DIY Skinny Table

In our living room, behind our gray sofa we needed a skinny table. Somewhere to place our coffee cup while we sat on the couch, a place for other little this and that's. Our sofa is lower and longer than standard making the pickings a bit slim. Plus with our dinning table being in close proximity we didn't want a very wide table.. making pickings even slimmer. Pinterest was full of great projects.. to get the idea ball rolling.

I lost most of the progress pictures when my computer crashed but the idea was simple.. two planks of wood, one for the top and one cut to size to make two legs. And we bought a set of decorative brackets to make it pretty and a step above basic. We ended up adding a second plank of wood for added stability.


a little wood filler and some sanding and then we needed to decide what color to paint it.. we swayed between a bright yellow to a navy blue..


We decided to go with a beautiful deep midnight blue..  we picked the shade from the blue in the rug and the throw pillows and it all tied in perfectly.




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Comments

  1. What a wonderful idea. I love the romantic look.

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  2. Very nice! It came together really well.

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  3. The table looks really nice there. Well done.

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  4. Nice DIY. I could use a skinny table like this too!

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  5. It's adorable, perfect for if you don't have much room but still need a table!

    Corinne x
    www.skinnedcartree.com

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  6. That's gorgeous, such a clever idea and by making it yourself you get the perfect table. I love the colour you chose too.

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  7. Wonderful and clever idea! It looks great.

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  8. Wow, that is perfect! Well done.

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  9. What a smart idea! The table looks great!

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  10. Wow I never would have thought of doing a table this narrow but it makes sense. This turned out great.

    Allie of ALLIE NYC
    allienyc.com

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  11. That's such a clever idea - I love how the brackets really make it :)

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  12. I love how the brackets change this from simple to stylish.

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  13. It looks so awesome! And what a great idea--having a place to set your coffee is essential. I love those pretty brackets:)

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  14. I love it! It looks amazing.

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  15. I love your skinny table! Great job!
    Happy Wednesday, Hena!

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  16. Very well done! It seems the photography is not the only thing u are seriously talented in ;-) xx

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  17. Wow, very impressive! I really like it. :)

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  18. Cool table!

    xx
    http://gita-oddsandends.blogspot.com/

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  19. What a great idea, and it looks good too.

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  20. wow! It turned out super cute.

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  21. what a great idea - love how simple it seems and it turned out so great!

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  22. so incredibly cute! i'm impressed!

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  23. Anonymous7/11/2014

    That is an amazing piece, I love the use of the brackets!

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  24. Oh this turned out so well! The little corner decorations make it :)

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  25. What a beautiful idea! Looks perfect ^^
    xoxo

    Novelstyle

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  26. Wow this is incredible! And you make it look so simple, thank God for Pinterest!

    SDMxx
    www.daringcoco.com

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  27. I love that blue! That is my color, great creativity! Now you got me thinking about making one lol

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  28. this turned out great!

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  29. Like how it turned out :)

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  30. This is beautiful, I love the addition of the pretty brackets to give it a prettier, more than basic feel! I'm always after a skinny table I might have to give this a shot myself!
    How did you paint it? Did you use a spray?

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