Make a Rustic Coffee table for your living room

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Coffee table is an important piece of furniture in our abodes.When you want a new coffee table for your home, there are twooptions – you can either purchase it from the market, or buildone at home from readily available things.

If you want to build a solid wood coffee table that’s sustainableand rustic, check out the following DIY steps to reach at one ofthe finest tables unlike one that you will find from a similar pricein the market.

Things (tools) you’d require:

• White pine boards

• Brad Nailer

• Miter Saw

• Air compressor

• Sander

• Table saw

The frame

A solid frame is key to a table’s strength and show. It wastherefore foremost for me to create a solid frame which alsoappealed to the eye. For my table’s frame – I took a 2×4 plankand slit it and used the piece for the corners. Using 1×4 sizehooks, and sticking the parts together with brad nailer andwood glue.

To the top

For the table’s surface, use 1×8 white pine boards. The boardswere hooked to the frame after they were sanded properly.

Sides of the table

For the sides of the surface, use 1×6 white pine boards. Four ofthese will be required. Then, to ensure the four corners of thetable fit sung and fell like done by a pro, cut the boards on bothends at 45 degrees.

Side boards

In table, if you want boards on the sides – both on the top andat the bottom; you can skip this if you feel your table lookscomplete with whatever you have managed already. If you wantto make the sides secure, use similar 1×6 white pine boards andcut them at 45 degree angle on both ends.

Finishing

Since, this table was supposed to look rustic, distress the tableat places with knife and made hole on the table so it could looklike bug damage. Then fill it with wood puddy and sanded it.