Selection of ready-made tables in furniture store huge, and it won’t be difficult to choose the model that fits perfectly into the interior. But it’s even easier and cheaper to make a coffee table with your own hands. This does not require either expensive materials or special tools. And all the work, even for a beginner in carpentry, will take a maximum of two to three hours.
DIY coffee table
Since there is a wide variety of wooden coffee tables, drawings of several models will be given below. They differ not only in appearance, but also in complexity of implementation.
Rustic style
To make such a piece of furniture, it is not advisable to use laminated wood. The table will look truly chic if you make it from solid oak, hornbeam, or boxwood. But since these wood species are very expensive, they can be replaced with birch, spruce or ash. A big advantage would be the use of old boards that bear the imprint of time, or artificially aged ones. This material does not need to be painted or varnished; it looks harmonious in itself.
Blueprints
This model does not require strict adherence to diagrams and instructions. It is easy to make, changing all sizes at will. The initial parameters are shown below.
All values are in inches. If it is not possible to get a ruler or square with markings in this metric system, you need to convert them to centimeters. To do this, just multiply the amount by 2.54.
Materials
For production you will need:
- Boards at least 3 cm thick.
- Self-tapping screws.
- Wood for cutting tenons.
- Wood glue.
- Paint, stain and varnish (optional).
Tools
In the process of work you cannot do without:
- Fraser.
- Knife saw.
- Screwdriver.
- Electric drills.
- Chisels.
- Grinding machine or sandpaper.
Step-by-step instruction
During the work process, you will have to perform the following operations sequentially:
- Preparation. It consists of three stages:
- Lay out the boards, indicating the location of all the parts.
- Cut out the parts according to the drawn outline.
- Sand each cut with sandpaper or treat grinder. If the surface of the wood is rough, it should also be brought to complete smoothness.
- Creation of technological holes. The task is to drill them in places where the parts will be fastened with wooden tenons. These are the connection points of the legs with horizontally laid transverse side strips in the lower and upper parts, as well as the connection points of the planks that make up the tabletop. To make work easier, the tabletop can be assembled not with tenons, but with the help of several slats attached from the inside with self-tapping screws and glue.
- Cutting out the thorns. Based on the diameter and length of the resulting holes, wooden tenons are prepared.
- Product assembly. It is performed in several stages:
- First, the tabletop planks are mounted to each other. Regardless of the type of connection used, on wooden tenons or on slats nailed across, it does not hurt to use glue at the joints. The main thing is to make sure that drops of glue do not leak onto the front side.
- After this, the legs and side strips are assembled, the bottom shelf and decorative cross bars on the sides are mounted.
- The tabletop is screwed to the upper side planks with self-tapping screws.
Unusual
This table will really appeal to those who purchased a sofa without armrests. You can put a laptop or a cup of coffee on it, and put things that you want to keep at hand. Because the Bottom part fits under the sofa, it does not take up extra space, and if necessary, you can turn it upside down and it will turn into a regular coffee table or children's table.
Blueprints
Dimensions are in inches. To convert them to centimeters, you need to multiply by 2.54. You can change the width and length of the elements according to individual needs.
Parameters of main parts:
Internal vertical crossbar, which serves as additional support:
Materials
To create such a convenient and useful piece of furniture you only need:
- Boards.
- Self-tapping screws.
- Wood glue.
- Paint, varnish, stain are used as desired. If the interior is made in boring colors (gray or beige), it is recommended to make the table bright and add a few more accent items of the same color to the room. These could be curtains, pillows, a flower pot.
Tools
Tools can be found at home for any person who likes to make something out of wood with their own hands:
- Hacksaw saw.
- A grinding machine that can successfully replace sandpaper.
- Screwdriver.
- Glue brush.
Description of work
There is nothing difficult in making such an unusual coffee table No. The work will take little time and require almost no special skills:
- Cut out the material. Details are drawn on the boards, guided by the drawings. You need two identical elements for the top and bottom, a longer vertical element, a vertical internal crossbar and four small strips to create the “leg”.
- Sawing. Cut out all the parts with a hacksaw.
