This is a modified plan for Ana White's Farm House Table.
I shortened the table to about 72 inches with breadboards on the ends and added removable breadboard extensions for a total of about 100 inches of table for a 12x11 room. I also built the Farm House bench but shortened it to 48 inches.
The wood is white pine and Douglas Fir 4x4 legs. The total cost was $198 for the wood/screws and about $30 for the stain and sand paper. I bought an additional set of countersink bits for holes.
I used the following tools:
- Hand Saw
- Table Saw
- Compound Miter Saw
- Hand Drill with various bits and countersinks
- Square, pencil and straight edges
- Tape measure
- Clamps
- Wood Chisel Set
- Sharpening Stone
- Level
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It took about 35 hours of work.
The stain is English Chestnut and we pretreated the wood to accept the stain by using wood conditioner. This made a dramatic difference in leveling out the stain between the white pine and Douglas Fir. I used 3 coats of clear polyurethane and 2 coats of satin on the top with gentle sanding in between coats.
