My wife and I recently built this farmhouse table with her grandpa. It was a lot of fun and we are really happy with how it turned out. The table is 80 inches long, 43 1/2 inches wide, and 31 inches tall. The extensions are 15 inches long and 43/1/2 inches wide, and the bench is 61 inches long, 15 inches wide, and 19 1/2 inches tall.
It tooks us about 4 weekends (around 32 hours) to finish the project and the included rebuilding the base of the table after our first one cracked.
We modified the plans a bit. We used 4x4s instead of glued together 2x4s for the legs on the table and bench.
We also used the plans on this blog (http://tommyandellie.com/?p=2582) as a guide.
This was the first time my wife and I have tired a DIY project and we had a ton of fun. Her grandpa had some experience with wood working and had all of the tools we needed but you can certainly do this without any extensive wood working experience.
Sorry for the duplicate post. This is my first time on the website and the first time I posted it came across as 'guest'
Comments
rosiejane
Thu, 07/11/2013 - 21:08
Looks fantastic!!
Looks fantastic!!
Theresa W
Sun, 07/14/2013 - 17:24
Wow!
It is beautiful. I can only imagine how excited your kids are to play in this gorgeous space made just for them. Well Done!
LadyBird
Sun, 07/14/2013 - 21:10
Love the Details
Looks like your child has everything they need. Including a phone! I love the bench seat and the pillows with the window. So cool. You put a lot of work into this. Well done.
denaschance2
Thu, 04/03/2014 - 08:23
Playhouse
Love, love it! Couple of questions... how did you attach the walls to the decking and how far apart? How tall is the railing? I'm curious to know the sturdiness of the project overall and my SIL has concerns about the 3/4 roof sheeting over 1/4 walls. Comments please. My son-in-law and I have just started this project.