- Grinding. Remove all splinters and roughness on the cuts and other parts of the parts using a grinding machine.
- Decorative processing. The parts are covered with stain, paint and/or varnish.
- Assembly. All elements are connected to each other according to the diagram. Since large loads on this table are not provided for by its design, you can only get by using wood glue. For reliability, it is worth screwing in self-tapping screws in several places.
If you need a colored table, but there is no way to use varnish and paint and then wait for them to dry, it is better to use self-adhesive film.
Making a transforming table
Coffee table- the transformer easily turns into a dining table or work surface. Making one with your own hands is no more difficult than a regular one, but it is much more convenient to use.
When folded, the table looks like a rectangular cabinet, and when unfolded, its tabletop becomes taller and doubles in size.
Blueprints
Drawings are for reference only wooden elements table. It makes no sense to make a transformation mechanism with your own hands, since buying a ready-made one will cost less and significantly reduce time costs.
Tools and materials
To make a transforming coffee table you will need the following tools:
- Screwdriver.
- Knife saw.
- Electric drill.
- Sander.
- Jigsaw.
- Square or ruler.
- A simple pencil.
From Supplies should be prepared:
- Boards from natural wood or MDF, chipboard, OSB panels.
- Self-tapping screws.
- Metal furniture corners.
- Loops.
- Optional - varnish, paint and stain.
- Tassels.
- Wood glue.
- Sandpaper (if you don't have a sander).
- If laminated wood panels are used, you will also need a special thermal tape for decorating the edges.
Completing of the work
Before you get to work, you should find a suitable transformation mechanism on sale. In order for the finished table to be convenient to use, you need to check the smoothness of movement in the store and make sure there are no creaks or stalls.
When all the materials and tools are prepared, you can begin making the table. This process consists of several stages:
- Marking wood. Using a pencil and a square, lines are drawn on the boards to indicate the edges of the parts. You can immediately number each element so that you don’t get confused later when assembling.
- Sawing out parts. Using a hacksaw and a jigsaw, cut out the parts along the marked lines. This work should be done carefully, as one awkward movement can ruin the material.
- Grinding. Grinding machine Each part is processed until it becomes absolutely smooth. There should not be a single splinter left on the boards, which could then get caught on clothing or cause injury.
- Impregnation with stain. This is done in one or several layers depending on the desired color of the wood. Before applying each subsequent layer, you need to wait until the previous one has dried.
- Painting or varnishing. After treatment with stain, the parts are varnished. If it has not been used, you can paint them in any desired color.
- Product assembly. Guided by the above diagram, the table is assembled using self-tapping screws, gluing all wood joints with wood glue for reliability. The load-bearing sidewalls are also reinforced from the inside with furniture corners. The two parts of the table top are fastened together with hinges so that the protruding part of the hinges is on the wrong side and does not spoil appearance unfolded table.
Table top decoration
To give your table more personality and make it unique, you can decorate the tabletop. The most popular options are aquarium, decoupage, mosaic and craquelure.
Aquarium
A tabletop base is made with small sides on the sides, various shells, sea stones and other decor are laid out on it, and then poured epoxy resin. By the way, it is not at all necessary to design the tabletop in nautical style, you can create any compositions that suit the interior.
Decoupage
Decoupage allows you to decorate the tabletop with any design you like. You can buy ready-made pictures in the store; all you have to do is glue them to the surface and varnish them. They also use paper napkins with images and even print the pictures on a printer.
The decoupage technique is performed as follows:
- The napkin is peeled off and the part that will be used for decoration is cut out with nail scissors.
- The cut piece is placed face down on a plastic bag or cling film.
- Pass over the napkin with a damp brush (not dry and not so wet that water drips from it).
- The part of the tabletop where the design will be located is smeared with glue, then a napkin is placed on top of the adhesive layer, wet side down, and the paper is slowly peeled off from the polyethylene, using a brush with glue for this.
- When the drawing is completely transferred to the table, it is covered with another layer of glue.
- If wrinkles appear, they are removed by ironing them through tracing paper.
- You can use paints to draw contours and add shadows.
