Making A Coffee Table Into A Bench

Learn how to upcycle an inexpensive coffee table into a luxe upholstered bench with leather strap details.
Making a coffee table into a bench. Once you have the bench assembled place your layers of plywood foam and batting on top. What a cute idea for your porch if you need an eating area in a natural surrounding. Instead of buying a brand new bench seat or attempting to make one from scratch give an old coffee table a second life and diy a great new design element. I got mine done for about 30 dollars.
Thanks for the great tutorial it turned out great. Make a mobile outdoor coffee table from wooden crates. To bring this excellent idea into life you should make two benches which you can transform into the picnic table when needed. Sit on this to decide how much to cut off of the bench legs.
Attach your legs into the existing bench to make sure everything fits properly. Turn a coffee table into an upholstered bench okay here it is. Diy picnic table bench. The entire project took about 4 hours with a few breaks in between and it s simple enough for one person to do alone.
I was just thinking i was going to have to make my new coffee table ottoman because i can t find anything i love your post was perfect timing. The coffee table height with the added cushion is too tall for a bench so the legs will need to be cut shorter. How funny just the other day i bought a coffee table at a thrift store to turn it into a bench and then today this post appears in my google reader. Except my table has a scalloped pretty edge so i plan to make a long cushion for the top of it and just attach it with ties at the corners since i don t want to hide that edge with upholstery.