Making Table Out Of Hardwood Flooring

Hardwood floors add warmth and beauty to your home.

Making table out of hardwood flooring.

Build a coffee table photo by gerenme e getty. How to make a table top from hardwood floors. I love the idea of using hardwood flooring as table tops. Weather it s the new generation on laminate floors traditional hardwoods or hardwood floors that you have taken from the woods and made yourself they will add value to your home.

Add hardwood flooring as a tabletop to a coffee table that is missing it s original table top. So when i spotted a piece of furniture and it s exactly what i have been looking for priceless. When assembled into a panel hardwood flooring makes an attractive table top that s durable and stable. Step by step tutorial will have you making your own project this weekend.

Drag a piece of flooring tongue side down to even out the base for a brick path. Cut off the outside tongue and groove and stain the edges to match. Level soil or sand photo by kolin smith. Make sure the frame is the correct height so that the flooring boards will be flush to the top edge of the frame.

Creating your own hardwood floors tongue and groove joint. This project works best if the coffee table is sturdy enough to hold the heavy oak flooring. I told you about this table over a year ago in my post recent finds june 18 2012. How to make a coffee table or a bench using chair legs and hardwood flooring.

Attach the boards to the sides of the tabletop using 2 finish nails. Fit together planks and secure from underneath with scrap wood braces. To rip off the tongue and groove edges set the table saw to the width of the tongue groove and run the board through the saw. I ve been keeping my eye out for a table base with either a missing top or one in not so great condition.

With the proper tools and a bit of hard work you can make your own. The beauty of this type of table resides in. I never really thought about making a coffee table using chair legs and hardwood flooring but one day while i was looking for something to make i took a second look at the base of these chairs.