coffee table – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Tue, 27 Mar 2018 01:27:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 coffee table – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 DIY Danish Modern Coffee Table https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/diy-danish-modern-coffee-table/ https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/diy-danish-modern-coffee-table/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:17:20 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=7925 Living room coffee tables in small spaces wear many hats. They function as drink perches, game tables, casual dining tables, craft tables, etc. and our coffee table is no exception. Our new small(er) square shaped living room was calling for a downsized, multi-functional table with not only a smaller footprint, but one that visually felt lighter too. (Previously we had an old train cart which we still love, but there was just no squeezing a rectangle into a square.) So when brainstorming what exactly our new coffee table should be, I dug into my DIY happy file and pulled out a Martha Stewart Living article I’d torn out and filed away for a rainy day. The spread was called Table It, and they highlighted several sources for DIY-ing your own table with crazy cool “legs” you can find online. I landed on the unfinished 16″ danish table legs from tablelegs.com, and then sourced a 30″ round tabletop from a kid’s pink activity table that I found for peanuts at The Salvation Army here in the North Loop. The table was in rough shape, but after removing the base and spray painting the top with an Appliance Grade White Epoxy Spray Paint (to make it super durable and wipeable), […]

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]]> https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/diy-danish-modern-coffee-table/feed/ 23 7925 DIY’s to Try https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/diys-to-try/ Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:41:52 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=4716 A few genius DIY projects to try out this weekend… I love do it yourselfer projects that you’d never know were homemade, and this coffee table is exactly that. Almost Makes Perfect really rocked this time. Check out her tutorial! How fun is this Typography Sign from You Are My Fave? Yearning to bring a little greenery into your life? Check out The Fresh Exchange’s Wall-mounted Staghorn Fern Tutorial. Feel like screen printing something? It’s easier than you might think with this quick explanation from Avie Designs. Enjoy the weekend!

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