Taylors Coffee Table

I built this coffee table from the Taylor's Coffee Table plans (http://ana-white.com/2014/02/plans/taylors-coffee-table) with a few "artistic"/necessary liberties.  For the top, I used a slightly different pattern than shown on the plans.  Starting from one side to the other, my plan includes a 1"x2", a 2"x6", a 2"x2", two side-by-side 2"x6", a 2"x2", a 2"x6", and finally a 1"x2".  I liked the extra overhang that the 1"x2" included on the outside edges of the table.

I do not own a jigsaw, so instead of making the entire bottom shelf out of plywood, I made a "border" with 1"x4" boards with the adjoining corners cut at 45 degrees so that each side of the border matched up nicely.  This allowed me to use a standard rectangular piece of plywood for the shelf "inlay."  

As a first attempt at any sort of table, this turned out much better than I could have hoped!