How to Make a Lounge Coffee Table

To embrace a do-it-yourself mission that ends in a lounge coffee table for your home, it is important to seek out a project that doesn’t require a great deal of expertise.

In order to produce a professional-looking coffee table that doesn’t require elaborate tools, consider the following instructions for this 2ft x 4ft plan.

With this project, all joints are secured with bolts and/or screws.

A small amount of glue is sometimes needed.

Wood and Accessories

In order to complete this project, you will need four legs (2"x 2") measuring 16" long. As for the top rails (1 1/2" x 4") – two should measure 37" long, while the other two measures 16" long. A ¾" board is used to create the table top that will measure 2ft x 4ft.

Four corner supports (2"x 4") should measure 6" long and form an angle of 45 degrees at both ends. A total of four fillets (1"x 1") are needed – two at 6" and two at 28".

Four coach bolts (1/4" thick) are included in this plan, alongside matching washers and wing-nuts. Finally, 30 (1 1/2") long and 16 (2 1/2") long wood screws are needed.

If you are unfamiliar with any of the terminology or steps mentioned, you can also ask for help at your local home, garden, and lumber store.

Instructions

In order to create a lounge coffee table to make you the envy of all your family and friends, you need to first cut the necessary pieces of wood. The rest of the instructions for making a coffee table are as follows:

1) Fix the top rails to the table top by placing the largest piece of wood upside down on an even floor or workbench.

Situate the top rails on the underside of the table top so they touch at each corner. It is also necessary to center the rails on the table top.

2) Lay the four fillets against the top rails and the underside of the table top.

Next, screw the fillets to the table top and then onto the top rails.

Pre-drilling the screw holes through the fillets are usually easier to follow.

3) Fix the corner supports to the top rails by laying the supports against the corners. Use the screws to fasten the pieces of wood together – four to each corner.

4) Take each leg and chisel an edge off of the top by using a chisel to take the sharp edge off one side of each leg.

You will start about 2 ½ " down from the top and continue up towards the top. The depth of the chisel cut should measure around 3/8."

5) Fix the legs to the top rails by clamping to the top rails and drilling a hole all the way through each of the corner supports and legs.

The holes should appear slightly larger than the thickness of the bolts. Next, insert the bolts and tighten.

6) The finishing touches to this project include painting your lounge coffee table.

However, you can also stain, varnish, or oil this item.