How to make a bedside table with your own hands

Bedside table adorns the living room of many people, that is, it is considered a popular and practical piece of furniture. This is the central object of the room: one of the first catches the eye, most often attracts guests and encourages them on topics for conversations.

Usually on the table are newspapers, magazines, books, photo frames, vases of fruit or sweets. He also serves as a haven for lovely gatherings over a cup of coffee or tea, so he has a second name - the coffee table.

The coffee table is an essential attribute of every home.

If there is no opportunity to purchase a designer coffee table that will fit the style or serve as an accent in the room, and the desire to have such an element in your living room does not fade, you can create it yourself. It will be much cheaper in finance, will not cause any special difficulties during the manufacturing process and will become a unique item in the apartment. Such an idea has a lot of advantages, at such a table it will be nice:

• spending time with friends;
• drink tea or coffee with guests;
• show off to others with their skills and design abilities.

The apartment will be filled with warmth and comfort, because a piece of the soul of its inhabitants will appear in it.

For a coffee table to serve as an original piece of furniture, it is important that it fits into the general style of the room, adding beauty and sophistication to it.

Coffee Table Types

Since there are no special definitions for a coffee table, there is only one requirement for it - a height of 40-50 cm. The remaining parameters can be absolutely any: width, length, shape and decoration depend on the wishes.

Coffee tables differ in design depending on the destination and the materials from which objects are made.

The abundance of materials for creating tables makes it possible to make an object that is suitable in style to the other components of the interior. To do this, carry out all sorts of manipulations in order to eventually get the perfect product.

Also, coffee tables are made of metal, stoppers, combining several materials at once: glass and wood or metal and other options. They are also decorated in different ways: they are painted with special paints, they are simply painted, a pattern or design is created on the wooden basis itself, or figures of glass, wood or metal are attached.

Ideas coffee tables do it yourself different complexity

It is possible to create an unusual piece of furniture from anything, the main necessary tool that will help with this is fantasy. However, there are both simple and complex table options, all of which are presented below with a detailed plan for their manufacture.

Drawer table

The construction of the table of solid boxes makes it possible in a short time to make an original piece of furniture. He will delight households and guests who will appreciate the creation.

For its manufacture will need:

• 4 wooden boxes;
• sandpaper;
• varnish;
• roller;
• brush;
• PVA glue;
• plywood sheet;
• 4 wheels;
• self-tapping screws;
• drill;
• screwdriver.

Materials, components and tools for manufacturing

The process of creating the table consists of the following steps.

1. It is necessary to clean the boxes with sandpaper and varnished to preserve surfaces from external damage.
   

   We clean the surface of the boxes and varnish

2. Holes are drilled on the end sides of the drawers with a drill. After that, the chopikas are fixed in the places of fastening and are joined by the ends of all the elements among themselves.
   

   We connect four boxes among themselves

3. A sheet of plywood with a width of 1 cm is matched to the size of the entire finished items from the boxes. Also treated with lacquer using a roller. The wheels are attached to this base and then the drawers themselves at the expense of screws.

Attach the wheels to the plywood, which will be the bottom

At free places you can place magazines, books, figurines. In the middle of the table in place of the deepening you can place a pot or a pot with flowers. The advantage of this coffee table is its mobility - it can move to any part of the room or apartment.

Ready coffee table from wooden boxes

Coffee table of pallets

A coffee table made of pallets is the most financially advantageous, ingenious and original version of furniture that can suit many styles of interiors.

To create this version of the product will be useful:

• 3 pallets;
• 1 cm thick glass in the form of pallets;
• furniture wheels;
• drill;
• drill;
• screws
• brushes;
• paint or varnish;
• primer.

Making the table is a certain way.

1. Pallets before work are polished with a special nozzle for a drill to make them clean and smooth. After being treated with a primer for disinfection.
   

