The design is very simple - a tabletop and support legs or base. Of course, the item may be more complex and include additional countertops, drawers, shelves, etc., but for self-made these devices are not that complicated.
But a thing made with your own hands is always completely unique.
This kind of furniture is made from a wide variety of materials: wood, glass, steel, aluminum, plastic, chipboard and plywood. And also from much more exotic materials: tree trunks, fittings, scrap metal, literally, leather, fabric, rods and so on. Accordingly, different manufacturing tools will be required.
The main list looks like this:
- a jigsaw is the main working tool;
- electric drill and a set of corresponding drills;
- hacksaw for wood or metal;
- hammer - wooden or rubber, tape measure, level and pencil;
- screwdrivers, hex key, if you need to work with confirmations, file;
- glass cutter if you plan to work with glass.
Materials are selected in accordance with the model, practical experience and financial capabilities.
- Wood materials – furniture board, veneered MDF, laminated chipboard, plywood. Solid wood is one of the most expensive options; chipboard and plywood are much more affordable and much easier to process. Most models industrial production solid wood is used for frames and legs, and tabletops are made of MDF and chipboard.
- The legs require a separate approach. They can be made from wooden beams of the appropriate section. However, even round form legs will require the use of a milling machine. On the other hand, it is on the machine that products of a more complex configuration can be formed. If such equipment is in household no, the legs can be ordered from a woodworking shop.
- Glass – you can only use tempered glass, otherwise the reliability of the table will be in doubt. Glass thickness – 5–8 mm. It is entirely acceptable to use acrylic glass if the coffee table is not intended to be used as a seat: designers are now actively offering such models.
- Metal - this option requires equipment, skills, and special knowledge.
The same can be said about a material that is more than flexible and accessible - willow twig. Wicker tables are very popular in modern living rooms, but they certainly require some skill to make.
Fastening and additional devices - edges, screws, nails, rollers, suction cups are selected in accordance with the material of the product.
Coffee table from a car engine, made by yourself
How to make a coffee table with your own hands
No matter how simple this product may be, execution requires great care and attention. After all, a coffee table is a decoration of the living room, and, therefore, it should be beautiful, elegant or unusual, depending on the style, but in any case, made with high quality.
If you still have chipboard boards after the renovation, then make a coffee table out of them with your own hands, as shown in the following master class:
Made of wood
Wood is the easiest material to process and the most pliable. This means that the shape and design of products made from it literally have no restrictions. Made from wood and fibreboards various kinds You can make a wonderful thing with a minimum of skills and tools.
The main thing here will be strict adherence to the proportions indicated in the drawing. You can create the latter yourself or use a ready-made project.
- Choose the shape of the tabletop - square, oval, curved. The latter is easier to make from chipboard or plywood. The material is cut with a jigsaw and a hacksaw.
- The edge of the table top is made of solid wood or glued wood furniture board it should be processed with a milling cutter to give it a beautiful shape, and then sanded with sandpaper. The edge of the chipboard table top is processed grinder or a drill with the required attachment.
- Legs can be made different ways: glue several round or quart-shaped boards, grind wooden blocks with a router, buy ready-made ones or use unusual material. It is considered very fashionable to install the tabletop on cuttings of curved branches or even stumps. The legs are attached to the tabletop using corners, screws or glue, depending on the material.
- When a coffee table is made of chipboard, especially in designs where shelves are intended, it is not the legs that are made, but the supporting sides. Such a product is assembled onto tongues, for which holes are drilled at the ends of the sidewalls. Fastening with tongues is duplicated with glue.
- The shelves are cut out of chipboard and fixed with tongues or screws.
- Somewhat more difficult to assemble drawer. It is very important for this part to respect the angles and planes, so the elements and each connection must be checked with a level.
- The finished product is treated with stain, painted, varnished or “aged” - as desired.
With infinity effect
A plane with a tunnel effect is obtained by combining two parallel mirrors and a light source placed between them. The top mirror should be translucent, that is, with a light reflection level of 50% and light transmission of 50%.
A monochrome LED strip is used as a light source; the color of the radiation is chosen to suit your taste. Glass with mirror coating or acrylic glass with mirror film is used as a translucent mirror.
- The tabletop in the form of a frame is assembled from aluminum profile or chipboard. In the latter case, the frame element is made from two fragments of chipboard with different widths so that a protrusion is formed.
- A mirror is inserted into the frame. Then the LED strip is attached to the ledge or directly to the profile.
