Link. Thanks for coming by! So, there it is- my concrete dining table. ?? The only question I had is if you added color to the Portland mix like you did the other? It looks great, and you are amazing. But the best way was to mix the water and concrete until it was the consistency I wanted and then added the color in and mix it around. Although, Im pretty sure the shipping would be about the same cost as the Resto one, haha. The only part is, they dont come with instructions. That is true, you do NOT want to move this thing. I used to work for RH, I loved it ;). Just standard 24 studs. So interesting! During my research, I found THIS tutorial by DIY Pete and it was fantastic. That would be too cool. You did a lot of hard work but it looks so pretty. Then I let it dry and that was pretty much it. You did a great job and its perfect for your home! Ill head over, glad you stopped by :)! Then I just started mixing and packing it in. The Best Cookbooks of 2022 that also Look Good in your Kitchen. Maybe, I should change the base. I think I may end up making this one. Wow. So, all the measurements, subtract 12 from the length if you want it to fit a top that is 8440. This is unsponsored, but does contain affiliate links, which you can find out more about HERE. He cut the top to be 8440 for me. Im pinning it for my own inspiration! Just a thought do you think it would work if you put concrete on an existing top? I just love that post you did, so helpful! PS If youre ever looking for someone to collaborate with, Im loving the industrial style right now too . It is huge, for sure! Thank you for your article! I saw the all-wood versions of this table, and frankly, there is no comparison (IMO). You did an awesome job on your tableI the design. I am having trouble deciding what kind of chairs I should get. Hi and Welcome back! Good luck! . I actually have another post about the second table like this I built, but its probably too late because it sounds like youve already started on this one. we dont have concrete mix in our area. Thank you Elizabeth! This helped, and I cant wait to give it a try this weekend. Will the Portland blend in with the charcoal or is it a lighter color? I love it! You must have let out a huge sigh of relief when it was finally sitting in your dining room. We are willing to purchase some things, but will be building it inside if possible. That looks beautiful. I did not add color to the Porland Cement, but thats a good question! I might have to consider actually making one now. Love your work! Thank you so much Rachel! Thank you Orana! Im so excited to share this with you all today. We dont have a patio to avoid dust from electric tools looking to build 72 long table. Such a beautiful table! Thanks for stopping by ;). For very little experience with concrete you certainly did a fine job! It looks so beautiful and will be perfect in your dining room. At this point, my top still wasnt as smooth as I wanted. Im obsessed with the RH tables so I love that Ive seen some DIY designs that are RH inspired. I love this post. Wow, your concrete table turned out very similar to the expensive one in the picture. All I can say is WOW. Again, Ive NEVER worked with concrete, so I dont know what Im doing. Your email address will not be published. Once the end grain is dry, you can apply the glue at full strength and join the mitered edges. So, I had to bribe people over with burgers and beer. Hope to see you there! I have to say that the concrete and wood complement each other beautifully. I would say your style is industrial too, but a little warmer. I am seriously impressed that you were able to do all of that yourself (expect for the transport, of course). Garden Arch Tutorial How to Build Your Own! Youve done it again! Im game :). What a challenge and what a result. I also made sure and let it completely cure between coats maybe a day or so. I did the stain on the chairs the same as I did the base of the table and they go well for a more modern look. This is seriously the coolest thing Ive seen in a long time. I spent about $30 on Polycryclic, color and sandpaper. Your color looks ideal, but other people said (from amazon comments) that the color was on the blue side. Here ya go https://www.uncookiecutter.com/concrete-table/. I hope youll join us again next week. Then I did 3 more coats of Polycrylic and added some heavy duty furniture levelers. Thanks for such a great tutorial. I usually take a straight piece as a guide so I can see right where the shorter x boards would line up. Thenthe skimming and smoothing and it looked like so. And if you think that anyone could do it, you are wrong. You are one talented lady! I was a bit skeptical myself ;). Thats actually pretty cool! I love how it has a concrete top to it. Can you please share the plans? I like yours better! Then, I flipped it back over and worked on the top. my friend DIY Pete has a thorough and informative video tutorial on how to make a concrete table top here. I came out great! Id love to see your work. I have not used concrete in any project yet, and to be honest is all terrifys me. I seriously LOVE your style, and this table Thanks for sharing at the Talented Tuesday party! When you have mitered joints like the ones in this table base, its best to