DIY Farmhouse Sofa Table | TV Stand with Build Plans

hiya and I'm Matt at 7:31 blueworks calm

today we're gonna build this sofa table

TV stand entryway table hallway table

for your table we're gonna build this TV

stand for a 65 inch TV we're gonna build

this table that can be used for tons and

tons of different things I'll leave it

up to you to decide what you're gonna

use this table for this is a great

little project 30 inches high 50 inches

long and 20 inches deep so really all

you need to build this project is a saw

a drill a pocket hole jig and a sander

you have those items you can build this

now what will make your life easier is

if you have a miter saw a table saw but

if you don't have those don't worry you

can still build this it'll just be a

little more challenging on you mainly

just to get these cut square cuz you're

going to be your main challenge and also

the angles back here on the X but this X

doesn't have to be there you can totally

leave that out so let's get started

first thing we're gonna do is cut the

legs out this some tables gonna be 30

inches tall so all my legs would be 28

and a half inches tall because the top

is an inch and a half thick

that gives us 30 inch total height one

of those I just got some number one

grade two befores this is yellow time

you can use everyone I would not use the

stud material that are kind of they're

usually a little worse off let's cut

around some knots but I'm gonna make

four legs at 28 and 1/2 inches long and

then we're gonna cut our top out I

always like to take the end it's usually

pretty rough I'll go ahead and trim that

off and what that does is it cleans it

up but it also gives me something square

to start with

all I did was cut that knot out on all

that bad piece the easiest way to get

four equal pieces is to lick away they

line them up right here if you have your

miter saw I like to flush this end up

make sure it's nice and flush and then

I'll just move it into the blade you

just touches make sure that's flush and

you can move out of the way that's going

to give you an equal cut I'll do that

three more time four legs so I got my

four legs cut out when you buy a

construction grade lumber it has a

rounded over edge from the factory if

you want to keep that that's fine

there's nothing wrong with that when you

join them just know that there's gonna

be that little gap that shows there

still nothing wrong that however I'm

going to go ahead and take the edge off

of these and also want to make sure that

they're perfectly the square and the way

I do that is I join with my table saw if

you have seen those videos I've got a

video specifically about how to join the

other side using a straight edge which

is this family four foot level what's

news if you need something straight to

reference off of so that this edge is is

straight

so we're referencing off this edge lay

it up against that too and for the key

to is move the straight edge with your

stock if you don't keep my little shoes

your fence if you're just going to slide

this and not move your image so why

don't I just do this movie right over to

the AR up to the edge gets taken off and

then I will run this through do all four

boards that way once that's done I'll

flip it over until the cut sides against

the fence

and I'll move the fence side in until it

just takes the edge off and we'll do all

four that way we'll get them all squared

up

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all right you know got that side flat

