So here’s Number 2 in the Occasional Table series! (see here for Part 1 and a general explanation).
I like this piece for two reason – firstly it’s slightly larger than any of the others (good for when a rabble comes round for tea!) and secondly that, when not needed, it comes apart, folds flat, and is stowed cunningly away by hanging it on the back of the living room door – genius!
It’s also made entirely from skip finds. The folding metal legs came out completely intact from a local skip, the top is a piece of nicely figured plywood from another (stained with some walnut wood stain and a couple of coats of Danish oil) and finally edged with some strips of galvanised metal taken from a discarded wine rack (painted black and nailed around the edge of the plywood to form a slight lip)
The top is secured in place to the legs by means of four screws, the heads of which slip through holes that were already drilled in the top of the legs. As an added security measure, I have put four flat magnets (which look like washers, complete with countersunk holes for fixing) which cam from an old pull-up advertising banner. They are surprisingly strong and help hold the top in place.
There is also an old picture hook on the underside of the top that allows it to be hung on the back of the door – the legs are hung up by means of two brackets, permanently affixed to the door itself
Here are some (not very good!) photos :
Occasional Table No2, mobile phone for scale
Occasional Table No2 deconstructed
Folded away and hung on the back of the door
