Helloo Friday! After travelling a lot in the past few weeks I’m excited to be back in the studio, but also pretty happy that I get to legitimately hang on the sofa and relax tomorrow.Ā I’m sure you are too. In case youĀ think you’ll get bored after a few hours of couch time, I wanted to share with you a very quick project that can be done in less than a few minutes, but will have you smugly admiring it for much much longer. The wood slice coffee table. If you’ve been following along on snapchat you’ll see how much I love to throw it in! I had been wanting a coffee table to put in the lounge room of our apartment (the before & after is going well!), but needed to find something small Ā – more like a side table. I played around with the idea of marble and metal but always came back to the concept of wood. After looking around for a wood slice and coming up empty handed, I happened to stumble upon these large Chinese chopping boards – and knew they would be perfect. If you can’t find them locally, try Amazon or (if possible) your local China Town. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
DIY Wood Slice Table
You need
- Wood slice or thick chopping board
- Hairpin legs (try here)
- Screws
- Screw driver
How to
- Place the hairpin legs on the bottom of the wood slice, adjusting so that they are spaced equally apart. Also make sure that none of the metal corners stick out over the wood.
2. Secure the hairpin legs down using screws and a screw driver, and you’re done!
I told you it was quick š
After sharing the tutorial over on snapchat while I was making it, I put it out there about whether we should paint the top of it white – I wondered if that would be more fresh. Virtually everyone said no (via snapchat screenshots hahaha) so we decided to leave it. Very happy with it and glad we didn’t go for the paint. š Ps follow along for more DIY over on snap: @apair_andaspare.
Photos by Bryant Lee
Love this DIY! X
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The table looks so fantastic! I agree I love the wood colour and think the paint would have detracted from how pretty it is!
Abigail Alice x
I agree, I think that’s what most people on snap thought too xx
Beautiful! Where did you get the hairpin legs?
Hi love, I got them on Etsy but my seller seems to be sold out – there’s lots of other options here: https://www.etsy.com/hk-en/search?q=hairpin%20legs xx
Love this! But where did you get the hairpin legs? I live in a small town and would love to know where I could order them from. š Thank you!
Hi love, I got these on Etsy but my seller seems to be out, lots of options you can have sent to you online here: https://www.etsy.com/hk-en/search?q=hairpin%20legs
I’ve always loved the idea of slices of wood for decorating my home but my question is, do you treat the wood before you work with it ? Do you have a particular process you do for your wood work? Awesome sight š
What an amazing piece! Love how simple it is as well.
My boyfriend and I were just talking about making a wood slice table since he had to cut down some trees at his parents house. This helps =o)
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I saw a tree being cut down near me recently (sad!) but thought the same thing too xx
I recently bought some hairpin legs to build a table. Love how quick and cute your table turned out. Thanks for sharing the photos!
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Great tutorial! Table turned out beautiful and I may be trying this myself in the near future.
Great to hear!
So easy to make! The end result is perfect x
Jessica ā WS Community
Thanks so much!
Perfect for minimalist designs!
– Seyra x
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Looks amazing!
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i saw this on your snapchat and was so exciting for the DIY! thanks for posting this <3
xo Sarah
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Love this idea! Looking so nice!
So beautiful!
x
StephC
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This is sooo creative ! Thanks for sharing this š
It’s so simple, and I love the combination of wood and metal!
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I know, the simplicity is what I love most x
You managed to find a wood slab with an increadible pattern!
We looked pretty hard for this, and finally found something nice!
Love this! Such beautiful candid photos
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Love this! Gotta love Snapchat š it could’ve looked cool but it’s more timeless this way.
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Very quick! Such a good idea! I need a little side table, this is a very sharp idea. Thank you!
xx Jenelle
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I love this idea. I would have never thought to use the chopping board. Thank you for the idea, I’m going to give this a try!
Where did you find the wood slab? Finding good wood for these kinds of projects seems to be the hardest part for me!
This is so cute I’ve been obsessed with hairpin legs lately. The only thing I can’t figure out is how to get my hands on a wood slice. Where did you find yours?
I think using wood definitely was the best choice. I absolutely love how this coffee table turned out! I’ve been thinking of making something similar for my living room and love how easy this is to put together. Thanks for sharing!
-Helen
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Wow this is so fantastic!
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This is such a great idea!
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Thanks for the inspiration, just made my own version with wood from a friend’s chopped down pine tree!
Wow! I love this idea! Thanks for the DIY!
x Annabelle
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