- After finishing the work, the tabletop is varnished.
Mosaic
The decoration looks very original and expensive mosaic tiles. You can buy everything you need to work with mosaics at a craft store, but you should come up with a pattern yourself.
Craquelure
A beautiful web of randomly located cracks forms on the surface of the tabletop if you cover it with a special craquelure varnish, which is sold in construction hypermarkets and large craft stores. This method can be used either on its own or in combination with mosaic or decoupage.
A coffee table made by yourself will not only become a wonderful addition interior, but also a reason for pride. After all, not every home has such unique and inimitable furniture.
An alternative to purchasing furniture is the opportunity to create it yourself from scrap materials. You can make an original coffee table with your own hands in a couple of hours. The process is simple and exciting even for a beginner. It requires initial skills in handling carpentry tools, ingenuity and a certain amount of aesthetic flair.
The coffee table comes in countless varieties.
Benefits of creating home furniture on one's own:
- minimum financial costs;
- exclusivity of the model;
- individual convenience.
It’s easy to make: if drawings are required, they’re not at all complicated.
Put created on our own The sample can be in the living room, bedroom or children's room. Products created independently look great in city apartments and country cottages, delighting hosts and guests with its uniqueness and style.
A coffee table in the interior is like business suit for a man or makeup for a lady.
Which ones exactly? necessary materials will come in handy, depends on the basis of the item being collected. To make a coffee table with your own hands, you will need a variety of auxiliary things.
First of all, the decor gives the table its appearance, so it would be appropriate to start from the end: with the decoration and decoration.
It will be difficult to assemble an accurate and durable table structure without glue, varnish and sandpaper. Permanent paint will also come in handy - choose convenient sprays, they can quickly and without getting dirty to cover the entire surface of the tabletop. A good quality primer may be needed to cover the base and supports. You can buy it at a hardware store. Don’t forget the materials for decoration – fabrics of various textures and densities, lace, colored plastic or glass, etc.
It will no longer be difficult to select a design from ready-made ones or to develop your own: the loads on the object are small, and if a flaw occurs, it is not difficult to redo it or do it again.
Ancillary materials will not be superfluous - ordinary newspapers, large cardboard, plastic sheeting, so that “production” waste is not carried around the room.
The cost of labor and money is nothing at all.
To assemble the intended model, you need to prepare necessary tools.
First of all, these are a hammer, scissors, and pliers. You will need different fasteners, furniture nails (regular and rivets) or screws of different sizes.
You can decorate the table different ways, see fig.
To quickly cut wood parts, you need a hacksaw. If there carpenter's table, and you have skills in such work, then having a chisel, cutter and plane will be a plus to process the wooden base with professional precision. To decorate the elements you will need a sharp chisel or a set of carpenter's knives.
With the help of the most regular wallpaper You can quickly and inexpensively decorate the most ancient, shabby table, as long as it is strong.
What the coffee table will be like is up to you to decide. Next, we decide on the design and construction.
DIY coffee table made from pallets
To quickly do beautiful furniture, often take wood as a basis. It can be made from a regular pallet. One product without gaps and four wooden supports is enough for self-creation beautiful table.
- We start making an original table from pallets with markings.
- Having decided on the dimensions and made all the necessary marks, we cut out the middle of the pallet: a flat surface should be on the front side, a raised surface - with symmetrically located bars - on the bottom.
- Treat the legs chosen for work (preferably carved) with a primer and let them dry.
- At this time, start tinting the top and sides of the tabletop.
- When all the elements have dried, you can begin to secure them. Use nails (or screws) and hardware to connect.
Each layer, except the finishing one, is sanded after drying, but for this you need velvet sandpaper, which you can’t always find on sale.
Such models look good if they are low. An interesting coffee table can be made from an already unnecessary radiator central heating. To do this, it must be painted evenly. Instead of a tabletop, you can take glass or a wide board that fits the size.
You can bring back a pile of empty shells and sea pebbles from your vacation at sea.
For mobility, wheels from an old baby stroller are often used. The construction of a furniture masterpiece will take a minimum of time and money.
