Looking for Coffee Table Ideas.

| I'm making my daughter a coffee table for her new house and would | like some ideas or designs if possible. | It's going to be around 50" by 30" but these are not hard numbers | at this point. I was going to do it using walnut.

Ok. I suggest rectangular, oval, or free-form top.

(You might at least tell us something about the rest of the room, how the table will actually be used, how much time you want to spend on it, ...)

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

Also 1,3, 4, 5 or 6 legs depending on size and shape.

DAGS on "coffee table" and have fun - lot's of good pictures;

Use a hand saw, table saw, or band saw for most of the cuts.

Looking at 4 legs and using rectangular size 30" width and around 50" across. Time is 2-3 weeks. The decor for the rest of the room is what ever people have given them. They have only be married a year now so style is open but I was leaning toward mission style. I was also looking at putting a shelf in and no drawers.

They wanted a shelf so

Keith wrote:

| Looking at 4 legs and using rectangular size 30" width and around | 50" across. Time is 2-3 weeks. The decor for the rest of the room | is what ever people have given them. They have only be married a | year now so style is open but I was leaning toward mission style. I | was also looking at putting a shelf in and no drawers.

Good choice (I happen to really like mission furniture)

Try this link:

If you have difficulties along the way, this is a good place to get specific kinds of help.

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

There's a great book on coffee tables by some guy named Kramer.

B.

Check out this beast! A pop up mechanism that will make a cool dining/coffee table. I have one of these, and haven't got it built yet. SWMBO says I have to get rolling on it right after the x-mas presents are done. :-) Good Luck Lyndell

WOW! I hope they have a big living room.

Here's one I made for my living room. It's about 24 x 36.

Here's the coffee table I designed and built

That's one gorgeous piece of design and execution, Larry ... worthy of a spot in FWW.

Tue, Dec 6, 2005, 11:14am snipped-for-privacy@1usenet.net (Keith) did say: I'm making my daughter a coffee table for her new house and would like some ideas or designs if possible. It's going to be around 50" by 30" but these are not hard numbers at this point. I was going to do it using walnut. Thanks

You google "first", and "then" you ask for help if you can find what you want.

GOOGLE

I've been looking (with google) for a suitable coffee table design for at least six months. Found a LOT I liked, including a lot of free plans. Ran across this one a little bit back, and it's pretty well what I wanted. Of course, I don't intend to buy the plans, and I'll change a few of the details, height, legs, and so on. Except for that, it'll be an exact copy.

You might want to try google.

JOAT A rolling stone gathers no moss...unless it's a hobby he does on the weekends.

Keith and others with similar questions, If you are looking for ideas, do a Google IMAGE search. Here's 205,000 ideas. Sam

Inquiring minds ....

Apparently so. It went up to 896 and with the "omitted results included" it went to 994. Is there any way around the limit? 994 is plenty, but since they said 205,000 exist, if they won't let me see the other 204,006 I will feel empty, cheated, bereft of hope or happiness. Sam

Pisser ain't it ... like everything else these days, it appearances that count. Go have a drink, or buy a tool ... it'll soothe that tortured soul.