Coffee table - the constant companion of the sofa in the living room and a symbol of comfort and comfort. Shops offer models for every taste and purse, and for any interior you can look at your table. But sometimes you want to make something with your own hands, so that the thing was really unique and made with a soul. Make a simple table to the strength even an absolute dilettante, the main thing is to have patience, tools and imagination, and the source material, for sure, there.
Table from the cabinet
Sometimes after repairs or rearrangements there is excess furniture left. It can be completely transformed, for example, from a locker or an open rack, a coffee table on wheels. You will need
- an old locker( you need to remove the door) or a small rack. Suitable kitchen furniture, bookshelves or parts of the children's wall of wood or laminate.
- plywood for cover and base, it can be replaced with chipboard,
- door hinges - 2 pcs.,
- wheels - 4 pcs.,
- primer and paint, brush, roller,
- saw or jigsaw,
- screwdriver or screwdriver,
- sandpaper orgrinder,
- screws, wood glue or universal.
Cabinet is primed and painted in the chosen color, wait for drying. If the rear wall is made of fiberboard, it must first be reinforced with a piece of plywood equal in area to the base of the future table. The plywood is glued to the back wall, fixed at the edges with screws, and the edges are peeled off chips and chips.
Cut a piece of plywood or chipboard for a countertop of such dimensions that it protrudes from the cabinet from all sides for 2-3 cm. Fasten it to the hinges. If the table top is made of laminate, you need to glue the edge. The plywood top can be painted or decorated in various ways. For example, with the help of slats or school wooden rulers of equal thickness. Each of them is painted in its color or covered with wax or stain, well glued to the base and pruned.
To the bottom of the coffee table screw the wheels.
Coffee table for a modern interior
A simple and functional minimalist design table can be made from a chipboard literally in the evening. Its advantage is the size and color of your choice. We need
- billets from chipboard: 2 large squares or rectangles for the table top and base, 2 narrow for the sidewalls,
- edge and iron for gluing,
- metal angles - 8 pcs.or joiner glue,
- feet or wheels - 4 pcs.,
- screws,
- screwdriver or screwdriver, if necessary, hand saw or jigsaw.
It is better to order the cutting of blanks in the nearest workshop, so they will be made even and without chips, but if this is not possible, you can cut them yourself. The ends of all blanks are glued to the edge. To the base, 3-4 cm from the outer edge, the corners are fastened, the table top is attached to them from above. The parts can be joined with the help of carpentry glue, but in this case they must be securely fixed and pressed until completely dry. The surface of the table can be painted or decoded in the technique of decoupage.
Table for interior in loft style
Unusual table can be made even from completely, it would seem, inappropriate materials for this. For example, from wooden boxes. Naturally, they must be whole and clean, preferably new ones. Ideally suited boxes from Italian or Spanish wine or intended for storage, such as those sold in Ikea. Boxes need to be cleaned, sanded, covered with stains or varnish. As a basis, a piece of plywood or OPS is used, to which, with the help of screws or glue, they are attached. The table can rest on legs or wheels.
A piece of nature
A unique small table can be made from a tree cut. In the city apartment, it will remind you of the forest and nature, it will ideally fit in the interior of a country house from a log or beam. The main condition for success is an ideally ground surface and high-quality varnish.
The coffee table, made by own hands, reveals the individuality of its owners and their creative approach to life.