- The tabletop is covered with a translucent mirror. The distance between the two mirrors is 75–80 mm, but it can be more. The fact is that the depth of the “tunnel” is determined by the distance between the mirrors and is calculated by multiplying the distance by 16.
- The tabletop is checked by connecting to a power source - via a transformer, of course. And then the product is secured to the legs or sides.
DIY coffee table with infinity effect
On wheels
Making a coffee table mobile is very simple. To do this, the store selects rollers based on the weight of the product, and then fastens it with self-tapping screws or self-tapping screws to the legs, base, sides - whatever. The rollers are hardly noticeable and appearance products have virtually no effect.
In non-classical styles - loft, Scandinavian, retro, on the contrary, large ones are selected, their presence is emphasized, since in this case they play the role of a decorative element.
Do you want to make a coffee table on wheels with your own hands? Then next video to help you:
Glass
This option differs from the wooden one only in the features of working with glass.
- On a sheet tempered glass 5–8 mm thick mark the shape and size of the future tabletop.
- Then with a glass cutter, pre-lubricated sunflower oil, draw along the cutting line - a shallow notch is obtained. The glass is moved to the edge of the surface on which they are working, so that the excess fragment is suspended, and is carefully broken off.
- The operation is repeated until the tabletop of the desired shape is obtained.
- The edge of the product is processed with a file to remove large chips, and then polished with a grinder with a diamond attachment. The edge is then polished with fine-grit sandpaper and a felt wheel.
- The legs are secured with suction cups. The latter are first fixed to the legs and then attached to glass surface. For reliability, you can drip some glue onto the glass area.
Do you dream of a unique product with interesting effects? Then the following video will tell you how to make a glass coffee table with lighting with your own hands:
From scrap materials
Don't have any extra chipboards or glass scraps on hand? No problem! You can make coffee tables with your own hands from scrap materials. And then we will tell you about the features of creating such a product.
The material for the coffee table is not classic style Literally anything can serve.
- The easiest way to make the interior special is to make a coffee table, albeit a small one, from hemp. You can use a “whole” stump, that is, only with cut roots at a certain height. If the product needs to be given mobility, then the cut should be the same size on the upper and lower sections. The technology is simple: a fragment of a trunk or stump is leveled, flat surfaces are sanded and coated with a transparent polyurethane varnish. Holes are drilled at the bottom of the stump and 3 or 4 rollers are secured.
- It is no more difficult to make an option where a stump with “roots” serves as a support for a glass tabletop. The latter is cut out according to the scheme described above and simply glued to the top of the stump.
A model where the table is formed by vertically standing sections of thin trunks or branches will require a little more patience - it takes time to collect an armful of the required size. Fragments of trunks are fixed on a base made of chipboard, glued together with a composition based on epoxy resin, level and polish the “table top”. The product is opened with varnish.
- For Provence or retro style, a model made from a hard suitcase is suitable. Holes are drilled in its lower part and secured to the legs with self-tapping screws. The suitcase can be decorated or painted.
- A table made from a cable reel looks good in the loft style. The latter is painted and installed on rollers so that it can rotate around its own axis, and the space between the base and the tabletop is divided by partitions into compartments or shelves. A multifunctional mobile table is formed.
- A tribute to fashionable European traditions - a wooden pallet, treated with stain and installed on large rollers. The product is covered with glass on top and an original display case is obtained.
- A very interesting model made from bicycle wheels. It is a little more difficult to implement, as it requires some skill in working with metal. Arcs serve as a base complex shape, to which the tabletop is secured with self-tapping screws. The latter is made of a wheel covered on top with a round glass screen. For safety, the edge of the tabletop wheel is sealed plastic edge, and cut pieces of hose are put on the ends of the legs.
Unusual handmade coffee tables for the living room
From a stump on wheels From a processed stump From a suitcase From a car rim
From tires From cable reels Crankshaft Wooden pallet
Product drawing with dimensions
On renovation sites or communities you can find drawings of almost any design. In most cases, they offer not only sketches with dimensions, but also detailed diagram assemblies. The latter can be very useful when the model design is really complex and includes different elements.
- Most often, products made from chipboard or plywood are offered for self-production, for the simple reason that these materials are easy to process, affordable and light in weight.
- Drawings for tables made of glass are somewhat less common. Firstly, at home, it is possible to do only one option - with glass table top, and, secondly, the structure of such a model is extremely simple.
- Original coffee tables made from unusual materials, as a rule, are presented on forums without drawings or dimensions. But the assembly and fastening features are described in detail, since from the point of view home handyman these points are the most important.
