I've been in the market for a new coffee table for a few months, but have been dragging my feet. I was driving up Pioneer Avenue on June 14th when I spotted--what looked to be--a dining room table left out for free.

I figured I could cut it down to coffee table height, and sand/stain/seal it. So, I swung back around and picked it up. After putting it together to see, it clearly wasn't dining room table height. But it was also a bit too tall for a coffee table still.

Disassembly was a bit of a pain, as much of the hardware was a bit rusted on. Came apart fine though, and doused the hardware in some rust remover.

Sanded the top first. Not looking too bad.

Then sanded down the legs and the leaves.

Then I had to cut 9 inches off the base to bring it to a more reasonable height for a coffee table.