this side still the factory edge I just

laid on my fence move it over until it

takes off so basically the blade width

is what I'm taking off

let's go end up making these boards

three and a quarter inches wide so I'm

basically taking a quarter inch off by

no table 50 inches to the top fifty

inches and I want a little overhang on

each end let's say three inch over the

table is upside down at this point this

is your legs the bottom leg top of the

leg measure in three just lay your tape

measure there put this leg it breach you

just put this one at 47 and then we'll

take that off and measure from there to

there give me 37 and 3/8 is what this

runner will be now I want to put two

runners around the top or stretchers

rails what are you going to call all

around the top and then a two by two on

the bottom for the bottom show the way I

want to do that is I'm going to cut

those out of this extra two before that

I have time for assembly of the firm

anyway so the table top is pretty simple

it's just pocket open structure which is

what this is a lot of people disagree

with using pocket holes they don't like

it but I do it and I build a tough stuff

out of pocket holes and I've got

personal furniture in my house that I

built with pocket holes and this is hold

up very well so I have a problem all the

heirloom pieces right on will they work

absolutely can I look good what we're

gonna do is go into simple everything

you need a nice flat area to the symbol

of subhan if you don't have that find it

because if you don't have a flat area

what I wanna packing it's one of these

legs will be lower than the other when

you turn it over you can have a big

wobble and nobody wants to wobble wall

what I like to do is just get up I'm

gonna take a little bit of glue and each

one of these joints I'm using two and a

half inch pocket hole screws when I

drilled this away but when I drilled

this away into this I like to use two

inch screws just because I don't want to

bust through this side and sometimes it

tends to do that if you or drive it

especially with this soft wood with a

glue and the 2-inch screws cleaning to

hold the base of why the frame goes is

just like this these pieces I cut 14

inches I don't know if I mentioned that

these are 14 inches my table is just a

little by tops a little bit over 20

inches so I'll cut these 14 set all this

up like everything plant will put the

screws in it and then what I'll do on

the bottom shelf will just take a tape

measure it just depends on how far think

I'm gonna put that shelf in there at

about 8 inches I'll put a link to the

tools and supplies I'm using in this

build so you'll be able to just go down

to the description and you check those

out as you want this is a combination

square I believe it's a Swanson so you

can just move this to 8 inches like I

mark mega more I'll take that and use

that 8 inch more as

God now we're gonna say one more thing I

want to mention when you put this

together it's important that these two

pieces are flush when this is if

anything gets off here in this raises or

this raises or whichever way you'll get

that wobbles in so trying to keep that

as flat as possible if it's just a

little bit off don't worry about that

too much but if it is if it is off a lot

then you you just come and cause you

some issues so keep that in mind again

that's why you got a flat space to work

on just try to keep everything nice and

snug where you put it together you don't

have to go crazy with glue just enough

to speak if you get a bunch of this and

you're staining you gotta have to clean

it back up because it'll wind up

discolor and you're staying wherever the

glue that if you don't get it sand at

all we'll keep that in mind if you get

it an excessive amount of squeeze out

this bikes clamp is good for this kind

of thing because it's gonna hold this in

place you can reach over there and feel

if it's flush it's actually not flush

right here just I mean now I'm talking

about maybe 1/32 on these pieces we will

make sure it's flush with the outside

edge as well as that side too so keep

that in mind so what I likely do is I'll

go ahead and take some wood glue and put

on the end of each one of these take a

clip get everything nice and snug this

is just our one 36 inch clamp these are

like $15 or so I'll put a link below the

third we're in the nice cool

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all right so my buddy put this bottom

piece on there's an X that's going to go

in the back so I want to make sure that

I have enough room that it'll actually

look okay so I'll move this way down

here and there would be like a tiny but

think thing I'm gonna set my

accommodation square at five inch so I

did put one piece in the middle here

that's to attach the table top make sure

you put my table top bachelors on that's

a step later that's good for several

combination square root five inches

it's no I'm just gonna hold it to the

bottom if it needs to move let's take my

little mallet make sure this stays

square and that it's barely touching

right there

this face clamp will hold it flush on

each side so that's not something I have

to be concerned with one thing you can

do is you can actually just hold it at

five inches and Mark it so that you know

about where it's gonna go and that's the

bottom that's going to the five inch bar

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all right so we got a basic frame

