I am back and hopefully I will be able to go full steam till Christmas. My absence has nothing to do with not wanting to write but much more with my capacity to be a wife, a mother, work and BAKE all at the same time.
In preparation for our annual Champagne Sales Day, where I also sell my Greek Delicacies, I wanted to start early to make sure I have enough stock to sell. You might ask how much is ‘enough stock’ and the answer is “I have absolutely NO CLUE”. Who knows how many people will want to dig into my food? So, being true to my heritage I have started making a supply big enough to feed a small village!
Now that you know what I have been up to, we can get back to something less time consuming.
CABLE REEL TABLES
We had a need for a round table in our lounge as a side table and we needed to find something affordable that suited our décor. It really didn’t seem like a difficult task until we started our search from anything new to second hand. If you would believe me, there are not that many round side tables available.
This led us to think outside the box and we decided to start looking for Cable Reels. My husband went to a hardware store close to his work to find out if we they could help him with some and managed to get 3 for free!! (totally ticked the budget box and they were very much to my liking). We had to do a little work on them to make them work as tables. Below are some hints on how to make Cable Reels useful:
Might be a problem: Always make sure that the Cable Reel can stand stable as you will be putting glasses and plates down on them.
Might be a solution: Cut two long strip of wood and place them on the bottom of the reel, levelling it out. Shape the wood till you have a stable table
Might be a problem: If using inside your house you don’t want it to scratch your floor.
Might be solution: Use off-cuts from a carpet and paste it onto the bottom of the wood strips used to stabilise the reel.
We have two outside for when we Braai etc. (BBQ for the non-South Africans) and one inside. We definitely didn’t want the inside one to damage our floor, but didn’t mind as much on the outside on our porch, so we left the carpets as protectors off them.
Might be a problem: The top surface is uneven, the bolts are sticking out or the hole is preventing you from putting things down on the reel safely.
Might be a solution: Have a glass top cut that will fit onto the top of the reel. Use door nobs as spacers between the reel and the glass top. Preferable get something like safety glass as it will prevent the glass for shattering into little pieces if you have an accident.
As mentioned we kept two outside which we kept rustic without glass tops, but prefer a glass top on the inside one.
It is said one man’s trash is another’s treasure….Hope you find some trash that works for you 
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