How to Make a Modern Coffee Table

Coffee tables are great for displaying magazines or having a place to set your cup down. Some coffee tables have drawers underneath for storage, and some have glass tops and no legs. Because there are so many different styles of coffee tables, you are sure to find the one that looks perfect in your living room. If you are looking to save a few dollars, and you have some building skills, read through a few steps to discover how you can make your own modern coffee table. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

Make a Modern Coffee Table

1

Cut four pieces of 2-by-2 lumber, 16 inches long, for your coffee table legs. Cut four top rails, 2 at 37 inches, and 2 at 16 inches. The table top should be a piece of 3/4 inch plywood, cut 2 feet by 4 feet.

2

Cut four corner supports from 2 by 4 material, 6 inches long. Cut four fillets from 1 by 1 lumber; 2 at 6 inches, and 2 at 28 inches.

3

Turn the table top upside down. Place the top rails on the table top connected at the corners and centered. Lay the fillets inside the top rails, also centered.

4

Screw the fillets into the table top and then sideways into the top rails. Place one screw one at each end and one in the center.

5

Place four screws through the corner supports into the top rails at each corner.

6

Attach one table leg to each corner. The legs sit between the corner connections of the top rails.

7

Drill a hole for a large coach bolt all the way through the legs into the corner supports. Insert the bolts and tighten the wing nuts.