DIY coffee table

Journal tables bring a piece of comfort to the living room. They are different: from glass, made of wood, transformers. The main thing is that they fit into the overall interior of the room. You can make a coffee table with your own hands, so it will come out much cheaper than a store and exactly the way you want.

Round coffee table

A coffee table, not habitually rectangular, and round is one of the most common. It can be easily built independently. You will need such materials and tools:

• plywood;
• screws;
• screwdriver:
• hacksaw;
• lobby;
• level;
• hammer;
• drill with nozzles.

Before making a coffee table yourself, it is necessary to cut out a few details using a jigsaw and a knife -off wood. You should get:

• table legs;
• countertop;
• binder disk;
• planks - 2 pcs.

1. First you need to cut the beam into four parts, so you get the legs. The beam needs to take a standard 3.05 meters, then the legs will leave at 0, 76 m.
2. Pull and open the legs with varnish. Grinding should be carried out three times, because small splinters will puff out from under the varnish if you go through a grinding machine only once.
3. From plywood, the thickness of which is 2 cm, cut the disk. It will serve as a connecting link between the legs and the countertop. Globes from the same plywood.
4. Confirmates attach the strips to the legs. Attach the legs to the disk. Four fastening points need to be made on each leg.
5. From the birch plywood, cut the countertop. Its thickness is 3.5 cm. The thicker the plywood, the higher the price of the coffee table.
6. Attach the countertop to the strips.
7. All details are treated with an alcohol -based stain.
8. Open the table with varnish.

What kind of coffee tables of this type are built with their own hands can be seen in the photo.

Transformer coffee table

In small apartments, a coffee table-transformer will look good. To make it yourself you need:

1. Choose a mechanism with which the table will be laid out. It can be of two types: with gaslift and with springs. The last mechanism is equipped with a simple design, and if it breaks, you can repair it at home. The springs when laying out the table are not noticeable.
2. Draw a drawing of a coffee table. The virtual world offers many programs where you can graphically portray the future table. If you do not have the skills of using a computer, then you can resort to a proven pencil and paper sheet method. If only you had a layout before your eyes, on which the dimensions of the table and details are indicated.
3. Select the right material. Experts advise using sheets of chipboard, the thickness of which is 2.2 cm. Such a thickness is precisely capable of withstanding the mechanism. Next, decide on the color of the material, select to your taste and suitable for design.
4. Sprinkle the tree on the table details, you can do it yourself or take it to the nearest workshop. There they can also make an attic.
5. Try all the details to the folding mechanism, you must make sure that the whole structure is assembled.
6. Fight four boards that will serve the table frame, they are attached to confirmers. If the tree is dark in color, it is not noticeable with pencil tags, you can use a marker that will easily eager. As a result, you get a box without a bottom and a lid.
7. Make through holes for fastening the folding mechanism so that the bolts drown out, process the holes of the phosner drill and attach the mechanism to the frame. If the joints are noticeable, do not worry, then they will be hidden by the legs. The more bolts, the more reliable the design.
8. The legs must be made from two boards, which are attached to the corners at right angles to each other.
9. For attaching the legs, you need to make markings for holes on the frame. Drill and connect the legs and frame with metal bushings.
10. Collect the countertop, for this, select reliable hinges. Then put both parts face to each other, make tags on the sides of the end, where you drill holes for fastening hinges. Fasten all the details.
11. You should have a small board, which will serve as a support for the laid out table. It must be attached to the mechanism, and then to the countertop.

Glass coffee table

Gouring table made of glass fits beautifully into almost any interior. For its manufacture, it is better to use matte glass on which there are no prints. Also on such glass there is a protective film that, when impact, will not give furniture to crumble. Together with the glass, chrome legs made of metal are harmonious, they can be purchased in a store, the height of the legs is about 0.5 m. The width of the glass coffee table should be 0.6 m, and the length is 1.20 m. The shape is strictly rectangular.

