My Ideas DIY Industrial Coffee Table- Pillow Thought

Industrial Coffee Table DIY
Supplies Needed

Pre-Stain (Home Depot)
Walnut Stain (Home Depot)
Solid Aspen Panel / 3/4" x 24" x 48" "(Home Depot)
Smaller board - around 1x6 ? can't remember exact measurement (Home Depot)
^ cut squares from the smaller board into 5 1/2" x 6 1/2" squares - (they can cut board for you)

16" Raw Steel Hairpin Legs from (DIY Furniture Store)
Screws that fit with your legs (Home Depot)

I talked Ty into helping me make our own version of an industrial style coffee table.

I fell in love with tables like this one & this one

BUT.. I didn't want to fork over more money than I had to..

SO, I got brainstorming to figure out how I could afford a coffee table like I wanted.

I went shopping to Home Depot just to check out their options and found this Solid Aspen Panel

it already looked like it had boards of wood melded together 

which was the exact look and size I wanted!

I went home that day trying to convince Ty that getting rid of our 

other coffee table was totally worth it..  and a couple of weeks later, 

we made this baby!

After I found the Wood Panel I needed, 

I pre-stained it and then followed that with two coats of walnut stain 

I bought Special Walnut 224 and I just coated it until I got the color I wanted.

We got our hairpin legs in the mail and my husband decided 

we needed an extra board to go in between the legs and the table 

so the screws wouldn't come through the table top.

So he went to Home Depot and grabbed a 1x6 'ish board

--neither of us can remember the exact measurement sorry

He cut those into 4 - 5 1/2" x 6 1/2" squares and then screwed

the table top, wood squares, & legs together.

I seriously could not be happier with how well it all turned out!

We have been using our coffee table for about 3/4 months now 

and it has endured a lot! a 3 year old who constantly sits on it, 

random food and drink spills, and it still looks in dang good condition! 

I still contemplate about giving it another coat of stain..

but for now it's sitting pretty just like this in our living room!

The table cost no more than $175'ish to make!

The table legs were the most expensive part ($123)

BUT also the most crucial!

After all, the legs make it a statement piece!  

If you aren't up for the coffee table diy challenge, 

DIY Furniture has just created a new website where you can design your own Tables!


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