Map Table Remodel

Our friends that live a couple houses down had shown me a table that they wanted made into a coffee table and asked if I would be interested in taking on the project.  After looking at the table and hearing the story behind it, I was ready to get started.

 Our neighbor used to work at a restaurant up the Northeastern US somewhere called the Charthouse.  And every table had some type of inlaid map.  When he left there years ago, he ended up with a few and had already had one made into a coffee table, but this one was sitting in the garage still waiting on it's remodel. Table was in good shape, obviously had to get rid of the base and then dismantle it.

The ends flip out to accommodate more diners.  He wanted to keep this functionality.

Mock up of the table, got the map off and about to take everything apart and sand it all down.

And the finished product.  I used Rustoleum stain in the Kona color, did 2 coats and wiped it off after applying a few strokes.  Clear coated in a semi-gloss to give it a little more shine.  I replaced all the screws and gave the map a good cleaning.  It turned out really well and they were very happy!

Thanks for looking!