Igloo Table and Stools

You never know what you may find when you're out picking. One day we stumbled upon something similar to this beauty.

A very large aluminum Igloo Cooler that was still in awesome condition. There was no rust, the lid still sealed and the spout still worked. Although, the color of the spout was a little dingy. The minute we saw it we instantly knew it would become a table, but then came the journey of figuring out just how we were going to turn it into a table. Much discussion was had between not only us, but friends as well. Many ideas were tossed around, and in the end we came up with this:

The old logo sticker got a makeover. It was old, dingy and tearing off, so I hand painted a new one on in colors that coordinated with the design in our heads. The rest of the work was courtesy of Charlie. He created a wooden base, painted it black and copper. The top was cut from a piece of plywood and then covered with a luxurious faux ostrich skin fabric. The handle was removed from the lid and a wooden base for the copper colored Lazy Susan was added. Now, to get to the inside of the cooler you just lift up the wooden circle under the Lazy Susan....see....

It's open all the way to the bottom of the cooler. You can fill it with ice, drinks, or even milk as one festival goer suggested this weekend.

Charlie also painted and recovered the coordinating stools. The were once black wrought iron with a wicker top, but you would never know that by looking at them now. He used the copper paint and faux ostrich skin on those as well.

Here's one last shot of it before it sold at Arts in Heart this weekend.