DIY coffee table from window and books
You can find a new use for an outdated window - use it to create a table with your own hands. If necessary, sand the frames and coat them with paint. Not only can they be used as supports wooden legs(bars), but also old books that do not fit on the shelves.
If you changed houses regular windows to metal-plastic ones, then you can make an interesting coffee table from one old window.
A coffee table will be convenient in the country if you spend a lot of time there. You can apply a pattern or a thin layer of matting paint to the glass of such an original tabletop.
Coffee table from the front door
Unnecessary Entrance door can also serve as a base for your table. To do this, take its central part, and the rest go to the supporting sides, since the coffee table will not be very high. For greater stability, you can make the bottom shelf from chipboard.
Well, if you replaced the input or interior doors, That old door use as material for a new table.
Cover the surfaces of the product - tabletops and supports - with tinting. Matte varnish will look good.
Often, outdated doors have embossed zoning; when using a table, this is convenient, since you can safely place a tray with dishes without fear that it will slip off.
A table made from old furniture - a wardrobe or chest of drawers
Sometimes it’s a pity to throw away good pieces of furniture that have gone out of fashion. They can serve as the basis for new products. Smooth cabinet doors, especially if they are varnished, are an excellent preparation. Legs are also useful - straight or carved, if the product is planned to be low. You can use two doors, connecting them with cut pieces from the side panels of the cabinet. This option requires very little time and is practically free.
Wooden boxes for fruits, vegetables or other items are a universal material for creating furniture with your own hands.
Chest drawers are suitable for a composite or solid table. Fitting is carried out by sawing off the protruding parts. The assembled tabletop is installed on any supports - for example, elements of the same chest of drawers, bars treated with a primer, books, etc.
DIY stump table
An unusual coffee table is made from a single piece of wood - a stump left over from a cut pine, birch or poplar. It should be wide enough and even, with beautiful rings. Depending on the height of the stump, you can choose from the following:
- with a low tabletop on thin metal legs;
- medium height without supports (the base of the stump serves as support);
- low table on wheels.
A sanded stump or log can be placed directly on the floor or wheels can be attached.
If desired, you can leave the natural appearance of the stump - with bark (leaving it as is or varnishing it) or paint it in any color, after first removing the bark. White and beige tones look best.
Suitcase table for travel lovers
You can also use vintage voluminous suitcases as a table top. This original handmade coffee table will appeal to romantic people who like to frequently spend time on educational trips.
Nowadays, coffee tables have finally gotten rid of the hypocrisy of their owners.
The basis is an old suitcase, preferably made of thin wooden planes. Leave the locks in place; they serve as fasteners. You can also leave the straps. The suitcase can be tinted or left in natural form, depending on the condition of the surface. For legs can be used as wooden blocks(or carved furniture supports), and wheels.
This kind of furniture is made from a wide variety of materials: wood, glass, steel, aluminum, plastic, chipboard and plywood.
To make the surface more resistant to moisture, you can coat it with varnish. The fasteners here can be both bolts and hardware. You can drill holes for the legs in the bottom of the suitcase itself and secure them using iron rims with spacers.
The edge of a table top made of solid wood or laminated furniture board should be processed with a router to give it beautiful shape and then sand it with sandpaper.
Table made of logs for nature lovers
Wood is a material that can be easily processed. Sand half a wide log and thinner logs. The bark on the sides and bottom of the countertop can be left or removed. For fastening, use nails and metal angles. Instead of legs made from logs, you can take metal ones or legs from old furniture.
It seems as if this coffee table is made entirely of birch logs, but this is not the case.
Making an exclusive coffee table from wood is quite simple. Ordinary logs will serve as both the base and supports.
Reels as the basis of the product
A coffee table made from a large cable reel looks very interesting. Firstly, the round shape looks harmonious. Secondly, it can be made rotating. Thirdly, the side cavity can be used for a variety of items - magazines, books, writing instruments, disks, additional cutlery (if they are not needed on the table during tea drinking).
Large spools of industrial cable are a rare but ideal stock for coffee tables.
