Workshop
Ask a question

The Bunnings Workshop community can help with your home improvement projects.

D.I.Y. dining table

kel19
Having an Impact
kel19
kel19
Having an Impact

 

A dining tabletop built by hand using plywood sheet and dressed pine.

 

 

After_dining_table_final1.jpeg

 

The project

 

For years I hated our black glass-top dining table but couldn’t justify buying a new one, especially when what I wanted, in the size I wanted, was $2000 plus. With an incredibly understanding husband, I took over his car shed with his father-in-law's tools and decided I’d make my own.

 

After many drawings and calculations, I purchased a thick plywood sheet and some dressed pine. Then I got to work spending my afternoons getting little bits of the dressed pine measured, cut, glued, and screwed bit by bit. After that I gave them a final sand, fill, stain, and seal. 

 

Old_dining_table.jpeg


After three months and some changes of mind and getting the stain right, I finally had a tabletop I was happy with. Then I decided to get the old table legs powder coated black before reinforcing the ply (to withstand everything the six-year-old could possibly do to it) before putting it all together.  

I’ve had a few D.I.Y. jobs under my belt, but this was by far the most technical and challenging, but also the most worthwhile.  

It was a big process, but I really wanted something that we could keep for a while (hopefully a long time but we’ll see how my D.I.Y. craftsmanship holds up). Definitely pretty proud of how it turned out. 

 

Comments
Dave-1
Community Megastar

@kel19 

Seriously impressed at the level of work you have done. It really came together. I really like how you have put dressed pine down over a cheaper product and definently understand to make it 6 year old proof test. its a good way of looking at building anything is to figure out potentially how things could be broken or damaged. I actually  think its abetter product when you do that. Huge amount of effort that really looks like its paid off!

 

Dave

Tyro
Becoming a Leader

Simply fab!  It looks so great!  That must have taken a huge amount of steady hands and truckloads of patience ... I presume you  hung the 6 y.o up on the washing line for the duration?! 🤣🤣🤣

Why join the Bunnings Workshop community?

Workshop is a friendly place to learn, get ideas and find inspiration for your home improvement projects