A stunning, modern farmhouse table that is sure to turn heads. The perfect balance of modern and farmhouse, all for less than $100 in lumber!
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I am SO excited for this project! Like SO excited for so many reasons! To start, my best friend recently bought a house and I am so happy for her! Secondly, she moved closer to me so I’m able to see her more often. Granted, the dumpster fire that is 2020 hasn’t allowed me to see her as often as I’d like, but I’m also excited because her new house is a gorgeous blank space to be filled with projects! (Also, my girl got a promotion! It’s not related to the project, but I just needed to hype up my bestie for thriving out here!)
If you saw my post on building the wood slat headboard with my friend Anea, then you’ll know that I’m really passionate about fostering creativity, cultivating makers, and I’m just excited to get my friends building with me. When my friend Natasha texted me asking the common question I get, “could I build this?”, I told her she absolutely could and will!
We started Pinterest-ing and found a gorgeous, modern farmhouse table. I drafted up the plans for the table and we met up at Home Depot to buy the materials. We built this table in the span of an afternoon and completed the finishing (sanding, staining, painting) separately over the next few days before meeting at her place to assemble it. We’ve already got a growing list of future projects, but let me give you the deets on how we built this modern farmhouse table.
Tools & Materials
Lumber
- (1) 4’x8’x ¾ inch Red Oak Plywood
- (5) 2x3x8 Lumber
- (3) 8 ft Moulding Trim
Supplies
- Black Paint
- Wood Stain
- 2 ½ Kreg Pocket Screws
- 2 in Screws
- 1in Nails
- Wood Glue
- Wood Fill
Tools
- Hammer or Nail gun
- Kreg Jig Pocket Hole System
- Power Drill
- Sander or Sanding Block
- Saw (Circular or Miter Saws would work)
- Kreg Rip Cut
Get more info on my favorite beginner tools in my blog post, ‘5 Woodworking Tools You Need For Your Beginner Workshop’
Steps
1. Cut Your Lumber for the Base of Your Table
Cut your 2x3s pieces of lumber and drill pocket holes according to the list and graphic below. This list is for one “leg” of the table, so you’ll go through this cut list twice. Also, you’ll have to know the difference between a parallelogram and a trapezoid – I know, you love math as much as me. Here’s a graphic on the difference.
Cut Twice (for 2 legs)
- (3) Parallelograms cut to 28” each, with a 10 degree angle on each end
- 28” piece
- 16” piece
- (1) Trapezoid cut to 15 ½”, with a 10 degree angle on each end
- 9 ¾“ with one end cut to a 10 degree angle
Cut Once
- (2) 47” pieces to attach the legs together (not pictured)
Here’s another graphic to help with all the cuts and pocket holes. Using your Kreg Jig, drill pocket holes into your lumber based on the graphic below.
2. Assemble & Attach Legs
Put some wood glue between the joints of your leg pieces and assemble using 2 ½” pocket hole screws. Here are some instructions on the order in which we put this together.
Once the legs are assembled, attach your (2) 47” pieces to the top of the legs to have the full table base.
3. Cut Your Table Top to Size
Cut your table top to be 72×40”. If you buy your plywood from Home Depot or Lowe’s, you can ask a store associate to cut it down for you. This will also make it easier to fit the lumber in your car. You can also measure and cut the plywood at home with a table or circular saw. With the circular saw, I suggest using a Kreg Rip Cut to make a straight cut. It’s perfect for when you don’t have a table saw and need to ensure a straight rip.
4. Cut & Attach Moulding Trim:
Cut you moulding trim to be a trapezoid with a 45 degree angle. I suggest measuring, cutting and nailing one side of your table at a time. When in doubt, cut pieces a little longer – you can always trim it down, but you can’t add it back once it’s cut.
5. Finish & Assemble Base to Top
Fill in any nail or screw holes with wood fill and then sand the base and top completely with a 120 grit sandpaper or sanding block. Stain the table with your choice of stain and apply a coat of polyurethane. If you’ve never stained wood before or are looking to perfect your staining, check out my post on how to stain wood.
When you’re ready to assemble, lay your table top on your base and center it. Then using 2” wood screws, screw the base to the table top from underneath the table so the screws are hidden.
This build was so great and came together so quickly. There was some figuring out of the angles for the table, but hopefully the graphics here make it super simple for you!
Do you want to pull up your seat to this modern farmhouse table? If you decide to build this beauty be sure to tag or DM me on Instagram or Pinterest @MelanatedMakerDIY
If you want behind the scenes footage of how I accomplished this or any of my other projects, check out my Instagram @MelanatedMakerDIY.
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