sells one Acaica wooden serving bowl for £10where can you choose one Temu for £3.86.
Alternatively, if you don’t have wooden salad bowls on hand, TikTokkers have made side tables using small household boxes, or even flower pots that they glued together in the same way and then added a lid.
If you’re looking for more tricks from Stacey, she recently shared how she gets rid of bathroom mold that builds up in the grout between tiles.
Stacey also has a really clever way of turning a wall in a child’s bedroom into the ultimate safari world on the cheap.
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