Coffee Table
My eldest son and his girlfriend just recently moved into their own home together and seeing as I like to build things I decided that as a house warming gift I would build them something.
I decided that a coffee table would be perfect!
I like the character in old timber instead of new timber so I went out and gathered some pallets and I got to work.
I wanted to use hairpin legs for the coffee table but soon discovered that they are crazy expensive to buy. Solution: make them myself. So I purchased a cheap welder, steel rods and some L brackets all to make the hairpin legs.
When staining the table top I used the same stain colour for the entire top but I used a extra coats to get different colour depths.
Comments
booksnotbombs
Fri, 08/29/2014 - 07:17
This is beautiful! I am sure
This is beautiful! I am sure they love it. I am very impressed by the home made hairpin legs!
naomi
Fri, 08/29/2014 - 07:34
Thank you
Thank you. They do love it. The hairpin legs worked great and if I take out the cost of the welder the legs worked out really cheap - less than $30 for four legs.
TaylorMade1205
Fri, 08/29/2014 - 09:12
Beautiful
This is beautiful and bravo to you for making your own legs.
In reply to Beautiful by TaylorMade1205
naomi
Sun, 08/31/2014 - 01:03
Thank you
Thank you so much. The legs are actually easier to make than you would think and honestly I don't like to pay for things I can make myself.