Outdoor furniture can be expensive, boring, and flimsy, but this creative DIY will allow you to make your own sturdy dining ...

Even if you know no one, you can usually snag a cable-spool tabletop under a shaded tree ... or a friendly face asks you for an extra seat. Large picnic tables and pingpong tournaments are only ...

but you can substitute the spools with cable reels of different sizes to make alternate versions. Instead of a backyard table to dine around, it could transition to a cute coffee table.