How to Build a Farmhouse Table and Bench DIY

[Music] building a farmhouse table has always been kind of one of those dream builds like it's always been in the back of my head and I've always looked at him on Pinterest but I just had not gone through and done the work so I finally decided to get tour I started off by taking my construction grade lumber and milling it down 2 dimensional lumber so taking the rounded edges off the sides and flattening him out a bit so I could glue them together and make two by fours and the four by fours I did the same of my two by six lumber I did this so that the tabletop would go together seamlessly and I would have a completely flat table and bench construction grade lumber coming from the big-box stores does come a little rough so I planed down any of the pieces that I was going to glue together as well as the top so that I'd have a little bit easier time sanding later I don't have the largest clamp collection yet so I did have to get a little creative in this glue up I screwed down a 2x4 to the table so that I could use as little clamps as possible just using a solid edge and clamping it to that [Music] [Music] [Music] for the smaller pieces of wood I did not have clamps long enough to fit all the ones that I had so I screwed down two pieces of scrap 2x4 one on either side and then hammered in these little wedges that I made out of just some scrap wood it seemed to work to held everything together nice and tight a long enough for it to dry of course no weekend project is complete without a few extra trips to the hardware store [Applause] [Music] [Music] after the glue is dried overnight it was time to put the pieces through their final pass through the planer to get them to their final dimensions this process does take quite a while when you could just go to the bookstore and buy four by fours but you do save a little bit of money this way and it was really rewarding to see the final product I made a doughnut holder for a friend's wedding a few months ago and they no long had a use for it so I am repurposing it into the bench legs for the table I thought I would show how I set up the table saw for ripping off the edges to give you the the flat edges that look really nice and are really useful when making a table with pocket screws I kind of made a mess that was easy wish now it's time to move on to the best / worse most aggravating and most rewarding part of the build it's at the tabletop this was pretty difficult I wanted to get a completely flush surface and I was using pocket hole screws so getting it completely flush on the underside was a little tough but with enough sweat and tears it will come together I like to leave the boards a little long and cut them down to final length once the table is all screwed together so that you do have a nice flush line once the tabletop is done it was time to move over to assembling the legs I use pocket holes and a lot of screws to put the legs together this way the table is nice and strong and believe me this thing is strong it is heavy and it is not going anywhere when working by yourself it does take a little bit of trial and error to figure out how to put everything together properly I did not use glue to connect the two stretchers between the two legs so that I could disassemble the table into smaller pieces so that it be easier to move down the road [Music] I then filled any of the exposed pocket holes with the little dowels that Craig cells they are pre-cut and you just have to glue them in it was a really easy process I hadn't used these before but they weren't great as they're intended when installing the feet on the legs I used the Craig drill bit as a countersink bit so that I could hide the screws away and make sure that they got into the post of the leg and it was nice and strong and plenty of wood glue [Music] after the glue dried I went back and sanded down the dowels because after the X is installed it would be hard to get the sander in there later I went back and forth on how I should install these I ended up just using wood glue and my nailer just to hold them in place while the wood glue dries they are not structural it's more decorative and it should be plenty strong enough but if you don't trust this you could use pocket hole screws and just fill those in like I did on the main supports I added foot pads to the bottom to get the table off the ground and make it easier for leveling later and then it was time for sanding I used my belt sander because it does tend to be a little rough on the wood and I wanted it to look a little rustic and like old barn wood so it did scratch it up quite a bit more on the bench I went back and sanded the table top with my palm sander from sixty grit all the way up to 240 I think I use pre stain before staining the wood so that it would not be blotchy and I would have a consistent color throughout [Music] I went with my favorite stain Jacob beam I didn't want it too dark though so I only left it on for a little bit before wiping it all off [Music] this stain really does make the grain in the wood pop and once you get a layer of polyurethane on there it really does separate the color and makes it look amazing after I stain the legs I went back with chalk paint with a little bit of water on the brush this helps the paint go on a little bit smoother and gives it a little bit of a worn look after the paint was dry I followed up with a piece of sandpaper just to rough it up and really give it that authentic look after that I put a few coats of polyurethane on the table to protect it and I attached the top with pocket hole screws and it was done [Music] [Music] hi I'm Justin and I hope you guys enjoyed the build it was a ton of fun to do it's a project that I've always wanted to do if you want to see a little bit more I just start an Instagram account for my channel it's just an underscore bill I'll link that in the description down below I hope you guys enjoyed it and inspired you to try something new check 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Channel: Justin Built

Views: 54,865

Keywords: DIY, Farmhouse Table, Farmhouse, Rustic Table, Rustic, Dining Table, How to build Table, DIY Table, Picnic Table, X Leg Table, How to Make Table, How to build Dining Table, Farm Table, Distressed Table, X Table, How to distress furniture, Building a Table, DIY Bench, How to make bench, How to build Bench, Farmhouse bench, Cheap Table, Table and bench, Justin Built

Id: 68eiBliQf-s

Length: 10min 2sec (602 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 25 2018