together this is just a 1 by 6 and we

now I'm gonna put that X in the back I

hope that's what I've done is I've

measured over 2 and 3/4 of an inch which

is the center of this board on both ends

and I'm gonna put that center line right

in the corner on each side I'm gonna

clamp it then I'm gonna mark it so that

I can cut my angles

couple these quick clamps are perfect

list

I've decided I'm going to use this in

the back we want this the inset so the

best way my way home specially let's go

take this little quick clamp just barely

squeeze it on here do the same thing on

this side

so there's my mark and up I'm pouring it

right at the center I don't know this is

the right way so this is the way I'm

doing it so once that's done I'm looking

for a pencil so once that's done we'll

just take our pencil that should be our

cut I'll cut that out it should fit

right in there we're gonna try it anyway

see what happens it worked

so I'm halfway there now it's time to do

the other so I gotta cut up you got

those angles just mark them it's very

simple just hold up there market what

you saw me do is hold this one up there

behind this one mark my angles and then

mark these cuts but also made a mark

back here on this one so that I would

know where these pieces go once they're

reinstalled and how we're going to

attach these pocket holes I'm just going

to take some inch and a quarter pocket

hole screws I'm gonna put one here one

here in each corner and then two on each

one of those where they join up that's

gonna hold it perfect

so rockin right along got that X

installed not a lot to that that was

easier than I was gonna be if you hold

those things up to the back and Markham

get them clamp down with those quick

clamps in the market makes it a lot

easier then you just trim it to the

March to your table saw I like to sneak

up all those cuts so a lot of times I'll

cut just a little bit long and then trim

that as necessary just tiny bits at a

time that's some pretty tight fits there

so everything's nice and tight not only

does that add a little extra something

than just a square table adds a little

character to it a little eye catching

piece to it

not only does it do that but it also

helps Shore that thing up because now

you've got an X brace in there and it's

going to prevent it from rocking I don't

think that it would have anyway with

these on the bottom anyway but that just

gives us some extra support the things

when we solid as a rock

next thing I'm gonna do is put some

shelving in here with some more 1 by 6 I

may leave some gaps in there I have not

decided yet just kind of winging this as

I go once this shelf is built we'll be

ready to sand and stain all right so now

it is time to put the Shelf in on the

bottom and that's what I'm gonna do I'm

gonna use 1 by 6 to do that 1 by 6

appearance grade or paint grade it's a

spruce material or spruce wood it's real

soft and it'll it's easy to work with so

we're gonna put that in there and I'm

just gonna run them lengthwise here so

I'm gonna probably use 3 I may have to

trim down I haven't measured that you so

I'm gonna use that and lay those in

there and I'm just gonna pocket hold

those in some one pocket hold them in to

the end with the inch and a quarter

pocket hole screws and also on the sides

and if I need if I feel like I need a

brace under the middle I will put that

in after

the shelf is in there's a tip I use the

DeWalt Pro mobile app use the calculator

to calculate so I got a 14 inch span

from there to there I've got three

boards so with app you could just do 14

inches divided three equals four and

eleven sixteenths inch so each board I'm

going to cut four and eleven sixteenths

of an inch rip them down I want to join

them first on one side with the table

saw so that I get a nice square edge and

then I'm going to take them down to four

and eleven sixteenths inch each and then

I will attach them in here the way I

will do that is I'm gonna pocket hole so

this is number one board one of the

front put a couple pocket holes here

maybe three four one yeah three down the

front maybe a couple in the middle to

tie to the second board the second board

also have a couple here to go to the

third board and then the third board the

same way around the back pocket holes

just ancient three inch and a quarter

pocket hole screws put in there that's

gonna hold everything nice and tight I

will check and see if it needs a brace

I'm thinking it probably walked with

those pocket holes in there so written

down let's get started

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so just a quick rundown on how these

tabletop masters work so what will

happen is I'll cut a slot here I'll take

this edge guide and set how far down I

want it to go and then this bit how deep

I wanted to go just like that I'll just

set this up here and then adjust

everything like I want it but what

happens is you cut a slot in your piece

of material that's close to that's on

the top and then this will slide into

that slot and then a screw goes from the

underside up through the tabletop

fastener into the table and it holds or

to the top

it holds the top end like that so that

would expansion can come this way or

this way they work pretty well they're

very expensive again there's links in

the description below

now it's time to build the top and I'm

just gonna build it out to come in two

by sixes and we want the top 50 inches

but I'm gonna cut at about 50 and a half

51 probably 51 inches that way I can

once it's all assembled I can just take

a circular saw or even bring it over to

March so maybe it's not too wide and cut

the end off so that the end is nice and

square they all match it's easiest way

to do it if you cut them on 50

ultimately when you put them all

together it seems like there's always

one that's just sticking out a little

bit too much it's just a easier way to

do it make sure things nice and flush so

just don't flush this end up I'm gonna

cut four of them at 50 inches come on do

the same thing with my two pieces that

I've been with my two laforce I'm going

to joint the edge over straight edge and

my soft so that everything is nice and

straight so when I put my tabletop

together everything should match really

nice have nice tight joints sometimes it

work better than others but it keeps it

a lot better than if we just tried to go

factory edge to factory edge so when we

go get ready join this tabletop up if

you put factory as your factory edge you

may have one more that's a little warp

maybe one board just twist it or

whatever and this kind of helps

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all right we're gonna stain this whole

