Not necessarily trash such as milk jugs and packing peanuts, although that has happened - But more like items that people are planning to take to the Goodwill or broken pieces that people are trying to offload in their yard sales for $1. Growing up, my dad and granddad were always into thrifting/bargain hunting/picking, so naturally, I became rather fond of it all and begin doing it on my own as a sort of hobby. 

A few months ago @uglysweater and I were visiting our hometown of Nashville, while there, I went bargain hunting every weekend, one day I came across a killer deal. Remember the Sassafras rounds that I turned into a table in Part 1? Well, the same day that I found those, I had actually gone to this guy's house to pick up the beautiful y-shaped slab of Elm you will see in today's piece. I gave him $1o for it, because I knew it would make a beautiful coffee table - Then I brought it all the way back to Idaho with us because I ran out of time in Nashville. And those super retro legs? Yeah, I scored those from a local junk sale - 4 for $1.

They were perfect for this slab! They were originally a brass color with a bit of rust mixed in, but I just to sand them down and spray them a matte back...Yeah, yeah, I know. I have an obsession with matte black. - So? I trimmed up the ends of the slab to make them a bit cleaner and then sanded the entire slab to 220 grit. I applied some New American stain, added about 3 coats of Tung oil and a layer of wax to make it super smooth, attached the legs and took pictures for a listing.