How to make a coffee table from logs

How to make a coffee table from logs

The original designer coffee table in the rustic style can be done by yourself. The natural materials used in its manufacture will fill your home with warmth and comfort.

How to make a coffee table from logs

You will need

  • - birch logs
  • - plywood
  • - furniture glue
  • - Screws
  • - grout
  • - table legs on wheels
  • - Saw
  • - Screwdriver
  • - putty knife

Instructions

1

For a basis of our table it is necessary to make a box fromplywood, which has a bottom more than the perimeter of the box itself. The size of the protruding parts of the bottom is equal to the diameter of the logs. You can use an old box. Only it will be necessary to change its bottom to a larger one.

2

Next, saw logs are the same in size. Their length should be slightly larger than the height of the walls of the box. We attach the logs to the projecting parts of the bottom of the box with a special glue, and then screw it with screws for strength.

3

Cut out the plywood rectangle to the size of the top of the box and screw it with screws.

4

Now cut out the thin wooden blocks and glue them on top of the table top. This will create the appearance that the table is completely made of logs.

5

Then with a special grout we smooth out all the voids between the brusochkami. We let it dry.

6

We fasten the wheels to the bottom of the table. If desired, you can cover the table with varnish.