Bring the outdoors inside with rustic timber fence palings. With a light sand and a lick of paint, they make a gorgeous tabletop. A great way to recycle old wood, too!

Step 1 Sand and prepare table legs and wipe off dust with damp cloth.

Step 2 Paint table legs with undercoat and leave to dry. Apply 2 coats of paint in your chosen colour. We painted ours black.

Step 3 Measure fence palings to ensure they fit your tabletop. You may need to trim to size using a drop saw or handsaw.

Step 4 Paint fence palings in different colours to create a stripe pattern when put together. Let dry.

Step 5 Arrange fence palings on table to ensure they fit correctly, then nail in place. (You should be able to use existing holes from the fence, or pre-drill holes in the fence palings to make it easier to hammer nails into table.) Done!

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