The dining area is open to the living/game room area, so I wanted it to look like it belonged. Required fields are marked *. I cant wait to make one for me. Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words! Thanks Bethany, Ill go link up! I attached threesides before I put my melamine sheet on top. Pete is great and he makes his steps so easy to follow. This is amazing! I know what you mean! Thanks so much Carrie, I just went over to the furniture fix party! Your email address will not be published. I then found one of these thin sheets of melamine in the back and decided to grab it to line my board with. We dont know anything about this, so we figured it would be wise to get an idea of how it works. What a challenge and what a result. I have been talking about doing this for months! Thats a great project! When I pulled my melamine made board off, it didnt look great :(. It sure would be lighter! What do you think? I had about 5 guys laugh and roll their eyes, so of course I had to do it. Love seeing your projects! Thanks Yanique! Start with a small piece and see how it goes! my friend DIY Pete has a thorough and informative video tutorial on how to make a concrete table top here. I put about 4 coats and now it is nice and smooth. Thanks for sharing this. i would love the plans for this! I bought a piece of plywood, and since I dont have a table saw, I had my friend cut it at Lowes to the size I wanted. It took a lot of us, and some dog beds, but we eventually got it in. Were thinking about building it for our new home! I actually have another post about the second table like this I built, but its probably too late because it sounds like youve already started on this one. Inspire. That is true, you do NOT want to move this thing. It wasnt so bad, the concrete. 20 Gorgeous DIY Dining Table Ideas and Plans, 21 Unique DIY Coffee Tables Ideas and Plans. Sharing your post on Twitter! Oak? I love the industrial look of the material when it is used in interiors. Thank you Miguel. Score! I love how it has a concrete top to it. Love your work! I loved how the wood and concrete looks together. I might have to consider actually making one now. Way to go. Pete suggests using reinforcement. of the polished concrete table top. This concrete table top will be super heavy (over 400 pounds! Both tables have held up great so far, and weve had no issues with either! I cannot believe you tackled something like this!! This is awesome! formId: '5ece931ddf06e70026d0a52f', You did a great job and its perfect for your home! Anyway, I mixed an almost white, tannish wall paint with water. Lowes did have smaller sheets of the the melamine lined plywood, and I got my friend at Lowes to cut those down to four long strips at 2.25 wide for the sides. Shes turned her self-described Cookie-Cutter home into something that is so fabulously her own. Anyway,after a lot of sanding, I painted on one coat of Minwax Special Walnut. You make the best tables! I tried a couple of things. Im just blown away by how gorgeous your table is! Wow, thanks so much! And of course the result is stunning! The whole thing was quite comical, but we did it! See Petes post for more detailed instructions on how to make the mold. pre-cast form package from Concrete Countertop Solutions, Fiber Mesh Reinforcement from Concrete Countertop Solutions, Our 1970s Kitchen Remodel Before and After, The 14 Best Boho Dining Room Rugs of 2021, The 14 Best Boho Dining Room Rugs of 2021 Ruggable Review, Affordable Farmhouse Dining Tables How To Pick The Best Furniture For Your Space, Small Backyard Makeover with DIY Propane Fire Pit, The Best Outdoor Furniture Finds from Wayfair of Spring/Summer 2022. Good job! Thanks so much for stopping by! Or am I wishful dreaming? At first when I read concrete I was skeptical but this is beautiful! Thanks for coming by! I would love to invite you to my new link party The Beautifully Creative Inspired. I like the smell of sanding, too. It was a LOT of work and hard to do, but I did it all by myself! ?? I just worked fast and did one bag at a time. I also love that shelf you made! Then I clamp it a use the clamp to pull it together until its in the just right spot. Ill head over, glad you stopped by :)! This table turned out to be Perfect. Sorry about my thumb in the pic. One thing on the concrete bubbles you had on the side against the melamine, you may try something like Concrete Pharmacy Flow Control from Home Depot (other places surely sell something similar). Check it out here: http://www.classyandcrafty.com. I was so happy to have you! I probably read through that article 10 times before I even attempted to start. Wow! I hope to give this a try some day when we are in our forever home because I do not have to move a concrete table! DONE! Take Care Carrie http://thirtyeighthstreet.blogspot.com/2015/09/week-7-fridays-furniture-fix.html. Glad I could help :). The House of Wood is Jens creative outlet for all things DIY and design, a place where she documents her adventures in