Loft-style interior for adult children. Rustic table

How to make a massive table from used boards to decorate, not ruin the interior. Step by step, many photos, estimate

We continue the cycle of stories from the first person. Craftsmen of FORUMHOUSE build and equip with equally impressive results. And not only for yourself, but also for your loved ones. For example how Osya, who took on the transformation of an apartment for his son and daughter-in-law.

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In February 2017, the son and daughter-in-law received the keys to the apartment. T. Since several months passed from the registration of the mortgage to the commissioning of the house, they had time to think about the interior. My children are creative, so there was no doubt that it would be a "loft". If they had no doubts about the interior, then I also had no doubts that I would make the interior elements.

Making a dining table from... old barn board

The selection of furniture for a new apartment always causes difficulties for new settlers. What to sit on, what to sleep on, what to dine on? Sometimes it comes to panic. There is a very large selection in furniture stores. And it's not surprising that young people can get confused at times. But not in our case. The style is defined - loft and rustic. And my first product (let's call it that) was a dining table.

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It was decided to make the tabletop from a barn board. The selection of material for the countertop did not cause any difficulties - on the site I have an old barn, which will be "100 years old on Saturday." I got this shed together with the plot, as the only real estate on it.

How the boards were mined

The operation of removing the barn board from the barn did not seem so easy. It turned out that only the gate can be torn off the barn on the countertop. On them, the board was 45 mm thick and 130 to 240 mm wide. Moreover, the dimensions of the gate were 2000x2400 mm (1200 mm per collar). The size of the tabletop was determined as 800x1800 mm. It would seem that such gates can be used to make 3 tables. But no, the boards on the gate were crooked. If the curvature of the so-called "bow" can somehow be corrected, then the "propeller" cannot be ignored. As a result, I somehow collected material on one tabletop.

All interested parties participated in the gate disassembly process.

Here, in fact, we are. I, son Cyril and daughter-in-law Natasha. Wife, Svetik behind the camera.

Natasha pulls out small carnations that secured the cardboard from the inside of the gate. Probably it was fixed there as a windscreen. — Here, in fact, we are. I, son Cyril and daughter-in-law Natasha. Wife, Svetik behind the camera.

The gate had to be taken apart with care. In order not to break the boards, I had to remove the rusty nails very carefully, and sometimes even cut them off with a hacksaw for metal. — Here, in fact, we are. I, son Cyril and daughter-in-law Natasha. Wife, Svetik behind the camera.

But here the gate was dismantled along the planks, which were brought into the house on the second floor. They stayed there for 2 months. This is done on purpose to equalize the humidity, since the table will stand in the apartment.

Board processing, life hack for imitation of "noble-gray", legs, assembly

After 2 months of drying, the boards were brought to the workshop, marked, cut and slightly processed there. The essence of this whole project was to preserve the barn board as carefully as possible in its original form - baked by the sun, shed by rain and snow, frozen by the winter cold.

To slightly even out the curvature of the boards, I had to pass them slightly through a thickness gauge. Planed stripes appeared on the edges of the boards. But then we will cover them with homemade stain.

I found an easy way to match the color of the street board. I scooped out the ash from the fireplace and dissolved it in water to a mushy state. Then I applied this gruel to bright places. After drying, the color became almost indistinguishable.

I also tried to preserve all artifacts and natural phenomena on the surface of the future countertop.

After the boards had dried up in the house, I marked them out, cut them, and in some places removed the curvature with a thickness gauge.

In order to make the gaps between the boards of the countertop as tight as possible, I went through the fugues (the sides of the boards) with a plane. — After the boards had dried up in the house, I marked them out, cut them, and in some places removed the curvature with a thickness gauge.

In order to flatten the boards of the countertop in a plane, I decided to assemble them in the end rails, in which the grooves were cut. — After the boards had dried up in the house, I marked them out, cut them, and in some places removed the curvature with a thickness gauge.

I cut the grooves in the crossbars using a milling table and a "plunge-cut" slot cutter. — After the boards had dried up in the house, I marked them out, cut them, and in some places removed the curvature with a thickness gauge.

I made the spikes on the boards using a hacksaw and chisels. — After the boards had dried up in the house, I marked them out, cut them, and in some places removed the curvature with a thickness gauge.

Collected the countertop, leaving untouched traces of human and nature activities. — After the boards had dried up in the house, I marked them out, cut them, and in some places removed the curvature with a thickness gauge.

After assembling the countertop, Natasha covered it with countertop oil 2 times. And then, after assembly in a regular place, with another layer — After the boards had dried up in the house, I marked them out, cut them, and in some places removed the curvature with a thickness gauge.

Then it was the turn of the legs. In terms of style and design, the children and I decided on the legs. These will be rectangles welded from a 40x80 mm profile pipe. Painted black after welding.

From a rectangular profile pipe 40x80 mm and a corner 50x50 mm, I welded 2 legs for the table.

I made friends with the welded legs and the tabletop a bit, without completely assembling it. — From a rectangular profile pipe 40x80 mm and a corner 50x50 mm, I welded 2 legs for the table.

Then I painted them 3 times with 3 in 1 paint. — From a rectangular profile pipe 40x80 mm and a corner 50x50 mm, I welded 2 legs for the table.

After all procedures, the table was taken in parts to the apartment and assembled.

The panel on the wall is made of the same boards - the daughter-in-law came up with it, I did it.

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And now it's time to talk about the materials. When choosing, I was not really looking for everything I needed. For several years I just like one of the St. Petersburg building hypermarkets. As you can imagine, I found boards on the countertop in my garden. And all the rest at once bought in Leroy.

Profile pipe (40x80 mm, 6 m) - 2245 ₽
Corner (50x50 mm, 3 m) - 788 ₽
Galvanized self-tapping screws (6x40 mm, 200 g) - 54 ₽
Metal paint 3 in 1 (0.9 l) - 141 ₽
Oil for 3V3 worktops (0.5 l) - 600 ₽
Carpentry glue Moment Joiner (250 g) - 85 ₽

Total: 3913 ₽ went to the table.

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