The following photos and drawings with dimensions will tell you how to make it yourself.
Drawings of coffee tables
Side table Square On wheels
With drawer With glass top Transformer
How to restore a coffee table with your own hands
Really old products from the late 19th – early 20th centuries are subjected to this procedure. Mass-produced furniture usually does not have aesthetic value, and here repairs come down not so much to restoring a coffee table with your own hands, but to decorating.
This work is painstaking and requires time and patience. You will need hand tools - a nail puller, screwdrivers, pliers, chisels, etc., and an electric drill. Materials: sandpaper of varying degrees of grain, wire brush, varnish, stain, if the color of the furniture needs to be changed.
- The table is disassembled whenever possible. Firstly, it is necessary to carefully examine all the parts, since some of them are probably deformed or dry due to age. If any element becomes unusable, it can always be ordered from the workshop. Secondly, it is much more convenient to treat surfaces and remove varnish from parts rather than from the whole product.
- When dismantling, it is best to drill out screws and dowels.
- Varnish and paint are removed from the surface. If the layer is thin, you can remove it wire brush and regular sandpaper. If the coating is thick or areas are damaged, best effect Use an electric drill with a brush attachment. You can also use a grinder.
If the table is made of valuable wood or there are carved parts, then it is recommended to remove the varnish using a special paste, which is used by professional restorers. If you cannot find a remedy, you will have to clean the threads and bent wood cloth sandpaper.
- The cleaned surface is degreased with acetone or alcohol based products.
- If scratches and chips cannot be removed by grinding, then the defects are puttyed, and after the putty has dried, the putty is carefully sanded.
- Deep cracks and faults are eliminated as follows: the crack is glued, the part is pulled together and fixed in a clamp until completely dry - 12–15 hours. You can use self-tapping screws to tighten them; after the glue dries, they are removed.
- All joints are cleaned and glued if necessary.
- The table is treated with stain: old wood usually darkens and loses its brightness, the stain returns expressiveness to the material. Then the product is opened with varnish in 2-3 layers.
- After all the parts have dried, the product is assembled.
Below we will present a photo of how you can update a coffee table with your own hands.
Hand-restored coffee tables
Varnishing and painting Mosaic Covering with photo paper with images Covering with leather Coffee stains
Magazine wooden table is a classic that will never disappear from living rooms. Whatever style is implemented in the interior, there is always a place for an elegant and beautiful thing made of wood. Originality and beauty are not a property expensive material, but the result of imagination, a sense of proportion and taste. Not everyone can afford expensive beech or marble, but show Creative skills and anyone can make something unusual.
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The coffee table was an integral attribute of Soviet sets upholstered furniture. According to the plan, such a set necessarily included a sofa, a couple of armchairs and, in fact, a table. The times of the Union of the Indestructible have long since sunk into oblivion, but the coffee table is still in demand. Of course, it can be used not only for storing magazines and other periodicals, but also, for example, for serving a romantic dinner, for handicrafts and other necessary little things. He will successfully play the role bedside table or stands for pots or vases of flowers. In general, this piece of furniture will be needed both in the living room and in the bedroom. Modern furniture stores are ready to offer many options for such tables, but real craftsmen can create their own exclusive option. This is also a way to save money, and sometimes an opportunity to extend the life of some things if you make it from scrap materials. In this article we will look at how to make a coffee table with your own hands and what you will need for this.
The simplest and most common material for making this interior element is, of course, wood. In addition, wood is perhaps the most affordable and easy-to-work material. With the help of the tools that every self-respecting man has in his arsenal, any board can become a coffee table.
Wooden coffee table - an imperishable classic
In order to make such a bench table with your own hands, you will need the following materials (all dimensions are given in cm) and tools:
- boards 2.5×7.5 (3 pcs.);
- boards 2.5×10 (1 pc.);
- boards 2.5x5 (8 pcs.);
- legs required length(4 pcs.), fastenings for them;
- screws - 3.5;
- self-tapping screws - 3;
- finishing nails - 3.75;
- glue for carpentry;
- putty, paint, primer;
- sandpaper;
- saw;
- drill;
- a pair of short and long clamps;
- roulette;
- hammer;
- Kreg Jig for hidden holes;
- sander
Everything is prepared, then let's start manufacturing:
- The ends of two 2.5×7.5 boards sawn along the length of the table must be cut at an angle of 45º. And cut 2.5x5 boards with a length equal to the length of the previous boards along the internal cut.
