I have always wanted to make one of these wine barrel tables from the first time I saw them. I wanted my table to be more fine furniture and I wanted to make it personal to me.
When I found some wine barrels at our local university for $50 I bought 5 of them. I wanted to try and make something different with each barrel. I looked on Pinterest for inspiration and saw one similar to this with a fire pit in the middle. This gave me the idea to add a wine bucket in the middle where your ice, wine and drinks can be stored while you are sitting around the table chatting. They were all mainly rustic which is not a look I like. The girly side of me wants my projects to look pretty so they will look great inside and out. This tutorial combines a few of my wine barrel tables showing tips and tricks I learnt along the way.
I have made a few of these tables over the past few years and I try and give each table a unique feature. For this table, I wanted to add the Greek key design. I first thought about getting a stencil made and adding the Greek key design around the border of the table. But I could not find one that had more than one repeat which would take me forever to do, and I am not the most patient DIY. So I turned to google for ideas and I found a design that made it look so simple. This tutorial is not on how to make the wine barrel table but Just how to make the Greek key top. For a wine barrel tutorial
Over the years I have made a few wine barrel tables and every now and then they come with 2 extra bands. I always removed them because it looked better with only a few. I then had a few lying around and wanted to try and recycle them into something useful for the house. I had seen many ideas on Pinterest and they were mainly used as garden decoration, but I wanted something different. A firewood stand was my first choice. I thought It would look great next to an indoor wood fire. I had some rope that I bought years ago when our local hardware store closed down, so finally found a use for it.