Flickr Find: Liz's Door Table

We love Liz's reuse of a handsome door DIY'd into a dining room table. The features of this door in particular make it a great find to display in the home. Not to mention this door has a past--apparently it once lived at Jim Morrison's pad in Venice...

Regardless of its previous owner, Liz tells us the doors transformation to a table was quite easy. She wanted to keep the charming character of the door and kept it as-is (except for sanding away rough edges). A custom glass surface which turned out to be way less expensive than originally thought made this DIY super sweet. IKEA legs underneath and mismatched dining chairs round out the eclectic look. Liz continues her DIY prowess by remaking a tattered chair into something brand new.

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Comments (10)

Perfect timing! I need a long, but narrow table and had the same idea to use a door, but the potentially pricey glass top is making me hesitate. Now I'll investigate further.

posted by LSUgrad03 on July 23rd 2009 at 12:25pm
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i love door tables! i want one in my future dream house (;

posted by snowinla on July 23rd 2009 at 12:50pm
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That's rad. I'm going to do that for my next desk.

posted by ErikTheRed on July 23rd 2009 at 2:15pm
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Liz - great job on that table but where can I find that bowl?

posted by lella on July 23rd 2009 at 7:05pm
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It's a *Doors* table!

posted by natomaton on July 23rd 2009 at 7:40pm
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beautiful kitty!

posted by sassydo on July 23rd 2009 at 7:53pm
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Thanks so much for the shout out Beth! This is a great write up. Zipper and I thank you all for your kind comments.

Lella - the bowl is Jonathan Adler, see it here:

http://www.jonathanadler.com/shop/product.php?productid=17180&cat=453&page=1&initial=

You can also buy it at his boutique on Melrose.

posted by LizPaperPie on July 23rd 2009 at 10:09pm
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I like this and it works great in your space, too. The mismatching chairs theme works especially well with such a repurposed piece... How much was the glass? Sorry, didn't mean to pry...but I am quite curious... Again, nice job.

posted by bittergaymark on July 24th 2009 at 1:53am
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Thanks Liz. There's a Jonathan Adler shop right around the corner from my house in SF. I'm on my way there now :)

posted by lella on July 24th 2009 at 1:35pm
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Thank you Bittergaymark. I had the glass cut custom, it is 3/8 in. thick with a pencil polish edge. The dimensions are 30 in x 62.5 in, so it is on the large side. I paid $127 total. I highly recommend Dean at 55 Glass downtown. Here's a link: http://55glass.com/

I picked mine up to save on delivery charges, but they will deliver too. I had called many places that were quoting me between $250-$350. You can get stock glass for much less, but if you need a weird size, 55 Glass is the way to go. Quite the endorsement I've just given them, I know...

posted by LizPaperPie on July 25th 2009 at 12:28am
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