- Place the pieces, aligning their edges, and measure the width of the table. Next, you need to cut two parts equal to the required width from a 2.5×10 board. Secure with self-tapping screws to each board.
- Make hidden holes at the ends of the crossbars. Later they will help to fasten the products with the sides.
- Use wood clamps to secure the side boards, aligning the ends, and attach with screws into the drilled countersunk holes.
- The following parts - cut out the end boards 2.5x7.5 carefully, you may need to adjust the blanks, so make them a little longer, and then gradually grind off the excess. Glue the finished ends using wood glue and secure with a belt until dry.
- Thoroughly sand the surface of the finished product. If necessary, apply putty to the joints of the boards, let it dry and sand again.
- Apply paint or stain and varnish (whatever you prefer).
- Screw on the leg mounts and screw in the legs themselves.
A handmade wooden coffee table is ready to delight you with its versatility. It can be used both as a table and as a bench.
Wooden coffee tables can be round. Let's figure out how to make such a round coffee table with your own hands. To make it you will definitely need:
- boards;
- screws;
- wood glue;
- protective agent for wooden products;
- paint, stain, varnish;
- drill;
- jigsaw;
- level;
- roulette;
- Miter saw;
- clamp clamps.
You can make a drawing for a coffee table yourself, there is nothing complicated about it. When the diagram with the dimensions you need is ready, you can start working.
Action plan:
- First, make a support. Here you need to act as your imagination and level of skill suggest. It should look something like the picture. To hold the support parts together, it is best to drill hidden holes using a Kreg Jig, secure with screws, and cover the holes with plugs.
- The support must be sanded, then treated with a protective agent and painted or stained.
- To make the top of such a coffee table with your own hands, the boards should be cut into parts equal to its diameter. Lay out, leveling the edges and surface (you can’t do without a level here). Glue with glue and secure the structure with clamps until completely dry.
- From the resulting square blank, using a special curved cutting machine, you can cut a perfectly round tabletop. A simple carpenter is unlikely to have such equipment; a company specializing in furniture manufacturing can help here. If you decide to do this operation yourself, you will have to try. To begin, draw a circle on the workpiece required diameter. Then secure the circular cut guide with a nail in the center of the marked circle and make the cut.
- The tabletop, like the base, should be carefully sanded, especially its edge, then treated with an antiseptic and painted (varnished).
If you wish, you can use stencils to apply a design, for example a dial, as in the photo, or maybe something else. It all depends on your imagination. This homemade table will decorate any interior, even the most sophisticated one.
Coffee table made from pallets
Construction pallets are very versatile construction material. If you wish, you can use them to make many useful, comfortable, and most importantly, exclusive pieces of furniture.
DIY coffee table made from pallets - simply quickly unforgettable
If you have already had thoughts about how to make a coffee table from construction pallets with your own hands, we will help you to realize them. To do this, we need the pallets themselves and the usual set of tools and materials for working with wooden products, namely:
- hacksaw or jigsaw;
- sanding machine or sandpaper;
- drill;
- screws;
- wood antiseptic;
- paint, stain, varnish (at your discretion).
Operating procedure:
- To make a table from pallets, first select the appropriate material. Select pallets carefully. The boards should not have large knots, as well as mold and signs of destruction. It is best to disassemble the pallet into planks before starting work. Clean each of them, then saw off the necessary part, sand it and coat it with an antiseptic. You can paint it right away, it will be much more convenient, because in assembled form It will be impossible to get into some places. Then tighten with screws necessary design and finally varnish.
- It is best to make such a table on wheels. To do this, you can use furniture wheels, or better yet, wheels for carts. The latter are more reliable, and their appearance is more suitable.
- Another option is to make small legs for such a table from small bars, and the surface of the table can be covered with durable glass of the required size.
Your DIY pallet table is ready. As it turns out, you can create an exceptional thing by spending very little time, and most importantly, money. But construction pallets not the only available material from which you can make a small coffee table. For example, standard wooden boxes will cope well with this task.
This handmade coffee table will serve you faithfully for a long time, if you approach the issue of its creation seriously, despite all its apparent simplicity.
It would be advisable to make a table from a log or a picturesque stump, for example. It will decorate the interior in country style. It can be on wheels and have a tabletop unusual shape made of durable glass.
