Simple DIY Modern Husky Table
4 Materials
$120
2 Weeks
Medium
LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT DINING TABLE? LOOK NO FURTHER. I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL MODERN DINING TABLE. GET THE LOOK OF AN EXPENSIVE SHOWROOM PIECE FOR UNDER $120.
Well I teamed up with Jen Woodhouse to make this beauty.
I’ve been working redoing my dining room for quite some time now. In the beginning it was like walking into a bottle of mustard. Then I painted it and added picture frame moulding to the walls and created a ‘built in’ window seat. Well I am happy to report that it is finally starting to come together.
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Here's a quick video on how I built my new dining table.
I started by cutting my wood pieces to size and I headed over to my local tool library in Baltimore, Station North Tool Library, where I planed and jointed the wood. Planing and jointing the wood is optional. But I wanted everything to be nice and smooth.
With all my pieces nice and smooth I started with the table top. Largely because I wanted a thick table top and I knew gluing it together would take some time to say the least.
I used a bandsaw to cut the notch for the legs but this can be accomplished with a jigsaw
Once everything was assembled I sanded the table top and legs down. The folks at Diablo Tools send over a new sanding paper to try out. Diablo’s new SandNet discs were very impressive. I used it on my Ryobi random orbital sander. On the packaging, it says that the sanding paper last 10x longer. Well, they weren’t kidding. I didn’t have to change out my sanding paper, except to go from 80 to 220 grit. One disc per grit was enough to tackle the whole table. It’s clog resistant. As dust built up all I had to do was shake it off or rinse it off and I could just reapply it to my sander. This product is absolutely amazing.
I paired my table with these lovely chairs . White Eames-Style Mid Century Modern Dining Room Chairs with wooden Legs and soft padding by Buschman
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I love this table!
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All I can say is, Awesome!! It was worth all that time and labor!!
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The amount of boards(2x6)dont seem like enough for such a big table??
It’s beautiful. You didn’t mention stain or finish. I also didn’t understand why you cut a notch for the legs. I guess the plans would be helpful.
Simply amazing!! I’m going to have my son make this table just a much larger scale. Any suggestions??