Pallet Art Table

My children LOVE to do any sort of craft or art project.  My oldest really loves to color.  My youngest.. well let's just say he likes to make messes and harass his sister while she is creating her masterpieces.  My dining room table is getting eaten alive by all their projects (and more importantly...mommy has no where to craft if they are using the table).  I knew they needed there very own space so I made them a Pallet Art Table.  Well, my husband made it and I painted it. The inspiration for this project came from the kid's pallet table at Shabby Love. She made and AMAZING table out of pallets and it looked pretty simple to do.  Guess what?  It was SUPER simple.

Here is how I did it....

MATERIALS

Deck boards (or pallets)

Boards for the base

Stair spindles for the legs 

Wood putty

Sand paper

Primer

Paint

Screws

Drill

DIRECTIONS

Cut the deck boards(or pallets) to the size that you want the table

I used deck boards instead of pallets because that is what  had on hand

Cut the legs down to the size that you want.  

We could not find actual table legs so we used stair spindles instead.  

We had to cut the spindles down so they were short enough for the height of the table that we wanted. 

Build your base like so...

(this pic was taken after the top had been screwed on because I forgot to take one before)

My table is 22"x30" and 29.5" tall

The measurement is for the table top, which overhangs the base a little, as you can see above.

 Screw the legs into the base and counter sink your screws.

Screw the deck boards down to the top of the base and counter sink your screws.

Fill all holes with wood putty and sand with a low grit sand paper.

Since we used pressure treated wood, I had to prime the top with an old based primer in order for the paint to stick.  Normally, I HATE priming but you can buy spray paint primer that makes the process sooo much quicker.

I sprayed two coats of Kilz interior oil based primer.

I purchased a sample jar of Valspar paint in "Fired Earth" for a couple bucks since I knew I didn't need an entire can.

You can see the white primer and the paint color in the picture, above.

After the primer dried, I painted the top with 2 coats of paint.  Then I let it dry outside and it got covered with yellow pollen that got down into every crevice.  Soooo... I put a third coat on and brought the table inside very soon after it dried.

I painted the base with white that I had on hand from when I painted my dining room table.

The legs were already white so I did not paint them.

Now I have a custom art table for just under 20 bucks.

 ($12 for the legs, $5 for the primer and $2 for the paint sample)

 Have you built any furniture lately?