Its side flat sides will serve as a table top.
The coffee table can be made with or without supports, simply by placing the coil on its side. You can use the “Health” disk as a torque element.
The cavities on the sides look more interesting if they are zoned symmetrically using wooden boards secured with glue.
Making a glass table
A DIY glass coffee table is very easy to make. The usual tabletop is used thick glass(square, rectangular, round), preferably hardened, since the material is quite fragile and can crack from impact or temperature changes.
Glass – you can only use tempered glass, otherwise the reliability of the table will be in doubt.
The coffee table can rest on wooden carved legs with a wide base, books, hemp and other elements. It is advisable to make a central support for it. The elements are attached with a special durable glue.
The final stage is decoration
When decorating a hand-made sample, the most different ideas. Smooth surfaces hold a pattern or ornament around the perimeter well, while non-uniform surfaces hold appliques and other elements well.
When making a table with your own hands, you can use additional decorative inserts. If you're using a cable reel as a base, it often has a center hole. You can put a tall vase with dry plants or flowers in it.
The material you choose for decoration should be abrasion resistant. The exception is elements designed to create the impression of a vintage product.
The main thing here will be strict adherence to the proportions indicated in the drawing.
Paint tinting can also act as decorative design. You can create patterned surfaces, add natural streaks to wooden surfaces, shade parts of the elements, creating the most advantageous look for your product.
If the coffee table is unstable, then objects may slide off it, so you need to carefully adjust all the supports to the height. An embossed finish can also be used as an anti-slip measure.
The finished product is treated with stain, painted, varnished or “aged” - as desired.
For the manufacture of such models, absolutely different materials– fantasy will not allow you to limit your ideas. Try it out, come up with options for furnishings, this will make it look not only stylish, but also completely new.
Wood is the easiest material to process and the most pliable.
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A coffee table is, at first glance, not the most necessary furniture. Therefore, its acquisition is endlessly postponed.
But it is precisely such items that make the interior truly cozy and comfortable. Therefore, we are sharing ideas that will tell you how to make a stylish coffee table with your own hands and not go broke.
1. Democratic and accessible
Table made of boards and boxes.
To make such a table you will need a pair of metal or plastic boxes and two large boards. Don't forget to fasten the structure securely.
2. For the smartest
Elegant mini table.
Books with beautiful covers and small glass for the table top are all the materials for such a coffee table. The books must be glued together, and the glass can be fixed to them using silicone glue, which becomes transparent after drying.
3. Ordered chaos
Original do-it-yourself coffee table.
A coffee table made of flat elements fastened together in a chaotic manner is an idea that is easy to implement. Wooden cuts, parts of boards, and large books are suitable. 
Table made of wooden cuts.
4. Industrial style
An industrial cable reel can become a table.
A reel for industrial cables is a thing that cannot be found on every corner. But if you are lucky enough to become the owner of this item, it can be used to make an excellent coffee table. 
Functional coffee table.
5. Table for car enthusiasts
Reliable tire table.
Coffee table from car tire will last for many years. But it is advisable to use the tire without damage. All that remains is to paint it, secure the tabletop and legs.
6. Wooden table almost free
You can make a coffee table with your own hands from pallets.
Ordinary pallets, which can be purchased for pennies, are an excellent material for making furniture. A little imagination, and the wooden coffee table is ready.
7. Second life for old boxes
Large drawers are the basis for a coffee table.
Another way to become the owner of a coffee table made of natural wood is to use old boxes as material for its manufacture. Four large drawers fastened together form a stylish desk.
8. Extravagant chic
Asymmetrical coffee table.
A coffee table with asymmetrical legs looks especially original, but at the same time luxurious. The tabletop is made of a thick board or a wooden cut.
9. From the dacha to the living room
Barrel table.
Big wooden barrel Easily converts into a coffee table. It must be cut into two parts, and then the table top and legs must be attached to one of them.
10. Spacious and functional table out of the box
Functional table out of the box.
A utility box made of plastic or wood can also be used as a coffee table. To make the table mobile, you can attach small wheels to its bottom.
