Seagrass Tyre Table

A few weeks ago I scored some old tyres and was so excited because I wanted to turn them into a coffee table.

Tools and Materials

• seagrass matt
• tyre
• table legs
• plywood
• glue gun
• nuts and bolts
• drill
• jigsaw
• rope
• stain

Firstly I needed to cut two circles out of the plywood with a jigsaw- one for the top of the table and the other for the base.

I used a round side table that I had to trace a circle into the plywood- so I cheated a little. Normally you would have to find the centre point and make your circle from the radius.

I started with the base first by drilling holes through the plywood and tyre and attaching with nuts, bolts and washers. I repeated the same process for attaching the wooden legs.

Next was the tricky part, attaching two tyres together to make the table.

I drilled holes right on the edge of the tyres and found it to be a lot of work lining up the holes. At a later date I realised it was easier to use a c clamp to hold the edges together to drill through and then put the nuts & bolts through.

After the two tyres were attached I then used a good quality hot glue gun and glued four seagrass mats around the outside of the tyres as well as some rope at the top .

The seagrass mats were a perfect choice because they were only $2 each and also had that natural texture I wanted for the table.

So I now needed to turn my attention to the top of the table.

I wasn’t happy with the light plywood colour, so I decided to stain it a little darker to match the seagrass mats.

Another issue I had with the top piece of plywood was that I hadn’t cut a perfect circle -(still mastering how to cut a perfect circle ) so I glued a lovely rope trim to blend in with the rope already on the top of the table.

In the end I decided not to attach the top as I wanted to use the inside for some storage.

You could use a strong builders glue or liquid nails to attach permanently.

Absolutely love my creation and it only cost around $40 (Australian).

Have you upcycled something you would normally throw out? Let me know in the comments down below!