Description
This modern coffee table looks like it could be designed today, or if painted with pink and turquoise – straight from the 80’s! It is very easy to build and has enough storage and style to complement your living room. This table can be made from one piece of 4 foot by 8 foot plywood, a few dowels, and a jig saw and drill.
Table:
Width 23″
Height 17.5″
Length 47″
Main Supplies:
Plywood - 1 Piece of 4′ by 8′ 3/4″ thick ~$20
Dowel Pins - Pack of 50 ~$3
Item Includes: The six page plan describes how to build the table in full detail with step by step instructions - even for those who have never worked with wood before!
Contents: Bill of materials, how to lay out the plywood, how to cut each part, drill the dowel holes, and how to assemble and finish the table. This is a plan to build the table, not the table itself nor any materials to build the table.
Description
This furniture plan allows you to build a chair and table set that would make any living room or patio more comfortable to enjoy. Hopefully Frank Lloyd Wright would be happy with all of the strong horizontal lines. This set can be made from three pieces of 4 foot by 8 foot plywood, a few dowels, a jig saw, and drill.
Table:
Width 36″
Height 16″
Length 36″
Chair:
Width 27 1/2″
Depth 25″
Height 26″
Main Supplies:
Plywood - 4′ by 8′ 3/4″ thick ~$20
Dowel Pins - Pack of 100 ~$6
Item Includes: The eleven page plan describes how to build the table and chairs in full detail with step by step instructions - even for those who have never worked with wood before!
This furniture plan can bring your living room back to the era of simple lines with a sophistication that will be the center of attention. This plan directs you in how to build this coffee table with one piece of plywood, a drill, and a jigsaw.
Table:
Width 36″
Height 16″
Length 36″
Main Supplies
Plywood - 1 Piece of 4′ by 8′ 3/4″ thick ~$20
Dowel Pins - Pack of 50 ~$3
Main Tools: Jig Saw, Drill
This furniture plan allows you to build 6 dining room chairs and a dining room table from three pieces of plywood.
Why spend over $1000 on a dining room set when you can build your own for a tenth the price?
These are very simple furniture plans to follow, and will easily replace that card table and fold up chairs you’ve been using for the last year.
Chair Size:
Width 17 3/4″
Depth 24 1/4″
Height 31 3/4″
Table Size:
Width 40″
Length 70″
Height 29 1/2″
Main Supplies
Plywood - 3x 4′ by 8′ 3/4″ thick ~$70
Dowel Pins - Pack of 200 ~$10
Main Tools: Jig Saw, Drill
Publish
The purpose of going through this step really depends on what you intend to do with your furniture plans. If you’re planning on distributing them (since they do make a great gift), this will allow others to easily build furniture without having to try to interpret random drawings. The quality of the plans also depends on what you’re intending on doing with them, and what your own standards are.
For the purpose of this post, we’ll go through the process that Plan Canvas goes through to publish a plan. Here are the basic steps:
- Go over again the way the pieces are cut out
- Go over again on how the parts are going to be assembled
- Get overall dimensions of the project
- Make a materials list
- Figure out the best way to tell the story
- Add in any tips you may have
Step 1) You’ve already done this (2 times I think?), but it never hurts to go over it again before actually cutting wood. There’s always a Doh! if you cut wood wrong and end up wasting materials.
Step 2) If you design something you can’t build, then it doesn’t do any good. So make sure that it can be assembled once again (prototype if necessary).
Step 3) If someone else is building this, they may want to see how it will fit with the room and the rest of their furniture. Also, if you’ve made your piece larger or smaller than a standard piece, people should know.
Step 4) This is really important since people rarely want to go to the store more than once, or they may need to budget out what to buy when. List out the tools needed too - or alternative tools if there’s another way to do the same task with a different tool. People always want to buy tools - their cool - but if you’re only going to use it once, it doesn’t make sense to buy it.
Step 5) Think of your audience. Will a master carpenter be building the piece, a hobby woodworker, or a college student who used a jig saw once in wood class back in junior high. If its the latter, be sure to really explain each step. Don’t assume that the user will know exactly what to do for each step.
Step 6) This part is totally optional, but if you have anything to add from your own experience, add it in. As people begin to work with building things, the more tips they have, the more comfortable they will be building projects in the future.
So as a very special example, the Plan Canvas Chair 00004 furniture plan will be free for you to use to understand where we are to this point.
So strangely enough, there are modern furniture plans on Ebay. I’ve added a little box on the left that continually scans Ebay for modern furniture plans for sale on Ebay. Some of the items for sale have some great scans of pages of the plans that they are selling.
Even if there isn’t something you find that you want, a lot of the pictures of the finished products can serve as some great inspiration for designs of your own!
Where do you find inspiration?
Plan Canvas LLC - Diagonal Storage Coffee Table
This is a modern furniture plan of a wonderful retro modern style coffee table, perfect for your sunken living room or den! This simple 50’s / 60’s design and extremely easy to build. This table can be made from one piece of 4 foot by 8 foot plywood, a few dowels, and a jig saw and drill.
Table:
Width 20″
Height 16″
Length 52″
Main Supplies
Plywood - 1 Piece of 4′ by 8′ 3/4″ thick ~$20
Dowel Pins - Pack of 50 ~$3
Main Tools: Jig Saw, Drill