1. Mark the marking before cutting the glass, for this, put it on a flat surface, measure it and place it with a pencil, again double -check all sizes and then proceed to cutting glass.
2. Dip the glass cutter into vegetable oil, attach the ruler to the marking and walk along the line of the tool. A small recess should remain on the glass.
3. Put the glass on the table so that a piece that you do not need is on weight. Back next to the cut line with your fingers and press on a part of the glass, you should break exactly exactly according to the section.
4. In the same way, cut into the glass cutter and the rest of the countertop. And then you can start processing sharp edges.
5. Put on the mittens, take a file and walk along the edges of the countertop, eliminating the zabins and bumps.
6. Take a grinder and polish all the parties with diamond nozzles. They can remove all the sharp ends. When working with a grinder, use the smallest power. You should get rounded edges.
7. The grinding process is completed with sandpaper processing, it will make the edges safe.
8. Grind the edges with felt, shaking it from the felt circle. It is necessary to tightly press it with a thin layer to the edges of the countertop. This material will protect glass. The felt can be replaced with paste for processing glass, it has a transparent color. Before its use, it is necessary to degrease the edges of the countertop, after the pasta dries, it is practically not noticeable on the table.

Now you need to attach the legs to the countertop:

1. Turn the countertop down the front side to the floor.
2. To mark the places where the legs will be located, retreating from the sides 8 cm, and from the point to the corner - 13 cm, make the markings on all 4 sides.
3. Drill the hole at the top of the base in the leg, the suction cup will be attached there. Do the same with the rest of the legs.
4. Apply a carpentry glue to the suction cup and insert them into the hole and press them well.
5. Combine the legs and glass with suckers and press each well. You can additionally apply the carpentry glue, although the suction cups will keep the glass tightly without it. If you use glue, then you will need it literally a bit, because it will look ugly.
6. Turn the table up the way you will stand. Pass the rubber hammer in the places where the glass and the legs are joints, put the load on top. Leave in this position for two days. And then just wipe the table with a rag and you can use. Interesting examples of glass magazine tables can be viewed in the photo.

Decoration of the coffee table

The decor gives a special uniqueness to the table. It can be different, it all depends on the imagination and preferences of the author.

• shells decorating - such coffee tables look very romantic. The shells are glued to the table, make a frame on top and covered with glass. Bamboo frames are very popular, but experts do not advise making them independently, because such tables are not very practical. It is difficult to choose a bamboo of the same thickness, and dust will be collected in the corners, it is difficult to clean it, and all this looks very not aesthetically aesthetically pleasing. In addition, the bamboo is rounded, and such materials are difficult to attach to the glass. Therefore, it is best to take a regular skirting board, it can be selected in the store in tone, configuration and size. You need to glue the skirting boards to the glass silicone glue for aquariums, you can buy it in a pet store;

• mirror table - will become a decoration of any interior. The mirror decorate the tables of wooded wood. The basis of the table must be treated with a primer on water -based. Then paint it with silver, because it is this paint that surprisingly harmonizes with the mirror. But if you make a table for a specific interior, then choose the tone that you need. After the paint dries, you can glue the mirror, make it a countertop or stick it with plates on the legs;

• decoupage - until recently, the decor in the form of decoupage was considered almost a bad taste, but every day this technique is developing, more and more pictures appear, and many begin to confuse decoupage with artistic painting. First you need to fumble the countertop, then align it, fill up the cracks, as in the restoration of the table. Pillow with chalk, which is kneaded on furniture varnish, by density, the primer should be like sour cream. Next, you need to apply a pattern and open on top with a transparent varnish in several layers. Each layer must dry;

• artistic painting - for such a decor you need to take only those who have drawing skills. First you need to primer the basis of a home -made coffee table. Then use any wood painting technique;
• krakelyur-after applying the drawing with paint, when it has not yet completely dried up, is covered with a layer of rubbish varnish on top. After drying, he cracks, and the furniture looks in the old way. At the end, the pattern must be opened with ordinary varnish, otherwise dust will fall into the cracks.