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

Jen Panguluri Easy Furniture Projects, Side Table bamboo, cement/concrete, DIY furniture, Lamp pipe legs, Legs, live-edge, magazine rack base, Mid-Century Modern, narrow, paint tinted cement, side table, wood shim

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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August 14, 2016

A Chic Makeover for Waddell Brand Mid-Century Modern Tapered Furniture Legs

Jen Panguluri Legs, Tapered wood, Waddell Legs, makeover, Mid-Century Modern

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I love Waddell brand tapered legs because of their shape (Mid-Century Modern), price (low), and availability (Lowes, Home Depot, Menards, etc). In this post, I’ll show you how to customize them using a tube cutter, a coping saw, and paint.

Waddell brand tapered table legs are a great bargain. For instance, the 12 inch legs are only $3 each at Menards. These mid-century modern style legs are available in several lengths from 6 inches up to the 28 inch table height. They come unfinished, just waiting for you to personalize them. My only issue with the legs is the metal ferrule (aka cap, toe, shoe, sabot) and glide at the tip. For some furniture projects the ferrule and glide look great. For others I’d rather not have either, and for some I want the ferrule but not the glide. (more…)