5+ Fantastic DIY Side Tables Under $25 from DIY Furniture Studio

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If you make one of these side tables you will be the only person with one like it. Yours will be your color, your piece of wood, your chosen legs, your height, and so on….customized to how you want it. The top three things I have in mind about the DIY furniture I create are that the furniture is: 1) customizeable, 2) easy to make, and 3) inexpensive. So here are 5 side tables I made this year that cost less than $25 to make and can be made by people without much experience or expensive tools. They are all customizable in ways that I describe in the posts and in other ways you think of. Please feel free to share your version of any of these side tables in the comments section, or e-mail me photo(s), and I will put together a “brag” post. (This goes for any of my tutorials.)

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April 17, 2016

Easy DIY Side Table with Magazine Rack

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Really easy-to-make DIY side table, mid-century modern style.

Learn how to make this easy, stylish side table. I used a magazine rack as the base and added a painted pine board table top.

An easy DIY furniture project! Mid-Century Modern style side table with a magazine rack.

Easy DIY side table with magazine rack storage.

When I started thinking about this project, I knew I wanted something easy. It’s spring cleaning time, and the grass is growing and needs mowing. Also, I was away from home and the blog for a while, visiting my sister who is recovering from a medical situation. And of course, my husband and kids always need tending to. So I needed an easy project. In fact, I like the idea of easy projects so much that I’m making a new category called “Easy.” These will be projects that can be done fairly quickly and involve mainly painting/staining (as options to your taste) and assembling by screwing or hammering things together.

The Side Table with Magazine Rack project has three parts:

Choose and prepare the table top
Choose and prepare the magazine rack
Attach the table top to the magazine rack

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