designing and building furniture and tackling home renovation projects. Id love to see a pic when you are done. Then I did 3 more coats of Polycrylic and added some heavy duty furniture levelers. Good luck! It has a totally different appearance. I made a concrete dining table and Ive NEVER worked with concrete before. Wow, that table looks just divine! Here is the second one. But, honestly in 2 years I havent noticed it until I just went to look, haha. I spent about $30 on Polycryclic, color and sandpaper. Some people just cut concrete parts and shape them the way they want. It all turned out absolutely beautifully! I always have a little trouble with the x in the middle, I usually have to shave little bits off here and there. This helped, and I cant wait to give it a try this weekend. Ive used the same ones before and they are super heavy duty and work great. Again, Ive NEVER worked with concrete, so I dont know what Im doing. The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. Such a beautiful table! So, I did my tapping all around and underneath to release the air bubbles. Then I took a rag a wiped it on, blending it in as I went. I also made sure and let it completely cure between coats maybe a day or so. Awesome table! The Lowes here in our little town didnt have that, so I ran into my first problem. I am having trouble deciding what kind of chairs I should get. Thanks for sharing your great work with us. Can we do all sanding for this table by hand? This looks fabulous. Thanks for stopping by Sara! Im so glad! It wasnt so bad :). After talking it through with my newly-employed and thinks-Im-crazy new BFF Lowes employee, I decided I would make my own melamine lined board. Woah! PS If youre ever looking for someone to collaborate with, Im loving the industrial style right now too . I will, thank you so much for the heads up on the party and for the kind words! This is truly amazing. Thats actually pretty cool! I had no idea what I was doing (and still really dont), but it was doable, and we love our table. Thank you for your article! So, after doing a bit of research I found a concrete dining table on Restoration Hardwares site for $2,500! I seemed ready the next day, but I wanted it to be as solid as possible. It reinforce that what I was doing was the best way for me to approach it! I do have one question, though. At this point, I made sure it was level with the furniture levelers. (Also, check out my other concrete table posts, I built the top of one inside and have some more tips there). I love love this concrete dining table! I was worried it was going to be sort of brittle, but all the sealant and poly did the trick! You MUST share this project again! I hope youll join us again next week. woman you are amazing! Then I clamped it and used some heavy stuff to mash it all down. This. It looks more like a natural stone, if that makes sense. Haha, I didnt even notice the pink sock! Oh, thats a great idea, I never thought of cutting it. I did have a few people (*men) look at me and laugh when I told them my idea, so you know I HAD to do it ;). I bet you could get some interseting shapes that way. April, this is amazing! Jennifer. I like yours better! I added a 6 live edge cherry inlay down the middle I am a self-taught carpenter with a fearless DIY spirit and a penchant for problem-solving. It wasnt easy, but it was doable. Thanks so much, Id love to check out the party! It really wasnt so bad! As it turns out, my tapping the bottom plan didnt work so well. During my research, I found THIS tutorial by DIY Pete and it was fantastic. containerEl: '#fd-form-5ece931ddf06e70026d0a52f' It makes the concrete mixture more liquid when added and may let the bubbles up when you knock the form. Love this DIY Concrete and Wood Dining Table, amazing one. Im going to share it with my brother who is really DIY furniture projects. Thanks for such a great tutorial. I wasnt sure this would turn out, and I made LOTS of mistakes, but Ill take you through how I did it and what not to do ;). When I initially saw the picture on Facebook I assumed it was a standard wood top. I was able to make it work, but its a little uneven. What would be even cooler is if I can cut the concrete myself and do it that way. The party launches every Fridays at 9AM eastern time on 5 BLOGS! I would love to make one of my own for my dining room. Im pinning it for my own inspiration! Im loving it! Your table looks amazing! This turned out incredible! Go try it, its cheap! Id love to see a pic if you decide to do it! Plus the fact that you only spent $200 on it and it will last forever! I cant decide and they are so expensive :(! I just love that post you did, so helpful! If you do decide to add color to the Portland cement, it still might not be the exact same color. Quick question did the charcoal color from Quikrete give yours a bluish cast at all? Pete suggests getting plywood with a melamine coated side. Id love to see your work. Would love to see the second post! Thats the only kind