Build a Fancy Farmhouse Table

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2. It's off the shelf 2 by lumber from Lowes. Pine.

If you look on their website, some people used cedar and fir etc.


My buddy stained it this weekend. I recommended a wiping non penetrating stain. It looks like he opted for regular old minwax - which is ok. I was worried a penetrating stain might show glue spots if he didn't sand thoroughly enough. I think I see a few spots but this can always be touched up with a pen.

I haven't talked to him so I'm not sure if he treated the wood. I had him text me a picture tonight. He says the picture doesn't do the finish justice so he sounds happy.

I can't remember the last time I stained pine. I work mostly with oak or cherry. I think I treated pine once a long long time ago. Mostly I'm just lazy and would probably skip that step for something like this.

If I did it again, I would make all the cuts per the cut list. I was a little bit skeptical the thing would turn out well so we built one and assembled it as we made cuts. Wasted a lot of time.

The second one went a lot quicker because we followed her instructions.

We didn't use any pocket hole screws. I put my foot down on that. I've had terrible luck pocket hole screwing soft 2 by lumber. It wasn't necessary anyway.

I think she has a relationship with the Kreg pocket hole tool people.

The design hides most all the fasteners. With the screws and a liberal amount of exterior grade glue, I think it will hold up.