Wooden Table With Drawer Plans

Let's play a friendly game of "Never Have I E'er."  You've played that earlier, right?

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You hold up your fingers and go around the circumvolve proverb things you've never done and whoever has done them has to lower a finger.  The concluding person with whatever fingers still up wins.

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We will make information technology a quick game and just use one finger and one question. Are y'all ready?

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Okay, never have I e'er….changed a diaper.  Like, e'er.

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Anyone yet have a finger up?  DID I WIN?!

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Of course I won. Anyone with a finger still up wins…because, you guys, nosotros've never changed a diaper.  And that, my friends, is #winning.

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Okay, okay, plenty with the funny concern…I'thou just making jokes. Merely in all seriousness, a friend of mine has an adorable newborn. And he obviously requires a diaper change on occasion. Now, I know nil nigh irresolute diapers, simply I know that they come in a big box, and you typically require a few other accessories like wipes and cream…I think??

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And those things are unremarkably not something yous want to use every bit domicile décor. So my friend (who blogs over at Fun Home Things–and you demand to check her out!) asked for my assistance to hide them so they would still exist conveniently located, but you lot didn't have to actually see them.

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Then I fabricated her a "diaper hiding side tabular array" that she could put next to the burrow.

But, skillful news for those of us who don't need to hide diapers…it functions perfectly fine as a "other random stuff you desire to hide side table," likewise! It'south just got measurements suited to store a typical diaper box.

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Side story: that pillow in the table was a gift from my sister.  She thought it was funny considering it'south got six cats driving a Volkswagon van and if you know annihilation about me, that only screams "SHARA!!!!!" in all caps and with five exclamation points.  Nonetheless, I find information technology somewhat embarrassing, so she jokes with me that I hibernate it.  It'due south a 1200% coincidence that it ended up in this movie, just still kind of funny.  Sissy, I am not trying to hide the pillow, I'm just staging….I promise.

And then anyway…ready for the how to? Bang-up 🙂

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Materials needed:

¾" plywood (1 sail is plenty)

ane×12 lath (optional for the meridian..tin can use plywood instead)

2x2s (2 8ft sticks or can rip ane two×4 in half)

i×half dozen board (for the drawer)

¼" plywood (¼ sheet)

Cove molding (optional–3 8ft sticks)

Set of drawer slides

ane ¼" pocket hole screws

2 ½" pocket hole screws

Tools needed:

Miter saw

Circular saw or table saw (to cut plywood)

Kreg Jig

Drill

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The overall size of the table was 22" deep, 17" wide, and 26" tall.

1. Build side frames

I cutting the four legs from 2x2s at 25 ¼" long. Then I cut 2 more than 2x2s at 19" long. I fastened the xix" piece between the tops of the legs using ane ½" pocket holes and 2 ½" pocket hole screws similar the moving picture shows.  I made two of these:

Then I cut 2 pieces of plywood at 19" square and drilled ¾" pocket holes like the pictures shows.

I placed the plywood pieces between the ii sets of legs and attached using 1 ¼" pocket hole screws so that the plywood was flush to the INSIDE of the slice.

And so, I cutting another two pieces of 19" ii×2 and fastened under the plywood on each side of legs like the picture shows. I used 1 ½" pocket holes and 2 ½" screws. Once information technology was attached to each leg, I screwed the plywood to this piece too using one ¼" pocket pigsty screws.

That makes the two sides of the table.

two. Adhere the dorsum piece

Now, just to be articulate, I knew this particular tabular array'south back would be exposed where it would be sitting in the living room. If yous know the dorsum will not be exposed, y'all could skip this step and subsequently you attach the lesser, just boom on a ¼" backing. That's what nigh people would exercise. Only since the back will be showing, I wanted to make it await pretty.

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I cut a piece of two×2 at 13" and attached at the summit between the two side panels using 1 ½" pocket holes and 2 ½" pocket hole screws. Then I cut a piece of plywood at 13×xix" and attached just like the side panels with ¾″ pocket holes and ane ¼″ pocket hole screws. Information technology'due south a tight squeeze to drill these screws in. In hindsight, I should have done the back first, So the side panels, but using a shorter drill fleck for the pocket pigsty screws worked fine.

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Note: This movie is of the table upside down.  The pocket holes on the ii×ii are on the top side (so you tin't see them here).

Once the plywood was attached, I added another thirteen" 2×2 on the bottom just like I did with the side panels.  Once more, this picture is of the table upside downwards.

3. Attach the bottom

I cut another piece of 13×19" plywood and fastened again using ¾" pocket holes and 1 ¼" screws just similar with the side and back panels.

Once the plywood was attached, I attached another 2×2 cut at 13" (just similar every step before) on the front and screwed information technology in.

four. Add top

I apologize, I totally forgot to take a moving picture of this step, but it's uncomplicated. I drilled ¾" pocket holes (toward the top) along the tiptop 2x2s on all three sides.

I made a top by gluing some scrap 1x12s that I had lying around together, but you could definitely utilise plywood instead and just finish the edges with border banding.

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My superlative was 22"x17". This allowed for no overhang on the front end and back (my friend wanted it as shallow as possible so it would fit beside the couch), and 1" over hang on each side (width wise). If you lot want one" overhang all around, make the elevation 24×17.

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Once I had my top, I centered it and made sure everything was square, then screwed it on using the pocket holes I drilled along the top 2x2s and 1 ¼" pocket hole screws.

5. Add together drawer and doors

I'm the worst and I also forgot to take pictures of this too, but I have two other posts to tell you all almost how to brand a drawer and a door that should assist.

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I made my drawer from a 1×half dozen. I ripped the sides on the table saw and so they wouldn't be as tall as the face front end, just this is just personal preference. It'due south not necessary.

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I made my door from 1x3s and inserted a piece of ¼" plywood within. You can see how it's washed in this post.

6. Add Cove Molding (Optional)

I cutting and nailed on cove molding around the sides and back, but this step is totally optional. Cove molding adds a lilliputian something something and is pretty inexpensive, so I figured why non?

vii. Finish

I stained the finished slice in Minwax Dark Walnut and Polycrylic. I added contumely hardware for the hinges and drawer/door pulls. And that's it!

For those needing a place to hibernate diapers and such, information technology works great as you lot can run across.

And for those of united states just wanting a beautiful farmhouse manner side table, information technology works just fine for that as well.

So what practice you think?  Practice you need somewhere to store your diapers?  Or, uh, other random stuff?  Of course y'all practice…who doesn't need more pretty storage?

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Become building 🙂

You lot guys, I have a super, super-dy duper fun heady project I'g working on RIGHT NOW that I cannot expect to show y'all (every bit long every bit information technology turns out like I promise it will–cross your fingers for me!), and so be sure to stay tuned.  For sneak peeks and other random shenanigans going on in the shop be certain to follow forth on Instagram!

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Until next time, happy edifice!

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