FOR THIS PROJECT YOU WILL NEED: MATERIALS LIST: Pallet Wood Planks from Shipping Pallet *or..(4) 1x4s @8ft 1 1/4” nails + nailer S...
FOR THIS PROJECT YOU WILL NEED: MATERIALS LIST: Pallet Wood Planks from Shipping Pallet *or..(4) 1x4s @8ft 1 1/4” nails + nailer Sandpaper 120 Grit Wood Glue Paint + Paint Supplies CUT LIST: *Customize for your space/sofa! Need guidance for determining dimensions? According to Wayfair.com's Size Guideline: End tables should be within two inches of a sofa's arm height. For example: my sofa's arm is 24 inches tall, an end table between 22-26 inches tall would be ideal. The ideal depth of an end table is equal to the depth of the sofa or chair it's placed next to. My table dimensions: 21" Long 24" High x 13.5" Deep (8) @ 23 1/4" (legs) (4) @ 11 5/8" (short aprons) (4) @ 20" (long aprons) (3) @ 13" (bottom slats) (4) @ 21" (table top) *1/2" overhang on each side TOOLS: Tape Measurer Nailer or hammer Miter Saw Circular Saw (for breaking down pallets!)
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in this video I'll be showing you how to turn this into this with inspiration from this hey there Christie here welcome here I'm saving money by just building things around my house myself and just learning how to do them on the way and on this channel I hope to inspire you that this mom with zero experience build simple stuff than you can too while using simple plans and simple tools and keeping things of a fraction of retail cost so if you're new here consider subscribing the best part about building your own furniture for me is that you can get the exact measurements that you want my sofas it's pretty deep so I needed something that was long and narrow so coming up with the measurements myself I have a bunch of scrap wood I pulled apart some pallets a while back so that's what we'll be using for this project here however you can easily build these end tables using one by four boards and I'll leave the details in the description box first I'm starting by cutting the leg I found a size guideline on Wayfarers website that suggested end tables should be within two inches of a sofas arm height so for example my sofa arm is 24 inches tall making an end table anywhere between 22 to 26 inches high ideal so here I'm assembling the legs using wood glue first and attachment to do leg pieces together so that they create an L shape and then just fasten the boards together using one and a quarter inch nails and my nailer and I'm just using a rag to wipe off the excess glue then just repeating those same steps for all four legs next I'm attaching the short aprons here I'm showing you to attach the apron to decide the leg without the seam and then attaching it flush with the edge of the legs and again just fastening the two boards together using wood glue and one and a quarter inch nails and annealer and probably using about 4 to 5 nails per leg to apron now I'm attaching a short apron number two and measuring it three inches from the bottom and then I'm just repeating these same steps to create two sides I'm assembling this upside down so now I'm attaching the long aprons in paying special attention that these long aprons line up flush with a short apron now I'm onto attaching the second set of long aprons and again I'm lining them up flush with the short aprons next I'm going to flip this over right-side up and make sure that the slats that I cut for the bottom shelf and the top fit everything looks good so now I'm gonna take these flats off and I'm going to attach them with wood glue and one and a quarter inch nails and my nailer as you can see here these boards are old weathered warped dirty so I'm not looking for perfection here to me I think it's charming it adds character but if it's not your style then just head over to the hardware store and pick up some 1x4 furring strips or common boards I'll link a video below of the eight foot long and narrow console table that I built and using some stain I was able to achieve this weathered look and here in lightly dipping the brush into the can wiping off the excess and dry brushing it button this is chalk paint in the color called white linen thanks for watching this video make sure to subscribe details are in the description box in case you miss a thing and as always if I can inspire just one person to pick up a drill in these videos they're worth it keep tackling those projects and we'll talk soon [Music]
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