DIY PALETTE
SCANDINAVIAN COFFEE TABLE

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This project was my second DIY furniture project. It is a scandinavian coffee table made of palette wood planks. The palettes used were Europe Palettes that you can find at any warehouse, shop etc in Europe.

I tried to build something a little more complex than my previous palette furniture project (the Scandinavian palette desk). To do it you would need:

  • At least 3 Europe palettes (I used 4 as some planks broke during palette disassemble)
  • Good Sander (with x40, x80 and x120 sands)
  • Wood fixation technique (I used screws but glue should be good too). I also advise using wooden dowel pins for the bottom of the table.
  • Set of 6" scandinavian table legs (French people can search "Pieds en épingle" on Amazon) - Like those
  • Wood varnish (choose your prefered varnish color)

The dimensions of the wood part of the table are 98 x 70 x 18 cm. The realization is more complex than the desk but stil very straight forward. I draw the blueprint of this project with my girlfriend from inspirations we saw on the web:

blueprint

Disassemble the palettes and sand the planks (with x40 then x80 sands). All the planks have a 2cm thickness. Each palette should give you:

  • 4 planks of 120x10 cm
  • 4 planks of 120x14 cm
  • 3 planks of 80x14 cm

The assembly process is similar to the desk, I won't detail it here (feel free to contact me if you have any questions about it, or if you need tips). Like mentionned above, I advise using wooden dowel pins at least for assembling the bottom of the table. I also advise at least 4 layers of varnish on the outside of the table (especially the top), as a coffee table usage makes it more vulnerable. To complete this projects, you'll need the following list of planks:

  • Bottom: you need an 98 x 70 cm regular bottom. I made mine using 7 planks of 98x10 cm
  • Top:
    • 6 planks of 42x14 cm
    • 4 planks of 56x14 cm
  • Middle: most complicated part.
    • 2 planks of 24x14 cm
    • 2 planks of 30x14 cm
    • 2 planks of 38x14 cm
    • 2 planks of 40x14 cm
    • 2 planks of 44x14 cm
    • 2 planks of 54x14 cm
Planks list

Once assembled, the table will look like this: Planks assembled

3D Blueprint

Feel free to download the 3D files that I made as blueprint for this project.

It shows how the different planks are composing the final table, just like in the following 3d views:

Gallery

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