   We grind pallets and treat with primer

2. Next, the surface of the pallets are treated with varnish or painted with paint. It is necessary to carefully paint all possible places.
   

   Paint the table in the selected color

3. In order to fasten the elements together, it is necessary to mark the places for the screws. After the drill holes are made for fasteners. Screws are screwed into wood and fasten pallets. Wheels are attached in a similar way.
   

   Mounts of individual elements

Chic mobile coffee table is ready! Now you can put glass and hollows on top to fill with books, newspapers, magazines, wine bottles and miniature flower pots.

Coffee table of pallets on wheels in the final version

A table of logs or logs

The coffee table will look good in a rustic style. Will be suitable both for an interior of giving, a country house and the city apartment. This item will cheer up all the inhabitants of the home and guests. Making does not require special knowledge and effort.

You will need certain materials and tools:

• wooden bars of the same size (about 30 pieces);
• base for bars (plywood or board from 1 cm width);
• wooden planks;
• legs or castors (4 pieces);
• putty (suitable for the color of the tree);
• screwdriver;
• glue;
• primer;
• varnish

Materials and tools for the manufacture of logs table

The process of creating the table consists of several stages.

1. It is necessary to pre-treat all components of the natural table with a primer. The base is going to be next, all the logs are put together for this, forming a square or a rectangle (depending on the wishes and preliminary calculations). They lay plywood and with a screwdriver fastens it with each log, also used glue for additional grip.
   

   Coffee table base connection

2. Further, wooden planks are attached to the sides of the finished stitched bars in order to better fasten the product. After the wheels or legs are attached.
   

   Attach the side bars

3. The final stage is putty, with which all the empty places are filled. Also, dried finished interior should be wiped to create a perfectly smooth surface. At will it is possible to varnish.
   

   Fill in the empty spaces and create a smooth surface.

Before deciding to make a table, you need to think in advance how it will be used, whether it will move or stand in one permanent place. The product will be an original addition for interior design in the style of country, Provence or Scandinavia.

Coffee table made of birch logs

Suitcase Table for Travelers

This idea of ​​a coffee table will give a second life to an old, battered suitcase. Will create an extraordinary element of decor for the living room of travel enthusiasts. You will need:

• furniture legs (wooden or metal);
• plywood;
• screws;
• screwdriver.

Tools and materials needed to make a table with their own hands

At the bottom of the suitcase should be made holes for the legs. Plywood is inserted inside the suitcase and drilled with a screwdriver, then the legs are attached.

Cut out plywood sheet, the size corresponding to the inner bottom of the suitcase

Also, to create a solid table, the inside of a suitcase can be glued with thin plywood. Leaving an empty space will hide all the necessary things: magazines, books, stationery.

Install the mount for the legs

Option suitable for interiors in a retro or classic style. To create the necessary atmosphere, the finished table can be supplemented with stickers, stamps and other trifles.

Stylish vintage table ready

Decorating coffee tables in various ways

Independent decor and restoration of antique furniture is gaining popularity every year, so there are many ways and ideas. They will allow you to create an original, unique item from a nondescript and shabby table. Decor coffee table with your own hands can be made using a variety of materials for decoration, including:

• the cloth;
• wallpaper;
• mirrors;
• glass mosaic elements;
• seashells;
• sprigs of trees.

To restore the old table you can:

• paint the surface creating interesting patterns, ornaments or patterns;
  

  Do-it-yourself coffee table painting

• paste over family photographs and varnish for preservation;
  

  Coffee table covered with photo paper with images

• glue the surface of the product with small fragments of mirrors using liquid nails;
  

  Mirror mosaic for furniture decoration

• covered with a thick cloth;
  

  Small coffee table, leather-covered

• lay out mosaic fragments creating a pattern or even a portrait.
  

  Beautiful coffee table with mosaic

Due to the abundance of information on the manufacture and decoration of coffee tables, as well as the imagination of designers and inhabitants of the house, you can make any option.

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