![]() ![]() Want to see this project built in video? Make sure you take a second to watch us build this 2x4 outdoor table. We love this little side table, because it's just four 2x4s to build it! It's sturdy enough to hold a plant or even an occasional guest! 2x4 Outdoor Side Table Build Video Plenty of free woodworking project plans to build outdoor garden furniture can be found in this woodworkers category. Can paint or stain just about any color.Easy to modify to fit spaces and custom needs.It's all 2x4s, so holds up well and is heavy enough to not blow away in the wind.It's easy to build with just straight cuts, a drill and a saw.Out 2x4 Outdoor Collection is a reader favorite! Since so many of you have built the sofa or sectional pieces, we thought we'd add a side table plan to the collection too.Īll of the plans in the 2x4 Outdoor Sofa collection are available here. I think I might need a larger tray to go on my DIY coffee table… strictly for the aesthetics of proportion and not at all because this was so easy I can’t stop building.Reader submitted photo modified in height, see more photos here I had friends over for tea yesterday and it was so nice to have a piece of furniture that everyone could reach to put their cups on AND still have room for two trays of my Chai Cupcakes (recipe coming soon). I haven’t decided if I’ll add the decorative hardware on the corners just yet.Ĭheck that – the best part is that I made a custom piece of furniture (do you believe I DIY’d a coffee table?!) for a grand total of $80 Cdn! ( You’ll use about half a quart of varnish and that’s with two coats on the table top and shelf) It did yellow somewhat after I used the triple thick varnish – but that just warmed up the colour slightly and overall I’m pretty pleased. I was still looking for that Restoration Hardware colour, but without having to stain and sand it off three times to get there – this seemed an easier route to go. This was my point of panic – remember that side table? The one where I stained and sanded it down 3 times to try and find the “right” finish and then it still ended up off after varnish was added? I didn’t want to go through that again, so I thought I’d test out a new product (for me) and go with a gel stain from Varathane in “Weathered Grey”. You really don’t see the centre seam whichever way you go. lolĮither way, you’ll want to use a Kreg Jig and pocket screws PLUS wood glue to give your bottom shelf strength. Truth be told, my mitre saw doesn’t have a 60 degree angle marked on it, so it was going to be a “cut and pray” situation either way. Cut your long board first and glue and screw it into place, then lay the two sections of 2×2 over the balance of the x and draw your lines/angles. Not technical or mathematically specific – but they did fit perfectly, so I’m going to go with it. To compensate for this I laid my 2×2 boards across the gap I wanted to fill (the X section) and then drew a line on either end of the boards. One other little “glitch” to be aware of is that your angles on a larger table won’t be the same as Ana’s plans. I’m wondering if a better, and cheaper, alternative would be to buy 1 x 8″ boards (which are really about 7.5″ wide and then rip each of them down by 1 1/2″ for a nice uniform look? ![]() We shaved down the extra 1 x 12″ boards we had in the garage to give me the strip I needed to fill the gap, and then inserted it in the centre of the shelf with biscuit joints. The only tricky part to this version of the DIY coffee table was adjusting the base shelf to fit my larger dimensions – for my table I used two 1 x 12″ boards cut to 49″ long, but then I had a 2.5″ gap between the boards. The other adjustment that I made to Ana’s plans was to use 2 1/2″ pocket hole screws throughout. 4 – 2×2 12 1/2” (long point to short point) a ngle to be determined.2 – 2×2 27 3/4” (both ends cut at ~60 degrees off square, long point to short point, ends are parallel).If you want to build a larger version of this DIY coffee table, follow Ana’s plans, but use the below as your cut list: (click image for link to plans)įor my family room, with my ginormous sofas, I needed a table that was 60″ long and 33″ wide – so I had to make some adjustments to Ana’s plan. The original plans from Ana White were a bit small for the space I had in mind. Well honestly, I just needed to buckle down and build it.įinally, after months of hemming and hawing between this and one other version I’d seen online, I bit the bullet and built! The plan was to build a coordinating coffee table as well, but first we had to wait for the furniture to arrive, then figure out how to adjust her plans to make a table that would fit our space and then… If you’ve been following along for awhile, you’ll remember the rustic X side table I built a few months back via plans from Ana White. ![]()
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