4 Easy Parts & Steps To Build A Farmhouse Table
If you want to make your own farmhouse table, you just need to follow the given steps in each part. Here are the 4 easy parts with steps to makw your own farmhouse table with wasting your precious time.
Part 1: Designing Your Table
- First of all, choose the design of your farmhouse table. You can easily find many designs of farmhouse table online or check the designs in furniture catalogs & woodworking magazines.
- Once you've selected your favorite design of your farmhouse table, you need to make a rough sketch of your design on a piece of paper. For sketch use a pencil & also a ruler to create your ideal table and do not worry about the dimensions at first.
- Appraisal how much wood you will need for this project. Break the selected wood down into the components. The simplest farmhouse table has a tabletop & legs connected by apron pieces. If you want to add some extra feature to your farmhouse table then get lumber for those sections.
- You can also select the pine wood for making your farmhouse table because the pine wood is long lasting and very durable, at last the best option for your wooden table. Purchase your selected wood & have it cut.
Part 2: Creating The Tabletop And Apron
- Lay your table top planks side by side on the flat surface, select a side on each board to serve as the top part of the table. Position your each board so this side is face-down now. Arrange your boards into your tabletop that you have sketched earlier.
- Once done, drill pocket holes from your outer boards to the inner board. Drilling the holes previously adding the screws, prevents the boards from cracking, to create the holes then you need to measure along the sides of your center board. Mark it about every seven inches (18cm). You will need to use a drill (very long) bit, 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide, (pocket hole drill bit). Now drill on down angle on the sidebaords & into the side of your center board in every 7 inches (18cm).
- Now attach your boards together with screws, place 2 1/2 inches (6.4cm) pocket hole screws in each of the holes you've drilled in the previous step. Start your work with power drill, push all the screws in the holes. They won't cut into the wood, and will leave a very secure tabletop.
- Next you need to trace the position of aprons on the table's underside. The aprons will attach to your table top & legs, avoiding them from moving. From the edge of your tabletop, measure in about one inch (2.5cm). Then draw a line by using a pencil to indicate where the aprons will now connect to your tabletop.
- Now, clamp & glue the aprons to your tabletop and then set the aprons down on the lines you traced. You will have 2 shorter aprons each along the table's width & length. Spread a solid and even coating of your wood glue underneath the aprons to secure them to your table. Clamp them in place for a whole night in order to ensure they stay attached.
Part 3: Attaching The Table’s Legs
- First you need to trim your legs to the required size. Attaching the legs is often the precarious part when making your farmhouse table. A bed legs can make the difference betwixt a sturdy table & a wobbly one. Line your legs now up next to each other, start by measuring each leg by marking it's length & reducing it to the proper size with the help of a saw.
- Now, apply glue on the table legs to the apron joints. The table legs needs to placed where the aprons connects with each other. Spread the wood glue on the underside of your table & inside portion of the aprons. Then, stand a leg in each corner & clamp it in place.
- Drill pilot holes into the legs & aprons. Screws now need to be positioned where the center of your each apron & leg meet. Use 1/4 inches (0.64 cm) drill bit to drill straight into the leg. Repeat this step with the apron on the other side of your leg. You should have at least 8 holes total when you've finished.
- Fasten the legs to the apron by using fastening screws. Use a pair of 1/4 inch (0.64 cm) lag screws for each leg. Attach your screws through with the apron & into the leg. Use a ratchet to twist your screws into the table’s legs.
- You need to wait until the glues dry wholly. It may take a whole night in order to dry entirely. Usually you can flip it over sooner than this.
- Finally turn your table over to see if it is stable or not. Carefully turn your farmhouse table over. It can be very heavy, therefore you need to stand it on a level floor & then try to make it wobble. Wobbling is a sign that your table legs aren’t as perfect as they can be. They may be unbalanced, so then you will need to flip your table & cut the farmhouse table leg down to size.
Part 4: Sanding And Staining The Table
- After making your farmhouse table, now you need to sand, stain & paint your table, take 80 grit sandpaper and sand your table according to the wood grain or the lines in the wood, sand all the surface, edges, corners, and legs too.
- Once you've finished with 80 grit sandpaper, now change it to 220 sandpaper to smooth out your table and then change it to fine grit sandpaper.
- Once you've finished the sanding process, now wash off your table in order to get rid of any debris. Dampen a microfiber cloth or a tack cloth in lukewarm water. Wipe down your entire farmhouse table to remove the dust and then wait for your table to dry off.
- Once washed now you need to apply primer on your table with the help of rag, and also wear rubber gloves on your hands while doing this.
- This will your final step, apply a 2nd coating after the stain begins to dry. Let the stain dry for a whole night before attempting to add more.