11. Warm table
Furniture made of metal radiator.
An old heating radiator is a reliable basis that will help you make a coffee table with your own hands. You just need to paint it in desired color, attach the wheels and place thick glass on top.
12. From the interior door
An old door can also come in handy.
An interior door that has served its purpose becomes a material for making a coffee table with your own hands. It must be cut into several parts and fastened together.
13. If it’s a pity to quit and it’s hard to carry
Coffee table from a suitcase.
An old suitcase can become an original tabletop for a coffee table. You just need to attach the legs to it.
14. Brutal elegance
Original legs made of pipes.
An affordable option for making legs for a coffee table is ordinary plastic or metal pipes, connected to each other by fittings. This furniture will fit perfectly into a loft-style interior.
15. From ordinary wooden beams
Wooden table made of timber.
Wooden beam folded into checkerboard pattern, will become a tabletop for a homemade coffee table. The legs can be made from thick metal wire.
Today I will tell you about creating a coffee table. In principle, it is not as difficult as it seems, you just need to have all the necessary tools and desire. And for work we need this:
- furniture board or laminated chipboard;
- jigsaw;
- electric drill;
- roulette;
- pencil and ruler;
- clamps;
- decorative edge and iron;
- different fasteners;
- rollers;
Making a coffee table on wheels with your own hands
So how do we make a coffee table with your own hands at the lowest cost and at the same time so that it has an original shape?
First of all, we turn on our imagination and come up with the shape of the table, then we draw its diagram and decide on the dimensions. I came up with my own diagram of a coffee table and this is what its drawing will look like.
Coffee table diagram
Dimensions of the top cover of my future piece of furniture self made– 75x55 cm, and the bottom – 65x45 cm. The side parts have an arbitrary figured configuration. The middle shelf will serve as a stiffening rib with dimensions of 55x25 cm. Coffee table height will be equal to 50 cm without taking into account the height of the wheels. Having marked all the elements on the slab using templates, you can start cutting them out.
Marking the chipboard board To ensure that as few chips as possible are formed when sawing with a jigsaw, you need to draw firmly along the cut lines several times. sharp knife.
To saw a chipboard board, we use a file with the smallest tooth and set the jigsaw to a reduced speed. When working, we try to guide the jigsaw evenly along the cutting line, eliminating the appearance of waves. If one does appear, then you can trim the cut with a rasp, using a “pull-away” movement. So, first we cut out the rectangular parts of the coffee table with our own hands.
We cut rectangular pieces of chipboard Then we proceed to the side ones. To make both sides exactly the same, we will cut them together. To do this, we fold two blanks “facing” each other and tighten it all with clamps. Then we apply markings according to the template and cut out the outer outline. To saw inside the workpieces, you need to drill holes with a diameter of at least 10 mm in the corners of the drawing. Insert the jigsaw blade into the hole and begin sawing. This way we get rid of the internal areas and get the same sides.
Cutting out the inner parts of the side panels All our components of the table are ready, now we need to paste over all the sections with decorative furniture edge(and if you modernize this one a little, then the edge of the table will look much more decorative). This is done using a hot iron. We place the tape with the adhesive side on the cut side and align it with the edges. Then, holding it, iron it on top with a hot iron. We do this with our own hands with all the external and internal sections of the elements of the coffee table.
Glue the decorative edge If the width of the tape is larger than the end of the slab, then cut off the excess part with a sharp knife, and carefully blot the cut of the tape with stain (you can use an ear stick).
Now we mark the attachment points for the middle part of the table - the shelf and the sides. The fastening here will be special screws for furniture - confirmats. Given the special structure of this fastener, you will need a special drill to drill holes for it. If there is none, then you can use three ordinary ones: under the screw part, under the expanded part and under the cap. By drilling holes you can fasten the shelf and sides.
Assembling the middle part of the coffee table Next we will attach the completed middle part to the top cover. To do this, we will place our elements in the position in which they should be in the finished table and mark the places for metal corners and holes for screws. Then we will fasten these parts of our table.
