Making A Dining Room Table From A Door

The skirt is the part that spans the legs and holds the tabletop up.

Making a dining room table from a door.

The normal height of a dining table it 30 inches long so cut the legs of the table according to that size by taking the measurements. Steps to make a dining table out of a door. If you don t have an extra door hanging around you can find plenty of new front door options at the home depot. The table is made from an old bungalow door and the chairs were found in a yard sale.

Here a discarded wooden door has been given a fresh coat of paint to make a glossy dining table. Making a diy dining table from reclaimed wood which can be sourced from old fences barns decks boxes or even pallets is easy on the environment and usually easier on your wallet too. Diy octagon dining room table with farmhouse base. To determine the size of the skirt pieces measure the length and width of the door tabletop then minus the thickness of the posts legs then minus another 2 inches to give the tabletop a 1 inch overhang on all sides enlarge image for reference.

You have to make the skirt boards which hold the legs and table top together. As i often do i used recycled materials to build this dining set. This table was design to fit in a small space my 500 square feet loft. Use the 1x3 poplar to make the skirt boards.

So you basically don t have to start from the scratch and yet create something unique for décor improvement. Garage door dining desk. Minus the 2 inches and then decide the length of the table according to the normal. Dining tables can be square rectangular round and oval and come in many sizes but i really love the quirky shape of octagon.