Folding coffee table, how to make
We all want to save more free space in our apartment. An abundance of furniture cluttering up all available space has long been unwelcome. However, having little furniture is also not the ultimate dream. There is only one way out - interior items that easily perform several functions. This is what a transformer table is. When folded, it is small in size and acts as a cabinet or coffee table, but when disassembled it is a full-fledged dinner table, which will help you host guests or arrange a family dinner. How to make such a transformer with your own hands?
They will help you create drawings of such a table. computer programs. With their help, you can calculate all the nuances.
The best material for creating a transformer is laminated chipboard.
Buy responsibly necessary accessories. The durability of the mechanism, and, consequently, the table as a whole depends on it. Mechanisms for folding tables can be purchased in the store.
Thus, when unfolded, this table is very stable and can easily become a dining table.
100 examples of coffee tables
Now you know that you can easily make a small coffee table yourself. At your request, it will be foldable or non-collapsible, on legs or on wheels, in the color of wood or painted. Imagine, try, and your interior will be unforgettable for little money.
Many things can be done with your own hands. This is difficult in most cases, only at first glance. The new review collected examples of unique and amazing coffee tables that craftsmen made with our own hands.
1. Old suitcase
Old suitcases are real finds for designers and out-of-the-box thinkers. Through simple manipulations, suitcases are transformed into unique furniture and decorative items. For example, you can turn unnecessary suitcase into an original coffee table by simply screwing the legs to it. This table will add charm to both a bachelor’s apartment and a family living room decorated in a classic style.
2. Boards
Instead of going to furniture store and buy a finished product, be creative and go to a construction store wooden blocks and metal legs. Next, you should connect the boards together and screw the boards to them. A table made by yourself is a unique and universal thing, as wooden furniture fits perfectly into any interior.
3. Battery
Have you purchased new batteries? However, do not rush to throw away the old one. cast iron radiator. Buy a piece of glass and turn it old battery into an original coffee table, which you definitely won’t see either in the store or with your friends.
4. Framed window
An old framed window is a wonderful material to create a charming coffee table for your living room. Screw legs wrapped in coarse rope to the frame and decorate the table top with beads and shells.
5. Logs
A stunning low table can be made from small logs. First you need to assemble the base of the table from plywood, glue wooden beams around the perimeter, and cover the middle with a plywood lid. Next, you need to glue thin wooden cuts onto the plywood lid so that it seems as if the table is made entirely of logs, screw on the legs and thoroughly seal all the cracks.
6. Wooden cuts
Large wooden cuts are an amazing material for creating a beautiful and original table that will become a real highlight of the living room and will last for many years. Making such a table is as easy as shelling pears. You need to carefully process the wood and fasten the two cuts together, glue a wide wooden block-leg in the center and open the surface with varnish.
7. Pallet
Wooden pallets- an excellent material for creating a wide variety of furniture: sofas, beds, chairs and of course tables. To begin with, you should get a pallet, clean it thoroughly and paint it in the desired color. All that’s left is to screw the legs and put the glass tabletop on top.
8. Wire reel
A large wooden reel for wires is a practical ready-made coffee table. Of course, it’s not so easy to get it, but if you’re lucky enough, you know what to do with it.
9. Tire
There are many ideas for creating original furniture from unwanted car tires. For example, you can make a charming table out of a tire, a piece of plywood, a few pieces of wood and some rough rope.
10. Glass
Budget and very original table for a modern living room, which will require glass to create square shape and low wheeled legs.
11. Glass and books
An original idea for recycling unwanted books. Of course, we are not talking about fiction and the works of classics, but about old textbooks that are gathering dust idle on the shelves. In addition to books, you will also need a small piece of glass and a frame. Insert the glass into the pre-painted frame and attach the finished structure to the book posts.
12. Chest
Wooden table and basin.
Sometimes even a broken trough can do a good job. For example, it is useful for creating coffee table. In addition to the metal vessel that acts as a leg, you will also need a round tabletop made of chipboard or wood.
15. Old table
An old coffee table can be an excellent material for creating a new table. You just need to paint the legs and cover the table with fabric of the desired color.
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Anyone who is not particularly concerned about mobility may be delighted to see in his living room a durable table made in rustic style. Such a craftsman can be offered to create a table from powerful boards. This table option will fit perfectly into the interior of any country house.
Unobtrusive, thoughtful laziness, coupled with a thirst for creativity, can often lead to quite interesting discoveries. And one of these discoveries is soft table from an exhausted tire.
It won't be difficult to assemble:
- It is necessary to cut out two round segments in the chipboard, the diameter of which is 3-4 cm smaller than the diameter of the tire chosen for the table.