Screw the middle to the top cover We turn the coffee table over with our own hands and similarly connect the structure to the bottom lid, using the same furniture metal corners. Next, we put our table on wheels. We mark the installation locations of the rollers on the underside and secure them with screws.
Screw on the wheels That's all! Our handmade coffee table is ready! IN new year holidays You can successfully place something like this on it or serve it beautifully romantic dinner. This is how, without using much effort and without calling in specialists for help, and especially without spending the family budget, you can acquire a very useful piece of furniture.
Our original coffee table By the way, such a piece of furniture can be used for further decoration - decoupage, painting or appliqué, it all depends on you and your desire to decorate the interior of the room.
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How and from what to make a cool table with your own hands
Many people dream of decorating the interior of their apartment with exclusive, interesting designer pieces of furniture. The stores offer a huge number of similar interior items, but the prices for them are often simply fabulous. With a little effort, you can do some things yourself. For example, various scrap materials make excellent coffee tables, which will become a real decoration of any interior and a source of pride for home owners.
Marine style table
In order to make your own coffee table in a marine style, you will need an old window frame, which must first be cleaned of dust and dirt. Then, if necessary, insert new glass into the frame, clean the surface of the structure from paint and sand it with sandpaper. The surface of the frame should be covered acrylic paint or white enamel.
To make the legs you will need a cutting, which must be cut into 4 equal parts. To remove all roughness and unevenness, the surfaces of the legs should be treated with sandpaper. Can be used as a base furniture board or a board whose width does not exceed the width window frame. The legs are attached to the base using long self-tapping screws. Also, the base with legs are attached to the frame with self-tapping screws.
Since the frame is an empty transparent box that can be filled with attributes marine theme: pebbles, shells and souvenirs brought from vacation. To give the table a complete look, its legs can be braided with a thin rope.
Table from a suitcase
An original table can also be made from an old suitcase. For such a piece of furniture, you will need to purchase furniture legs. They can be either metal or wood. If you use special wheels, you can get an original model of a mobile coffee table. You will also need a screwdriver, screws and a piece of plywood for the job.
First of all, you need to cut a rectangle out of plywood, the dimensions of which must correspond to the width and length of the bottom of the suitcase. Plywood is placed on the bottom of the suitcase and markings are made for the legs. Using a screwdriver and screws, the legs are attached to the base of the suitcase. Then felt is glued to the base, inside the suitcase. The table is ready.
There are many various options turning an old suitcase into a coffee table. By choosing the right legs, the table can be made in a classic or retro style.
Table made of logs
Making a table from logs is also not difficult at all. To do this, you will need small logs of approximately the same thickness and height (32 pieces). You should also prepare a base for the table, 4 wheels for furniture or legs, putty, glue suitable for wood, and a screwdriver.
First you need to make a base for the table, along the perimeter of which there will be logs. The middle of the warp is sewn up with cardboard. Legs or wheels are attached to the underside of the base. In order for the table to appear to be made entirely of logs, small round dies must be glued to the surface of the cardboard. All voids formed between the dies are covered and thoroughly rubbed to create a smooth surface of the table. You can decorate such a table with branches.
Instead of large quantity small logs, to make a coffee table in a similar way, you can use one thick cut of a log.
Pallet table
Even the most ordinary pallets that can be found on each one will make an excellent coffee table. To work you need to prepare:
Wooden pallets;
Hammer;
Drill;
Nail puller;
Clamps;
Glue;
Screws;
Screwdriver;
Legs or wheels;
Primer;
Soap.
First of all, the surface of the pallets must be cleaned of dirt. To do this, you can use a drill with a wood cutting attachment. You should also use a nail puller to get rid of old nails and disassemble the pallets into pieces. All damaged and broken pieces of boards must be glued together. Gently clamp the boards with clamps and let them dry thoroughly. Then glue the prepared parts of the tabletop on the back side and again with clamps. After complete drying, the surface of the table must be coated with a layer of primer and then varnish. TO back side The resulting table must be equipped with wheels or legs. To make it easier to attach the screws to the table, their surfaces can be rubbed with regular soap.
After all the work done, you will get a functional, stylish and compact table.
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