Hello! I’ve been building again… I found a coffee table in the Pottery Barn catalog and fell in LOVE!
Well it’s $699 and OUT of my budget so of course I turned to Ana!
She whipped up plans for a similar coffee table that cost me $100! Score!
Here are a few pics during my building process:)
My Kreg came in mighty handy for this build! It really is amazing how solid it makes a piece of furniture! Whit and I highly recommend purchasing one if you are going to build your own furniture!
Pic of the bottom shelf. It’s two 1×12’s and I secured them together with the Kreg.
Hidden pocket hole underneath the shelf.
Now for the drawers…. The table itself was VERY easy to build but the drawers were the biggest challenge I have faced building so far. That being said, they were “doable” and I am so glad that I tackled them:)
Here is a picture of the drawer slides and the drawer frames you build. What makes this a little tricky is that the two frames you build for the drawers to slide in and out of have to be pretty identical.
TIPS for drawers:
~Do NOT use furring strips
~Make sure your boards are straight
~Build the first one based on your table measurements rather than the plans just to make them exact.
~I built the first one and then placed the second one on top of the first as I built it to make sure they lined up exact.
~No build is perfect. If your drawer slides a little crooked, only you will know:) The drawer face makes up for a lot of human error;)
I finished her off with my new FAVORITE stain!
It dries super fast, doesn’t smell as bad as most wood stain and the finish is so even and rich!
Ready to see my finished product???
I bought the pulls at Home Depot for about $5 each. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this coffee table and I LOVE that I saved $600 building it myself with Ana’s Plans!
If you love it would you please pin it below 🙂 Thanks so much! ~Ashley
Pinned it, tweeted it, facebooked it – now just need to make it! I love the drawer description (if a little crooked you are the only one to know 😉 – I have to laugh – the last project we did a dresser – we did five drawers on (the one on your page) I think the last one was perfect! Can totally relate as I sit here laughing! Great post – thanks as always for sharing!!!
Gorgeous!!! I want to make this, but wondering if I could modify it to have “faux” drawers? I am a beginner with building furniture and I don’t want to get in over my head:) any ideas? Thanks so much and GREAT JOB as usual:)
What are the dimensions of this coffee table?
Your coffee table turned out gorgeous, you’ve done a lovely job! I have this linked to my coffee tables post too today, for inspiration!
Can you please come by my house and make this for me?! You did an amazing job! Love it!
I wanted to stop by and let you know that I’m featuring it on Friday’s Fabulous Furniture Finds today! If you have a minute please stop by and check it out!
http://chase-thestar.blogspot.com/2012/05/fridays-fabulous-furniture-finds-4.html
Blessings! Barbara @ Chase the Star
Starting this project this weekend.
This. Is. AWESOME! I would love to start building my own furniture, but I’m really nervous. Thanks for the great ideas!
Wow, totally amazing job Ashley! This coffee table really works with any living room themes. Thanks for sharing this DIY project. Looking forward for more ideas.
OMG! i am in love with your site. I have been looking at all of your tutorials and I love this one. I have needed a coffee table for a long time and it seems that you and I both have very expensive taste in Pottery Barn, but its not in my budget either. I am gonna make this as soon as i can! Thank you so much for your time in doing this and everything else. I am gonna be a fan for life 🙂 🙂
Wow! The table turned out amazing. Turely a masterpiece, job well done.
Hi there – I’m intrigued. What’s kreg?
Based on the inspiration provided by you and Ana, I am working on this. How did you make sure that the legs were all perpendicular to the base, and parallel with each other? Thx in advance.
I love this table but i think im going to to make the legs longer and make it a console/sofa table.