size the end grain for the strongest joint. Id love to see a pic when you are done. }); *Update: check out the rest of this collection! Unbelievable! I loved how the wood and concrete looks together. W.O.W. I will outline my process and highlight some of the places I went wrong. I was able to make it work, but its a little uneven. When I pulled my melamine made board off, it didnt look great :(. I picked this base because I knew it would hold. Pete suggests using reinforcement. My miter saw isnt the most accurate and the ends were closer to 45 degrees (the plans say 50 degrees on the ends, but this needed a slight modification because it was a little shorter). I so appreciate your kind words. We just wrapped up our own set of round concrete side tables last week and Im itching to get my hands on a bigger project. I was just talking to a friend of mine about this! The price was around $5 per bag and I used 5 bags. Im going to do this! I just used regular pine 2x4s, but oak would be beautiful. This turned out beyond amazing! I am a self-taught carpenter with a fearless DIY spirit and a penchant for problem-solving. And of course the result is stunning! XO Ellen from Ask Away, What a stunning table you created! Thanks Yanique! Your table looks amazing! This was supposed to be the top, but the other side looked much better, so I decided that the part that was supposed to be the top was going to be the bottom. It reinforce that what I was doing was the best way for me to approach it! So, I started looking around for how I could build a concrete dining tablemyself. I have been looking for something like this for a while. Thanks for the post. See you at the party! That was a project I have been contemplating for a while, but Im a bit intimidated by it. We finally have a dining table! So we are trying to furnish our apartment, and I decided one day I wanted a concrete dining table. So, for the base concrete dining table I needed it to be STRONG. Go try it, its cheap! I do think it would work, but you still might have to make a mold. I have been talking about doing this for months! of the polished concrete table top. I made a concrete dining table and Ive NEVER worked with concrete before. Inspire. It is huge. Take a look around and please let me know if you have any questions! Here is the mix I used, its supposed to be stronger than others. Woah! Now, what I should have done was drive an hour to the city to find a piece that would work. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. For the next bag, I tried adding in at the same time I added the concrete, and that actually worked better. April, this is AMAZING. But, since I was kind of on an industrial trip, I tried to think of what may fit in this room a little better. Great postLots of photos, love it. I did have a few people (*men) look at me and laugh when I told them my idea, so you know I HAD to do it ;). haha, me too! Good luck with your table , April, you inspire me SO much. Thanks for stopping by! I cannot believe you tackled something like this!! One thing on the concrete bubbles you had on the side against the melamine, you may try something like Concrete Pharmacy Flow Control from Home Depot (other places surely sell something similar). Your email address will not be published. I love that you had to use dog beds. Ill head over now! Thanks for coming by! I wanted to be able to tap the bottom, so I did this so I could get under the table and tap away with a hammer if that makes since. Concrete can be pretty, right? Id love to hear how it goes. Thanks for stopping by and Id love to see it if you do it! I started seeing my projects described as industrial, so now Im sort of embracing it and loving it. I had no idea what I was doing (and still really dont), but it was doable, and we love our table. Wow the table looks great! I seemed ready the next day, but I wanted it to be as solid as possible. Wow, you make this look way too easy. It looks more like a natural stone, if that makes sense. Thanks for sharing the details of this cool project! Gina Thank you so much! I sealed it with two coats of sealer, then used Polycrylic on the top, very lightly sanding between coats. MirrorWatching.com. Thank you so much Rhonda! Then I clamp it a use the clamp to pull it together until its in the just right spot. I loved the post and I am sharing it this week at Beautifully Creative Inspired Link Up as my one of my favs. Read more about our journey here. Thanks for sharing with us at the Merry Monday link party. I bought 5 bags of concrete and 1 bag of portland cement $35. Your email address will not be published. I cant believe how inexpensive your DIY version was compared with the Restoration Hardware piece you used as inspiration. Thank you so much Gina! Thanks Miguel! This is simply amazing. Thanks for sharing. Funny how you put that case of Corona to good use. And I love the photos, the pink socks making an appearance while you were cutting the melamine was great! It was also a bit of a workout. I was so excited to find Terrys party, seems right up my alley! Its a weird thing to figure out your home style. We recently made a wooden table for our patio that is similar but all wood. Ill email you a close up pic, I cant add it here. Anyway,after a lot of sanding, I