If it won't fit through your door, why are you keeping it? Do you intend to use it as outdoor furniture?

that's exactly what I've been using it as. It's on my covered back porch and we've been using it for afternoon drinks.

Great.. Can you post a pic of your whole porch so we can see what it looks like?

It needs to be sanded and polyurethane-d. That will protect it from the elements. Nice table!

Post a photo of the porch too.

here are two pics of full porch. To be clear I'm not looking to do any sprucing up of the porch right now. I'm not changing the chairs or anything else at this point. Just trying to see if the table can be salvaged. I was thinking it would need a polyurethane stain. It might help to hide some of the imperfections. I'm afraid to do too much sanding because this veneer is really thin.

I'm not sure the top is salvageable, but the base looks lovely! Would it be possible to replace the top with something like butcher block? (and if the top comes off, you can bring it in the house).

Don’t sand too hard or with sandpaper that is too rough. Your goal is to get the top somewhat smoother so the polyurethane holds better. It has character, which shouldn’t be “sanded away”. It’s unique!

I would laminate the top.

It seems it would have to fit through the doors sideways, unless all your doors are under 30" wide?

Sand it until it is smooth…then paint it with spray can paint…this type of paint is inexpensive and excellent for outdoor use as it has a high glue content that will seal the finish better…and the application will be smoother than a paint brush finish..for the style of it and with those chairs I would use satin finish in black…

A circular straw place mat…matching the other color on the chair will make a matching set..

Add a pretty outdoor rug and you have an inviting/irresistible outdoor spot

Great ideas. I was thinking of painting given the damage. I hadn't thought of replacing the top all together. it is a cool pattern on top that I wish I could just lightly sand and add polyurethane. But it may be too far gone. I think a circular straw mat over a dark paint would look really cool.

njmomma when you say laminate do you mean like a countertop laminate?

If you really love this table, it might be worth a trip to a stone yard to see if you can get a remnant cut to size. Then it will be bulletproof.

As long as the stone won’t be too heavy and crush it

^^^^.Yes!

Sand it with 400 to see the condition better. Then, if you think it can be used, I'd use Ciranova Ecofix Plus as the finish. ECOFIX PLUS (ciranovastore.com)

Decoupage and polyurethane is another creative way to salvage a damaged table top:

About fitting it through a door - does the pedestal detach from the top?

I would gently refinish what you can and then maybe stencil or freehand a design to hide the worst. Maybe a compass rose in the center. A dragon, a spilled vase of flower, maybe some Trompe l'oeil .I wish Beth would answer she is the refinishing furniture

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Really great ideas guys. I think I'll take a trip to the stone and tile store this weekend and see if I can find any remnants. Decoupage looks cool but may be above mu skill range. I'm closer inspection of the table I'm not noticing even more damage and cracks in the top veneer. Sadly I think covering it is my only option. Though I think I will try to protect the base so that doesn't get any damage. Unfortunately the top can't be disconnected unless I saw it off

i'll still take ideas on and how to protect and refinish the base. Sounds like a polyurethane stain would be best.

Are those bolts I spy on the underside of the top?

The stone place may have half-thick pieces…. Worth asking. Let us know if you find anything.

I’d probably replace the top with a new veneer, or a new top all together, and then I’d use a marine grade finish like Waterlox marine sealer over all the wood after I got it all of the current finish off of it. I’d also make sure no wood was touching the concrete below it... you’ll want something between them like a metal riser of some sort.

Carol, those are bolts!!! I never bothered to look. Maybe I can take the top off.

Let us know,if those bolts removed the top. That would be a huge surprise.

Yes I was able to remove the top. Thank you Carol! Now I just need to figure out what to do. The base is not in as good as condition as I thought, as I see some delamination happening but I think it's still salvageable. I need to take another look at all the suggestions. It's possible that this table just isn't a fit for the outdoors which is a shame because I did like how it looked on my patio. Maybe I'll look into that waterlox product.

You can put a waterproof product on the legs if you want this for your patio. I had an extra piece of granite at the end of my kitchen-laundry room renovation and my stone guy asked if I was going to make it into a table. Granite is definitely a great outdoor product. Let us know what you think.