People who really wish to make their own tables out of pallets can join us now! We are going to share a full guide here to construct a beauteous wooden pallet table on a budget. This DIY pallet chevron topped coffee table is our today’s topic and we have shared here some construction details to avoid any mistake or misuse of wood.
This pallet coffee table tutorial is feasible for all and one can copy this construct to build his own coffee tables, side table, patio tables and that of dining tables. This handcrafted table features a lower shelf that can safely hold plenty of items at the same like pillows, blankets, books and magazines. Just find some pallets and start the construction over, it costs you nothing but a little bit muscle strength and effort. For a glowing wood tone, wood has been gritting through hand-rubbing with sandpaper and looks fab in enriched wooden character!
This step may be much effort taking, you need to keep lot of patience while doing this job pallet deconstruction. Use the spy bar and pulled the planks up from the boards this may save your lot of time for sure.
Give the custom cuts to separated pallet planks and prepare the boundary of the table top first. To hold the boards in place tightly you can use put the screws in at the joining ends. Make the wood need and soft to touch by messing up a little bit with sandpaper, this will bring terrific wooden luster and sparkle on the wood grains.
Just right after you built the top, apply the plywood sheet at its bottom, this will serve you as a tray to hold the top planks which are going to be aligned in amazing chevron style! To go with measurements always saves us from imperfections and we get a neat and bold design every time, this also saves wood and time to be wasted!
Put one piece of board, add a nail from the bottom side at the same time, repeat this process till you the ending point.
To avoid any bent or to give a more strong holding to top, bottom supports have been added using more pallet boards.
Now the most amazing part of the construction, the attachment of legs. You may go with various options for stylish standing of your table, you can select the metal legs or pedestal base but thicker wooden lengths will also be worthy for an overall wooden impact. Fix up the legs by flipping the table top over and use the latest hardware for lasting assembly of them.
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Now the last and final step that is optional and you can skip it in your case., the fixing of lower shelf panel. Build a one more level just like the top and fix it just a right at the bottom to enable your DIY pallet table design for storage too.
Now you can vary its color tone according to desires using the paint, stain or white wash. Customize its appeal for your shabby chic, modern chic or farmhouse styled interior and enjoy this sturdy no-cost creation for a whole lifetime!