painted on one coat of Minwax Special Walnut. This looks fabulous. But, because Im impatient, I didnt do that. Can we do all sanding for this table by hand? It really wasnt so bad, however Im going to lay off the concrete for awhile (we did some in the backyard too). Well done! Anyway, I was originally going to build this table with a wooden top, much like I built my friend Jenis table HERE. See Petes post for more detailed instructions on how to make the mold. This is an estimate, but close to what I spent. It was nice, but I wanted it to be a little more ash-y. Great job! Ill have to look into this more and see if its something that I can do. thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty. Thanks for stopping by! Carrie DONE! I had about 5 guys laugh and roll their eyes, so of course I had to do it. Thanks Lauren! Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words! Doors open every Thursday night at 9PM EST and close on Mondays at 11:59PM EST. An amazing project. Im excited to share the second piece in this Geometric Furniture Collection! I would love to invite you to my new link party The Beautifully Creative Inspired. Thanks Emily! Thanks so much for sharing! My dad and I are helping our friend do some concrete cutting. It wasnt that bad at all! I love this!! Thank you so much for the response! Thanks so much for this awesome tutorial! Thats a great project! I just worked fast and did one bag at a time. Haha, I didnt even notice the pink sock! Check it out here: http://www.classyandcrafty.com. I am in the middle of it right now (it is drying!) Such a great idea! It looks like it comes straight out of a Restoration Hardware magazine! Im pinning thanks so much for sharing ! The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. Quick question did the charcoal color from Quikrete give yours a bluish cast at all? Simply Amazing! Follow along as my husband and I make our 1970's fixer upper feel like home! It was a LOT of work and hard to do, but I did it all by myself! I hope to give this a try some day when we are in our forever home because I do not have to move a concrete table! I cant wait to make one for me. Clearly you are really talented. We had guests over last night and I was pointing out all the little imperfections I noticed and then I thought im crazy, stop talking haha. Thanks so much Carrie, I just went over to the furniture fix party! This is absolutely amazing! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Have You Completed a Jen Woodhouse DIY Project? It doesnt appear blue to me, but I have a lot of blue in here. Balancing Wine Bottle Holder featuring PureBond! I also love that shelf you made! I still might add it, but its okay like so. So glad you enjoyed it and good luck making your own. This looks so great! I would love to make one of my own for my dining room. Sarah from The Created Home never ceases to amaze me with her mad maker skills! Glad you stopped by :). Stay tuned for the last two pieces in this Geometric Collection well be sharing the matching coffee and side tables next week! This concrete table top will be super heavy (over 400 pounds! Thank you so much Linda! But if Im really smart about this, I should have a professional service cut it for me. I never would have thought of adding rebar to make sure the table doesnt break off as easily. I used a piece of sturdy plywood that cost about $20. This is fabulous. The table is gorgeous and your instructions with the hiccups are very helpful. This looks awesome and is feeding my granite top dining table ideas. With minimal tools, and no concrete experience, I was still able to pull it off, so Im convinced anyone could do it! containerEl: '#fd-form-5ece931ddf06e70026d0a52f' I actually enjoy sanding. With the sealant and poly, Im thinking it would protect it from chipping. Thanks Jess! Thanks for stopping by! Do you have a link? Woah! (Also, check out my other concrete table posts, I built the top of one inside and have some more tips there). If you have the wood cut for you, make sure the lumber you pick out is as straight as possible. I also put a couple of coats of the sealant on to make it all nice and together. Is. Everything he says is not copied here, but, if you are interested in building a concrete dining table, go visit Pete. Can I use ordinary cement and mix it like an ordinary cement? I used THESE plans from Ana White. Then I flipped it and made double sure it was going to fit the top :). Theme by 17th Avenue. I need you to come make me one of those tables for my house? Its also way stronger than I thought. I love that you used concrete! Love this DIY Concrete and Wood Dining Table, amazing one. You did such a beautiful job it has inspired me to do a (much smaller) version of my own. I picked these, because I have built this base twice before and I knew I could make it strong enough to hold that top andthatI could do it so that I wouldnt have to drill into the top. Im guessing that table is not going anywhere for a long time! Id love to see a pic if you decide to do it! I just added all the boards on each side leg at one time, like this. Once the caulk is dry, its time to mix some concrete. Oh, thats a great idea, I never thought of cutting it.

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