How to quickly and easily make a 48" round table?

Hello Kathie, you can cut a 48" circle from some pressed board for the tabletop and use 2 x 2s cut to the same length to make the legs. The pressed board isn't the prettiest but no one will know if you add a table cloth.

Hi Kathie,

Here are plans for a version of a round table, more complicated than Michelle's, but could also work if you have boards handy.

https://howtospecialist.com/finishes/furniture/how-to-build-a-round-table/

You could cut the circle from a piece of plywood and add hairpin legs. You also may want to check your local sale sites like Marketplace. Tables come up for sale all the time.

Another idea: try your local buy and sell. I got a 48” table for $20 on there. You can make something for that cheap!

Here are plans for building a round table

https://www.hometalk.com/diy/living-room/furniture/round-dining-table-build-with-only-300-in-tools-and-materials-32705972

Here are ideas for building tables. You can build a base to fit a round table top you cut and build

https://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=build%20round%20table

You can make a table base quickly by using plastic pipe aand plastic fittings vailable at home improvement stores. Then simply purchase a 48" round of pressed wood and place on the base. This can be disassembled easily and stored for another time.

You might also be able to some type of furniture the appropriate height and just add the 48" round. Enjoy!

it would be cheaper and easier to buy a round card table or square card table than making one I would think they have sturdy white round tables at Walmart, HomeDepot, Costco, etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bd37Pazofk

A pedestal with the table top mounted on it would be the best to accommodate for extra seating.

Easiest way is to go to a local thrift store buy a table and throw a table cloth over that.

Home Depot and Lowes sells round table tops, you can add legs or a pedestal. Stain with minwax and seal.

Hi Kathy: I'd hie myself down to a local thrift shop (or check Face Book Market Place) and see what they have, or maybe a folding card table. If you are having a party, you are, most likely, up to your eyeballs in work already, and you would have to deal with this extra table forever :) The card table will fold up and can be tucked away. If you are going to make a table, I'd do a square one, it takes up less space and eliminates bumped elbows :) Here is Home Depot's site for table legs: https://www.homedepot.com/s/how%2520to%2520make%2520a%2520table?NCNI-5

You can buy a round or square top there, too

The round tops are rather pricey, and you can use a piece of plywood for a square or rectangle table. They will cut the wood to size for you, too :)

You can buy a round or square top there, too

Good luck and happy Thanksgiving

Hello I might consider purchasing a table round or making one….and putting it on a folding table

If you want a "quick" set up, do you know someone with a round patio table? Throw a pretty cloth over top and you're done!

It might be easier and less expensive to check Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist (even their free section), or your local Buy Nothing group. If you build one, which you can do by cutting a big circle out of a sturdy material, just make sure the legs are sturdy so it doesn’t all fall apart on you.

Hi there Kathie! You can try cutting a 48" circle from a piece of wood, then just add hairpin legs. Or you can also buy from your local buy and sell.