Tyler from Plastolux had a hankering for a pair of Eero Saarinen side tables, but he wasn't quite excited by their steep price. After scouring all the usual sources for a deal but coming up empty-handed, he decided to try to make his own. Can you guess what he used for the bases?
They really do look great!
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view jessimarie33's profile
Sadly, I'd probably have settled for a couple of these: http://www.target.com/Trumpet-Table-White/dp/B0015MJQAC/qid=1242756494/ref=br_1_2/178-8059782-5564125?ie=UTF8&node=10738811&frombrowse=1&index=tgt-mf-mv&rank=price&rh=&page=1
His version looks closer to the original, but two of these cost less.
view ThatGrrl's profile
Those old speaker stands can be as hard to find than the real table. Good job though. Did you bevel the edge of the top like in the original?
view Comicgeek's profile
nice job, i'm a sucker for handmade tables. :)
view Erin Lang Norris/Yellow Canoe's profile
I think it looks amazing, what a great idea.
view kimblela's profile
Comicgeek, I was going to bevel the edge but the bit was $30 and I wanted to keep these on the cheap.
view plastolux's profile
Brilliant!
view bepsf's profile
not sure if they look better in person, but the target knock offs dont look good at all online.
i love the DIY ones he made & that it repurposed something/kept it from a landfill!
view rstrtz's profile
Great job! I would have loved to have those as speaker stands too, though. Off to hunt for some...
view alisong's profile
Excellent. So much better than the target-knockoff
view particlebored's profile
Brilliant! And looks not only 100 times better than Target's version, but also sturdier and not tipsy as the latter.
view Masik's profile
f*cking brilliant
view chrisrocco's profile
I actually FOUND an original one of these tables (white) in the GARBAGE AREA of my building. It had belonged to a smoker because it was laden with yellow and black residue. I scraped down the cast iron bottoms and the underside of the tops. Then gave the bottoms a few coats of high gloss. Not bad for a TRASH FIND.
view chrisrocco's profile
awesome!!!
view erinpearce's profile
Oh I definitely wasn't implying that the Target version was better! Plastolux, yours are absolutely nicer. I'm just poor and untalented is all. I'd certainly rather have yours!
view ThatGrrl's profile
excelente!
view quiltmaster's profile
Go Tyler!!!!
view STYLeyes's profile
I am totally impressed!! Good work! I am all DIY until it comes to actually "doing"...I appreciate the efffort you made, and the tables are awsome!!
view chilly's profile
Great! But as someone said, those stands will be very hard to find.
view handz's profile
WOW! That's resourceful. They look great!
view miniminx's profile
"Great! But as someone said, those stands will be very hard to find."
Not really! Bose still sells them here: http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/speakers/stereo_speakers/accessories/901_pedestals_acc.jsp
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view brazuca's profile
There are plenty of those speaker stands on ebay. They are from the bose 901 series. Although you will most likely end up paying more than $70. They come in chrome and white also. I'm tempted to do this myself!
view bemyescape's profile
bemyescape, you are right in fact there were a pair of chrome ones on ebay last week. I almost bid on them but had to show self control. :(
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