thing in Ebony this is what the customer

wants a room with rust-oleum evany nice

thing first thing I'm gonna do those put

this Minwax pre-stain conditioner on

there if you've watched in my videos

where I've stained anything at all you

know I'm a believer in that stuff it

just takes it keeps it from having

blotchiness or a dark a lot of times a

black will pop through real dark blotchy

spots it will pop through that kind of

like it shows you on the can condition

versus condition you'll see that

especially in the Spruce which is what

this one biomaterial is but it'll also

show up in that yellow pine so keep that

in mind I highly recommend using that

that's what I'm gonna do I just wipe

this down fairly liberally I don't want

it pulled up but I do want it to coat

the surface I'm only going to put the

pre-stain conditioner on the top

surfaces and then I'll stain everything

underneath and all let that priests

think it is you're dry at least 30

minutes no longer than 45 minutes to an

hour before you put your stain on I'm

gonna take the top off stain it

separately because it makes it easier

and so far man this thing's looking good

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all right so that's gonna dry for about

30 minutes and while that's drying I'm

gonna talk to you about perfection I'm

not a I would love to be perfect

I would love to create perfection but

I'm an imperfect being so it's gonna

happen that I'm not gonna be perfect

just so if you're building this at home

and you're just fretting over gaps and

things like that let me show you this is

my bottom shelf you can see it's tight

in the middle it gets a little looser

down here there's a little bit of gap

there

same thing little gap there same thing

on this end there's a tiny bit of gap

there pretty flush there is a little lip

here they're talking to 30 seconds of an

inch I mean very minor

wouldn't worry too much about that as

long as you don't have one pop way up

over the other but little things like

that was gonna happen

don't let that fret when we stain this

that ebony color you probably won't even

see that gap and if you do it's gonna be

very minimal so don't don't be too hard

on yourself because what I'm saying

main thing is you get these joints or

these cuts square here one if you get

those square and when you put this

together if you get all this flush then

your furniture will set level and flush

if you don't if this is off or it throws

it off any or if these aren't flush what

you'll get is a little bit of a wobble

and so if you want to fix that wobble

what you have to do is just find which

leg is causing it usually it's one leg

and then you can just take I usually

just take a sander and sand that down

that leg say if it was this one I would

flip it over and sand that a little

while and then set it back up on a flat

surface to make sure I don't have that

wobble and they usually fixes it if it's

minor if it's major you know if you got

a gap this big you got issues and they

probably need to maybe shorten a leg or

two or three

anyway so we're gonna let that drive up

this stain on there alright so I've let

that stain dry overnight I know it says

dries in one hour but it don't I'll let

that dry overnight now it's time to put

that clear coat on I'm going to put

three coats of this barrier thing a

water-based polyurethane I like this

because it doesn't leave brushstrokes or

anything like that put a nice thin coat

on and it dries very quickly normally

it's really cold here today is like 26

degrees out get that shot Peter on so

I'm gonna put three coats on and then

we'll install our table top and that'll

be done after that so it's coming along

nice I think it's looking good I like

the way that ebony thing turned out you

can see nice wood dream pop it through

that ebony it looks really good and this

is this water-based clear coats gonna

put a nice satin finish on this thing

it's going to look really really nice

just it

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so this is about the easiest way to put

that top on just flip this thing upside

down I'm gonna go to your table or your

flat surface I'll put this old sheet

down just to keep anything from scuffing

it on the tabletop

I'm just gonna measure three inches from

this end

perfect breaches from this end and then

I believe it was an inch and a half over

anybody's side we'll just install those

tabletop bachelors and so we'll put this

tabletop all with these tabletop

fastener these are very simple to use

you see they're just some people calling

Z clips or tabletop fasteners so you

just put the solid end into the slotted

hole doesn't matter where as long as it

can move in there

I always pre-drill my holes I don't want

those to split it doesn't take a lot

just drill a little pilot hole then take

your Phillips bit with the included

screws they come with these black

included screws they're your they don't

have to be super tight we're just

snugging that up and we'll do all the

rest on the same way and then we'll be

ready to turn over

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finished product turned out nice I like

it they having stained that pine and

spruce with that satin clear coat it

looks good what I didn't discuss was I

used a quarter or a quarter inch ampere

bit on my my handheld router to put a

chamfer all the way around the top and

bottom of the top and the bottom side it

gives it a nice little detail will

something extra also did that on the

bottom of the legs just so that it's

always a good idea to use a round over

bit or a champ a bit on the bottom of

your legs to prevent splintering if you

don't have those just take your sander

and just round that over a little bit

just to keep that from splintering and

stuff like that definitely drop a

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