- Four legs, preferably metal, should be screwed to one of the round segments, since the table will be quite weighty.
- The bottom segment and table top are attached to the sides of the wheel using self-tapping screws.
- Afterwards, all that remains is to decorate the sides with the tabletop with jute edging.
Ultimately the jute construction is made from old tire looks great You can use random items. After just a few hours of working with this material, consisting of 4 boxes and pallets, you can get a completely original and noteworthy design.
You can also use planed bars and strips of a regular fence picket to make a table.
The frame is a base made of picket fence that can be tinted with black stain to give the structure a unique contrast.
Wood can also be combined well with metal parts. Here is a model of a table made from pieces of tongue-and-groove boards framed by a cornice strip on metal legs.
Legs made of smooth reinforcing rod look very elegant According to the manufactured template, rods with a cross-section of 10-14 mm are bent, welding machine corners with a thickness of 1.5 to 2 mm are welded. The tabletop is made from tongue-and-groove boards. After the legs are screwed to the tabletop, it should be cleaned, tinted and varnished. The legs can be painted black.
An excellent solution for making a frame for a coffee table would be profile pipe. Having welded two identical squares from it, painted them and provided them with a tabletop made of strong boards, a good example of country furniture came out.
For stability, the squares under the tabletop should also be connected to each other by welding and a profile pipe.
A cut of wood will also look very original as a table top.
Electric planer, sander, varnish, a couple of hours and the tabletop is ready. Legs made from reinforcing rod will look great under such a massive tabletop.
A good option is a combination of glass and wood. Here is one of the options for such a community.
Light glass combines in an original way with a solid wooden base A mobile table made from ordinary wooden pallet and glass covered on top.
For lovers functional models a transforming table may be suitable. A few manipulations and the table radically changes its appearance.
The basis of the next transforming model is a pair of metal frames-pedestals, hinged to the tabletop. When the lid is turned, the horizontal structure rises to a vertical position.
The cover of this table is made up of two plates that slide horizontally. One plate rotates around its own axis. If desired, this transformer can be easily turned into a dining table for 4 people.
Transformable table “three in one” After a successful experiment with plywood scraps, such a miracle may appear
The master had to tinker with measurements and calculations for a long time.
In theory, everything is simple, but in appearance, you can’t tell.
Otherwise, for the calculation it was necessary to use a three-dimensional modeling program.
Some home craftsmen do not bother with the complexities of the design and simply love to play with blocks. And this is what comes of it.
The cracks are just begging to be covered with a glass tabletop.
Clear optical adhesive is best for joining glass to wood. Drill ordinary glass at home without special devices it will be impossible.
Eurolining may be best suited for making countertops. The spacers with legs and sides also come out well.
Tabletop made of eurolining You can make a tabletop of any shape from eurolining. It is easy to cut with a jigsaw.
Before making a coffee table, you should prepare some tools:
- screwdriver;
- belt sander;
- jigsaw;
- roulette;
- hacksaw.
Also, before starting production, you should make a drawing that will show the entire structure and diagrams of the docking units.
The finishing of the table should be done in two stages. Before assembly, sand the lid itself, legs and bottom with sandpaper. After the table is assembled, the product is coated with stain and varnish.
It’s even easier to make a table from chipboard. This material can perform two functions simultaneously, form a surface and carry a load. It is better to use veneered sheets, since no varnish can hide the wood-shaving texture.
Upon completion of assembly, all edges of both the table top and the legs with the bottom must be sealed with a special furniture tape made of plastic, warming it with a hair dryer before gluing.
Video: Homemade coffee table
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
To make such a table you will need a couple of metal or plastic boxes and two large boards. Don't forget to fasten the structure securely.
2. For the smartest
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
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.
4. Industrial style
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.
5. Table for car enthusiasts
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 is almost free
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
Another way to become the owner of a coffee table from natural wood- this is to use old boxes as material for its manufacture. Four large drawers fastened together form a stylish table.
8. Extravagant chic
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
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
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
Old radiator heating 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
Interior door, which has served its useful life, becomes 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
An old suitcase can become an original tabletop for a coffee table. You just need to attach the legs to it.
14. Brutal elegance
Available option making legs for a coffee table - these are 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 beam, folded in a checkerboard pattern, will become a tabletop for a homemade coffee table. The legs can be made from thick metal wire.
To make the interior look harmonious, you need to take care not only of the details, but also of the decoration of the room. Continuing the topic -
