How to Build Your Own Rustic Coffee Table for Less Than $75

by Alexis @ Chemistry Cachet

Today I want to show you how to build your own rustic coffee table for less than $75!
We did this project a few weekends ago, and I LOVED how it turned out! Honestly, I am not a builder myself. I like to sand and paint, but leave the actual building to my husband. Luckily, he loves to build things and is good at it too!
I did intend on doing a blog post about this, but after many requests on snapchat (you can see more of my videos with username alexisroch), I decided to give you a quick post on how to build your own rustic coffee table!
Our previous coffee table was with us for all of our marriage (nine years!) and it was not adequate anymore. It was fairly small and didn’t really work for our house anymore. We are moving more towards rustic, slowly but surely.

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We wanted this to be rustic, so it didn’t involve evening out the boards, just sanding. That saves time and you don’t have to use a special tool for it!

The detailed plans we followed can be found here: Rustic Coffee Table Plans (link in blog post)

This website has a great list of all the tools and lumber you need in detail.

Here is what we changed up:

His dimensions and information are pretty spot on. As you can see, we went with a lighter color, antique walnut. We wanted to match some other stuff and lighten up the vibe a little bit.

The cross x shaped on his table we decided not to do. We just went with the long piece for looks. (picture above)

The other thing we noticed was he mentions 1 box 2 1/2″ Kreg Screws, but doesn’t say the amount. We ended up needing two boxes which were 50 count each.

Total Cost:

The lumber came to about $45 total.

The screws came to about $18 total.

The stain was less than $10 and we didn’t use much of it.

If you have stain on hand, I would use that!

Tools You Definitely Need For This

You could probably get away with not using a miter saw, if you have other options, but this pocket hole jig tool is a must have! This is what creates pockets for the screws to go into so you don’t actually see screws on the furniture. It is so easy to use too and if you build things often, it is worth the investment for sure.

All the links to items we used are in the blog post below including the link to the plans we followed step by step. This link also has videos!

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William on Jul 21, 2016
Great job! I must admit! His looks too rustic for my taste. Kind of hunting lodge look. Love what you did with the finish. Ruger gave his final approval =:)

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- Alexis @ Chemistry Cachet on Jul 21, 2016
  Thank you!! I agree with you about the hunting lodge look, we though the same thing. Ruger definitely loves it too :)
  
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