You won’t believe what I made this tiered stand from—a table lamp thing! I mean it was a table that had a lamp made into it.
There it is—on the left. It was a free table from my friend.
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I began by removing the rod then cutting the extra large spindle on my compound miter saw. I used the gauge to find out what size bit I should use to drill the cake pans to allow the rod to fit snuggly.
My friend Angie from Knick of Time did a Pie Plate Pedestal Stand tutorial recently on MRL, and she mentioned using a plastic lid to find the center of the tin. Thanks Angie! That really helped a lot!
I needed a wooden base for the tiered stand to rest on. I grabbed a scrap piece of 1×6 and marked it to find the center.
I drilled a hole in 4 tins of varying sizes, then did a dry fit by threading the rod back through all of the pieces. I used an odd chair part to cap off the top of the large tiered stand. I used the original nut on the end of the rod at the base.
I really liked the extra large platter to use on the bottom.
Another friend of MRL, Joan from Scavenger Chic painted some plastic chargers, so I thought that might be a good way to make all of these tins match. I used some Heirloom Traditions Black Bean to paint all the tins.
After brushing on the paint, I decided to make them more mottled using a cheap chip brush.
After the paint dried, I used some Heirloom Traditions gray wax (Barn Wood) over the painted tins. I applied the wax with a chip brush, and buffed a little after the wax set up a little.
I painted the spindle pieces with Buttermilk (Heirloom Traditions) as well as the bottom of the wooden base.
I used Gorilla Glue Construction Adhesive to secure all the tins to the wooden parts.
I used the Gorilla Glue on each of the spindle pieces as well.
Using the construction adhesive really makes the tiered stand very secure since it’s so gynormous!
I LOVE it! I’ve been wanting to make a tiered stand forever. I actually bought some cake pans and an old tiered table last Summer, but I ran into some snags with it, and never finished it. I think I’m motivated to give it another go now that I know the construction adhesive helps hold everything together so well.
This large tiered stand is perfect to keep a coffee station organized.
It towers over my small Keurig.
What would you use this extra large tiered stand for?
gail
This is a really useful and cute idea!
Thanks for sharing how to take an old table and make it into something cool.
Hugs
This was a fun project to finally get around to doing.
gail
No need to give me credit for the paint treatment, you put an entirely different spin on it. I think I would have passed on that odd table but you made it totally work.
Joan,
I’m not sure I would have thought about painting if I hadn’t seen you do it first. Thanks for the inspiration.
Gail if it turns out good you will be the first to see it, if it doesn’t well try, try again, right!
I love this upcycle, Gail! What a way to repurpose something totally odd and make it cute! You are so creative!! 🙂
Thanks Serena!
I love doing what I do – especially with bits and pieces. 🙂
This I have to do…. thanks for posting.
thanks for checking out my latest project, the tiered coffee station.
gail
awesome! thanks for the easy to follow tutorial! love it!
I love it, and it is something that could be used for so many different things, like fruit or at Xmas time cookies and cupcakes.
I have everything I need to make one, I think I might just give it a try.
I’d love to see yours Patty if you make one!
gail
I love this! I’m inspired to do my own. It was helpful to see how you painted and waxed the pie pans to achieve that old look. It came out great!
Heidi,
All my tins looked different…. I wanted them to match better. it took a little longer, but it wasn’t difficulut.
gail
Looks great Gail! Very creative.
A lamp…..excellent idea really it’s all treated with the inside rod. So now I’ll be checking out lamps too!
yep, love rescuing old lamps…. so many purposes.