A bedside table to match our Farmhouse Beds. Features one large bottom shelf and one large drawer built with no drawer slides. Free step by step plans with diagrams created by Ana White.

Preparation
1 – 1×12 @ 6 feet long
2 – 1×6 @ 8 feet long
4 – 2×2 @ 8 feet long
2 – 1×2 @ 8 feet long
1/4″ plywood scrap, at least 24″ x 8″ (minimum, ideally 26″ x 8 1/2″)
2 1/2″ Screws or Pocket Hole Screws
1 1/4″ Finish nails or Screws
Wood Glue, wood filler and finishing supplies
2 Knobs
2 – 1×12 @ 8 3/4″ (Sides)
2 – 1×2 @ 11 1/2″ (Side Trim – needs to be width of your 1x12s)
4 – 2×2 @ 26 1/4″ (Legs)
2 – 2×2 @ 11 1/2″ (Side Stretchers, same width as your 1x12s)
6 – 2×2 @ 23″ (Front/Back Trim)
1 – 1/4″ Plywood or paneling or other sheet goods @ 26″ x 8 1/2″ (back, optional)
3 – 1×2 @ 11 1/2″ (Top Supports)
3 – 1×6 @ 28″ (Top)
2 – 1×6 @ 22 3/4″ (Front and Back of Drawer)
2 – 1×6 @ 11 1/2″ (Width of 1×12 – Sides of Drawers)
1 – 1×12 @ 21 1/4″ (Bottom of drawer)
1 – 1×12 @ 26″ (Bottom Shelf)
2 – 1×2 @ 23″ (Bottom Shelf Trim)
Instructions
Step 1
Sides Build the sides by screwing or nailing from the insides into the back sides of the 1×2 trim, as shown above. Remember that the 1x2s are on the outside, so hide your fasteners on the back side. Use glue. Make sure trim is flush on top and ends with the 1×12. You will need to build two of these.
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 6
Top The top needs to overhang the base by 1″ on all sides. If you have a pocket hole system, build your top, then screw the base to the top through the supports. Otherwise, screw the supports to the top, starting with the middle top board, and minimizing gaps between the boards as you screw the outer boards to the supports.
Comments
Ana White (not verified)
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 08:37
Great advice, I'm taking it!
Great advice, I'm taking it! Thank you!
Ana White (not verified)
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 08:38
Thank you, another great
Thank you, another great suggestion!
DeBird (not verified)
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 08:51
This looks exactly like my
This looks exactly like my pottery barn farmhouse night stands that I paid WAY too much money for!!! I wish I had discovered you before I bought them :)
Rob (not verified)
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 08:54
From the looks of things this
From the looks of things this will be the very last step in your instructions. Fit the drawer then, add the stop. As an aside: Maybe start using some white epoxy drawer slides from HD :-)
Nan Tovar (not verified)
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 09:29
I think I need these! Thanks,
I think I need these! Thanks, Ana, glad to see the site back up :)
Lori (not verified)
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 09:53
Okay, I got addicted to
Okay, I got addicted to looking at your site about a year ago and then got scared and abandoned ship. But these look so simple! My husband and I have decided to make a pair of them together. Hopefully the marriage survives the project. :)
Erin (not verified)
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 14:04
I second a dresser!
I second a dresser!
Nicky Hurt (not verified)
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 14:25
This is the cutest table!
This is the cutest table! I'm SO making this after we move and have our stuff back! Thank you for not only the plans, but for the confidence to do this stuff myself! :)
Jennifer Orgill (not verified)
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 15:26
Ana, I was actually in
Ana,
I was actually in the middle of trying to figure out the measurements for the extra wide dresser from this collection. Any way you could create the plans for that? I LOVE your website and can't wait to make my Farmhouse bed, kitchen table, and now bedside tables!
CarolineRN (not verified)
Sat, 01/15/2011 - 00:01
I absolutely love this
I absolutely love this table!!! Can't wait to build it! Thanks!