Ive ever tired. When I got it to just the right size, I glued it down. You did such a beautiful job it has inspired me to do a (much smaller) version of my own. I can just imagine the insanity of taking that table top inside!! https://www.uncookiecutter.com/concrete-table/, http://thecuratorscollection.wordpress.com, http://thirtyeighthstreet.blogspot.com/2015/09/week-7-fridays-furniture-fix.html, http://thirtyeighthstreet.blogspot.com/2015/09/fridays-furniture-fix-link-party-no-8.html, https://www.uncookiecutter.com/modern-dining-chair-upcycle/. I started seeing my projects described as industrial, so now Im sort of embracing it and loving it. This is seriously the coolest thing Ive seen in a long time. Link. We estimated that it weighs over 500 lbs. I love it! Living in an apartment has us very limited on anything esp tools. I also added onebottle of this colorfor every two bags of concrete to get that dark grey color. Hi, I'm Rachel! Great job, you should be so proud! It looks so beautiful and will be perfect in your dining room. About half and half ratio. An amazing project. . It took forever, but again, this turned out to be the bottom, so its okay. Its also way stronger than I thought. Use a shop vac to help collect dust while you work. So far, its been great! Thanks for stopping by. Whew! I love this table! I have added this material list because Ive had so many questions. This looks so great! At this point, my top still wasnt as smooth as I wanted. Now, time to sand and stain. Follow along as my husband and I make our 1970's fixer upper feel like home! I bought 5 bags of concrete and 1 bag of portland cement $35. http://thecuratorscollection.wordpress.com. Thanks Emily! That was something. Thank you so much, and let me know what you have in mind! So, since the board was already cut, I traced it onto the melamine and used a razor blade to cut. I did do another table (search Concrete table to see) and it turned out way better! We hope youll join us again!.. I do think it would work, but you still might have to make a mold. I was just talking to a friend of mine about this! So interesting! That was a project I have been contemplating for a while, but Im a bit intimidated by it. Thanks Leslie! Thanks so much Kaylor! Thank you so much Rachel! Can I have the plans for a wood top for size 72 please? It really wasnt so bad, however Im going to lay off the concrete for awhile (we did some in the backyard too). In his article, Pete suggests using caulk where the legs meet the table, but it is so heavy it really doesnt need anything. We were talking and talking and talking about filling a hole in the yard with concrete, and I started thinking. We are willing to purchase some things, but will be building it inside if possible. Thanks Miguel! Thanks Lauren! 2022 Uncookie Cutter Journey Theme by Restored 316, By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Im excited to share the second piece in this Geometric Furniture Collection! I love a good knock-off and this is amazing! Ill have to look into this more and see if its something that I can do. But, since I was kind of on an industrial trip, I tried to think of what may fit in this room a little better. This is a beautiful table and I want to have one just like it my kitchen. We had guests over last night and I was pointing out all the little imperfections I noticed and then I thought im crazy, stop talking haha. You made this a few years ago now, have you had any issues with the strength of the mix? So glad you enjoyed it and good luck making your own. April, this is AMAZING. I will say, I love your DIY weighs, You gotta do what you gotta do! Since my top was going to be way bigger than his, I added the mesh but also wanted to add some rebar to the sides to make it a little more sturdy and less likely to break off. Oh I bet its so pretty!! We love it and it was so worth the effort. We just wrapped up our own set of round concrete side tables last week and Im itching to get my hands on a bigger project. Wow, your concrete table turned out very similar to the expensive one in the picture. So, for the base concrete dining table I needed it to be STRONG. Thats a word, no? Good luck with your table , April, you inspire me SO much. For very little experience with concrete you certainly did a fine job! Your color looks ideal, but other people said (from amazon comments) that the color was on the blue side. So, I had to bribe people over with burgers and beer. Once the end grain is dry, you can apply the glue at full strength and join the mitered edges. Tables. Once the caulk is dry, its time to mix some concrete. I love the creativity used here. What a masterpiece ! I thought the weight of the concrete would press everything else down, but it didnt and I have one corner that turns up just enough to drive me crazy, although everybody else says they cant see it :). Thank you so much! Unbelievable! So we are trying to furnish our apartment, and I decided one day I wanted a concrete dining table. Wow, you