Once we settled on the look, we cut the same shape into all eight pieces that would compose the legs.
Little and I designed a basic curve that would allow the legs to transition from thick to a skinnier foot type that would rest on the floor and match the rest of the table.
Instead, we took two 1圆 pieces of wood and formed an ‘L’ for each of the legs.īefore we fastened each together, we decided to give the legs some flare rather than just being straight legs with hard right angles. At first we considered using some repurposed stair rail posts for the legs, but ultimately decided they looked too skinny and moved onto making our own. The last component of actual construction was the table legs. We used some basic 1圆 pieces of wood to build the rectangular skirt and once assembled, centered it evenly on the underside of the table and glued it into place along with some small tack nails to make sure it didn’t move while drying. The table skirt is the band of wood below the tabletop that typically is inset below the top so it creates an even lip around the table. Once the glue dried, it was time to start mapping out the table skirt and legs.
This was actually the longest part of the building process, taking about 6 hours since we had to wait for the glue to properly adhere before we mounted it to the legs. Next, we glued and clamped the pieces in place. The first step was cutting down the wood into four even rectangular pieces to the desired size we wanted of a 2’ x 5’ table. While I was completely inexperienced in any sort of ‘from scratch’ carpentry, Little had recently built himself a new dining room table from the aforementioned oak slabs and began to expound his knowledge and experience at me as we built my table. Our construction manager, Joe Little, and I decided to build a custom wooden kitchen table for my apartment that would both compliment the interior colors and required space in my dining room.
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