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Hacked Tyde Coffee Table

Liz — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:38:49 +0000

For mothers day my sister and I built my Mom a coffee table. She has had the same one since before I was born and has wanted something new for a while. So I found my way back over to Knock-Off Wood. I showed my mom a few tables and she picked the Tyde Coffee Table. To buy this table for her brand new would have ran around $400 bucks. Ashton and I were able to build it buy extra screws and brushes for $150. Oh and forgot to add when needed to buy a belt sander so we split that too. So at the end of the day we spend $150 and at the end of it we have a belt sander. Next weekend we are building the same table for Ashton and later at some point one for me too. All that is left to do is add the poly coating and it will be set and ready for use. I am sure this table will last forever now that Mom doesn't have two little girls putting it though the ringer. There are matching end tables to go with this table that I am thinking will make a great Christmas gift.

We still have a little way to go, but so far I am so happy with how it has turned out. I just can't wait to finally be building my own.

Also special thanks to Knock-Off Wood. Without these free wonderful plans I could have never done this. It is truly as simple as building with Legos. Now just praying the poly goes on easy with no bubbles.

Final pictures and tips will be coming soon. Just need a nice amount of free time so I can focus and make sure I do the last and final step correct.

One last thing if you haven't ever seen my Modern Farm House kitchen table I built make sure you check it out just click here.

Farm house table is complete!

Liz — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:14:18 +0000

My table is finally done and I can say I did 99.9% of it by myself. Will helped with cutting the 2x12 and the first coat of stain. My hands show a few dings but its worth it. I want to say another thanks to http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/ it is truly an amazing site and I would never had a table this nice without this site and free plans. I do want to say I added a few extra things to the table plans and I messed a few things up from the plans. Also I spent around $130 start to finish. I wanted to add what I had add in case anyone stumbles onto this blog post building the same thing.

First thing is I am going to add are some triangle brackets. Not in just yet cause I just finally finished the stain and varnish. This table is very very stable and really doesn't "need" these but with an almost two year old that climbs everything I thought more the better. I will also be adding these to the benches since they will be getting moved in and out a lot.

The second thing I added was some little felt sliders. Our floors are not tile and are pretty cheap. The wood is pretty heavy and I didn't want to mess up the floors. I am not ready for that project just yet. You can get these really cheap at almost any store and I used two per 2x6 so they would also be level. You can buy just felt you can just slick to the bottom but I wasn't sure how long that would last so I got the plastic feet that have a nail sticking out so you can secure it to the bottom of the leg.

Lastly is just a picture of the table top. This is probably the part I am most proud of. I spend a lot of time making sure I got the top perfectly level so no plates or dishes anywhere on the table would ever wobble.

One tool I used that was not a recommend tool was a chalk line. I wanted my holes to be perfectly inline and I couldn't have eyeballed it well enough. So that made my job much easier. I also drilled all my boards not skipping the three in the middle and flipping the table. So I have a few extra holes filled in my table but nothing to bad. I went every other 2x2 on the supports up under for drilling the top in. So I don't have all 180 screws seems like skipping every other one is also fine. At the end of the day I was tired and took the easy way out on that one. But there is still over 90 screws in the top so I don't think its going anywhere.

Here is day one with the table.

Day four I think it was...

One Step Closer on Table

Liz — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:13:01 +0000

This weekend I have been able to make very good progress on the table. This evening we will be moving it indoors for the final coat of stain/sealer. I started in the garage not knowing how the smell would be but it wasn't bad. I have put two coats on so far and plan to stop after three assuming it looks and feels the way I want. After the first coat it didn't feel like it sealed at all but I used a low grit sand paper in order to get a darker stain. So I think it wood just absorbed the stain. I ended up going with a a Polyshades Bombay Mahogany stain/sealer it was an all in one. So far applying it has been much easier than the post I read online. However the second coat was a little harder than the first, not sure what to expect out of the third. Its a much redder shade than the store or can show. But we are both really liking the color. Not the picture but both benches are done. I hope to be posting a fully completed with it set up in our kitchen picture tomorrow.

Here is day one on the table.

Modern Farm House Table

Liz — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:04:19 +0000

So the project has begun. I sold my old table on Craigs List yesterday in order to fund this project. The table sold very quickly and for full asking price (probably should have asked more.) Now its not even close to being finished yet so use your imagination a little bit. I still have six more supports to put in up under and six more boards for the top that will all have to be screwed down. From there I will build two benches. Later on I might pick up two chairs for the ends of the table or build two half benches. So far today I have only got to work on it and hour and half, but feel like I am making good progress. I have never had trouble building anything thanks to helping build custom closets for a year or so. I am a little scared about staining it so I am open to any tips, youtube videos or hands on help.

Anyways this all all I have for now. I hope to be able to finish it over the weekend stain in all. Currently we are going to do a really dark cherry stain if I can find it. I hope to be having Sunday night or Monday's dinner on this table while sitting on our new benches.

Here is a link to the plans I am following and a picture of what it should look like in the end.

Update: Another picture I was able to get a little more done this evening. The table top takes 180 screws that is a lot of screw so sink... You can't tell but I have over half of the done and am debating doing the rest. Also now thinking I might not might doing a chestnut stain, its the stain you can buy the table in from West Elm.