make this look way too easy. I had one corner where it didnt get pressed down all the way. Its so unique. It is huge. Thanks for stopping by and Id love to see it if you do it! Youve done it again! Im curious as to what type of wood you used for the base, as it is carrying all that weight? So, the reason I have the form sitting up on the 24 stacks is that I dont have a work table that I could set this on. Hello again! Then I added the fourth side and took some time to make sure it was nice and clean. I cant remember, but I didnt use a whole bottle maybe half a bottle for 3 bags and it turned out really light grey. Once I had the 3 sides on, I slid the melamine sheet in, trimming as needed. Side note I should have been a little more careful here. Really! My table dimensions are 84x40x1.50. Glad you stopped by :). Here is a pic of how to do it, just in case you need it. Congratulations on your beautiful new table and thanks for sharing! The table is gorgeous and your instructions with the hiccups are very helpful. Theme by 17th Avenue. Totally amazeballs! It looks like a great blend of farmhouse meets industrial to me! more information Accept. I will outline my process and highlight some of the places I went wrong. Do you have a link? I love your post!!! I tried to get it to slide off nope! window.fd('form', { Haha, nope! haha, me too! The only question I had is if you added color to the Portland mix like you did the other? Haha, well, maybe not but if you attempt it Id love to see! Thanks for coming by! I then made the legsall one piece (steps 1-7). Thanks for stopping by! Glad you stopped by! I again, filled any holes with Portland cement and sanded it, filled and sanded it, and kept going until it was done. My miter saw isnt the most accurate and the ends were closer to 45 degrees (the plans say 50 degrees on the ends, but this needed a slight modification because it was a little shorter). Wow that is gorgeous! ), so be sure to recruit some help with lifting the table top onto the base. Ill email you a close up pic, I cant add it here. Except, waitwe had to get it in. I wanted to be able to tap the bottom, so I did this so I could get under the table and tap away with a hammer if that makes since. If we ever sell, Ill probably leave it, haha. I have seen concrete bench tops being used in modern kitchens, but not with tables. I did the stain on the chairs the same as I did the base of the table and they go well for a more modern look. Im guessing that table is not going anywhere for a long time! And I love the photos, the pink socks making an appearance while you were cutting the melamine was great! Sarah is working on a dedicated post on how she made the concrete table top, but in the meantime, my friend DIY Pete has a thorough and informative video tutorial on how to make a concrete table top here. Im so excited to share this with you all today. First, I made it a foot shorter. All I can say is WOW. Thenthe skimming and smoothing and it looked like so. I love it so much that Im sharing it as a feature on my link party! Can you please share the plans? This is unsponsored, but does contain affiliate links, which you can find out more about HERE. You did a lot of hard work but it looks so pretty. When you have mitered joints like the ones in this table base, its best to size the end grain for the strongest joint. Fun, fun :). I did upcycle some chairs to go with it Here is the link https://www.uncookiecutter.com/modern-dining-chair-upcycle/. Amazing work and the patience of Job! Thanks for coming by! Im thinking of adding a slightly, olive-green tint in the cement. Then I just started mixing and packing it in. This is so over the top gorgeous amazing beautiful outstanding amazing ( and every other word I cant think of at the moment ) Im going to do this! very very nice! . I have been looking for something like this for a while. great job! Then I let it dry and that was pretty much it. Thanks for stopping by! Cant wait to come back in the morning with my coffee and browse around :). No need for a mold, just smooth it on? I will definitely document the project and send along some photos when done. Ive been doing concrete for 30 years and while weve done a few outdoor bars (for family) we havent done any dining room tables. Im not sure how the concrete would stick to the sides without a mold, but this was my first time working with it so Im not sure. Save some serious cash, and add a little interest! I was so excited to find Terrys party, seems right up my alley! Ill definitely shoot you a pic when Im done with it. Just a thought do you think it would work if you put concrete on an existing top? It was very close, but since I didnt want to keep sanding it, afraid I would knock more holes in it, I decided to stop. Probably could get into a whole new area in concrete furniture making better not show the wife this article or Ill have honey do lists for days. thanks! That looks beautiful. I did not add color to the Porland Cement, but thats a good question!