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The project:
I've never been a huge fan of our modular lounge, (call me crazy if you may) but its too comfy.
I mean once you're in the corner spot, you're in the corner spot for awhile!
It takes a fair amount of effort to push a freeloading house hippo (one of the multiple dogs) off your lap and pry yourself loose from the grips of comfort to reach your delicious wine thats sat on the coffee table in front of you. That being said, it’s a wonderful lounge and fits the space really well, so I decided to make it better!
I'm a chronic DIY'er, mainly through necessity, wine doesn't buy itself so every dollar counts these days and also, my husband is fifo, so he's not around to do things for me, but on the upside, he's not around to tell me "No" when I have one of my ideas.
So I present to you, the magnificent wine glass holding modular lounge sofa table thingy!
- Materials:
2x lengths of 140 x 19mm 5.7m Merbau Pre-Oiled Decking, from Bunnings
1x length of 90 x 19mm 2.7m Merbau Pre-Oiled Decking, from Bunnings
A whole bunch of screws also from Bunnings
Some Gillys beeswax timber filler sticks also from Bunnings
A couple of small brackets for support, found in the shed but more than likely purchased previously from Bunnings for another DIY project.
That’s it!
- Tools:
Husband’s (ours) AEG battery power tools, inc circular saw, drill and his (ours) snap on battery screwdriver. Some drill bits and a countersinking drill bit.
- Step 1:
First of all I got the kid to bed and the dogs feds, then poured some wine and created a masterpiece of a ‘to scale’ model using some old cardboard and sticky tape I found in the craft room. Jokes aside this was actually important for me to get my head around how I could build this thing the simplest and most effective way possible using the two different sizes of timber I purchased.
- Step 2:
I built the main long component first, using the 140mm wide length as the bench top and side legs. I braced it using the 90mm wide length of Merbau, this will run against the wall 90 degrees to the bench top, between the legs at each end and I also ran a center bracing leg down to the ground on the inside on the length thats against the wall, half way along to act as an extra support to shorten the span between supports.
I also notched out the lower part of the legs to allow for the skirting boards. And filled in any exposed countersunk screws with the wax sticks.
- Step 3:
I had some more wine and continued on happily, by this stage it was getting close to 10pm but I had made a mess of the lounge room so decided I had better keep going and get it done.
I made the shorter wall piece with the drop down following the same steps I had just done for the long main bench, this came together a bit quicker as I had the process figured out.
- Step 4:
So it was getting on and approaching midnight by this stage and I remembered I was an adult who had to leave at 6am for work. But then I figured I’ll just soldier on so then when I get home from work exhausted in the evening I’ll be able to sit in the corner spot and have my wine without having to expend any extra effort to reach said wine. BUT…then I realized at the end of the day my phone goes flat… so I decided to cut out a hole in the bench top near the corner so as to fit a power and charging point.
- Step 5:
ok 1am and it’s time to push the couch back and make sure everything fits and lines up. Success! I even added a skirting board to the couch to stop the endless build up of lost cat toys.
