Giving Old Items a New Purpose

A friend gave 2 very rust iron tables.  They were on her patio and the glass top had broken on one of them.  I think the tables had once been brass or just an iron finish.  I love rust patina so I didn't want to cover it up.  I had a Pantone sample of Emerald, the Pantone 2013 color of the year.  I dry brushed the color on so that the rust was visible in places.  Then I cut wood rounds and made seats.  

On to the table.  I picked up a coat rack out of a neighbor's trash pile.  I quickly found the reason they had trashed it.  It was in three pieces and the top piece would not stand up straight and certainly would hold the weight of anything hanging.  I finally gave up trying to fix it and threw away the top piece (after removing the hooks, I'll use those on another project).  It still had a screw on it so I picked out a wood round from Lowes, pre-drilled the hole and voila! I had a table.  I don't think anyone would ever suspect its origin.

Separately, the stools would be great as a vanity stool and an occasional table or end table. All three pieces together makes a cute bistro set.