Made my DIY project a lot easier
My wife had seen an online ad for a natural wood console table she wanted that was showing "out of stock." When we tried to locate and find the table manufacturer, we got no response. We assumed the original manufacturer had been a small outfit (or even a small family business) that might have gone out of business based on their website. As a result, my wife asked me if I could make one that looked like the picture. That is how this project got started.<br /><br />I ordered these custom-size iron legs ("Square Legs with Middle Shelf (2" Wide - 1/4" Thick Metal) Table Legs, Bench Legs, Industrial Modern, DIY."). For this DIY project, the specs were 29" tall, 10" in length and the shelf bar 4" from the floor.<br /><br />In addition to the legs, I also purchased (from Amazon) two sets of "Rustic Weathered Reclaimed Wood Planks for DIY Crafts, Projects and Decor (6 Planks - 36" Long)" to obtain twelve (12) 3.5" x 36" pieces of reclaimed wood to build a natural wood console table.<br /><br />The legs were the easy part of the project. I chose these legs because I could custom-order the dimensions. However, I did wait until the legs arrived to confirm the sizes and placement of the holes. Pleased to report there were no surprises. The legs arrived well within the predicted window of time.<br /><br />I selected ten of the best planks from the twelve (see the photo of wood planks) and built the table shown in the picture. As a result, the entire table has character. You can see weathering in the planks, where other boards crossed the planks and the occasional left-over nail hole, but that adds to the charm of the finished product. While probably not the first thing people notice, the table legs compliment the rest of the table by their clean and simple lines. Custom ordering the dimensions of the legs made the project easier because other legs I considered were limited to a fixed number of sizes. My wife is still in the process of selecting decorations to place on the console, but in the photos, you can see the direction things are heading. Overall, everyone here is pleased with the results.
Rating: 5 stars