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How to Build a DIY Picnic Table (Step-by-Step Illustrations)

A picnic table is a great outdoor accessory, and building one is a project you can do yourself. With an accurate design, a few tools, and materials, you can have a 6-foot picnic table built and ready in no time. Here is a detailed plan for a 6-foot picnic table with the needed steps, materials, …

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6 Free Picnic Table Plans (PDFs for Print or Download)

Welcome to our custom, highly detailed free picnic table plans.  We have several plans of different picnic table styles under way.  We also provide a step-by-step guide on how to build a picnic table. Our plans set out every detail including materials needed and step-by-step instructions on how to build it. 1. Basic 2-Bench 6′ …

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14 Different Patio Table Accessories – Ultimate List

It is amazing when you have an outdoor space that you can enjoy throughout the year. Many of us are lucky enough to have a patio, deck, or other defined backyard area where we can entertain. However, it can be a bit challenging to keep the items you have in your outdoor space in ideal …

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32 Different Dining Table Accessories – Ultimate List

Whether we want to admit it or not, most people do not eat at the main dining table, but rather at a breakfast table, counter, or an island. After all, we want the dining table moments to be special and the decor and accessories to look picture perfect.  You can’t personalize your kitchen without the …

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Where Can You Put a Console Table in Your Living Room?

Giving your living room a splash of life and accent comes with great furniture pieces. You can embellish any style or theme in your living room with the help of a console table. A thin but open table, the console table is a piece that can be flexible to your needs and also come in …

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Desk vs. Table for Your Home Office or Workspace

My desk throughout college was an old dining room table. It had no drawers or cabinets. Just a simple four-legged table. It did the job. These days, I have desks with drawers and cabinets in both of my offices (home office and leased). What do I prefer? I prefer a desk, but I’d have no …

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Proper Dining Room Size & Table Dimensions for 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 People (Charts)

Whether you’re buying a dining room table for an existing formal dining room or more casual dining space, or are simply in the process of planning to create a new dining area, it is important to ensure that you obtain the correct dining room table size for whatever space that table will inhabit. In order …

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The Different Types of Poker Tables – Learn Your Options for a Great Poker Night in Your Home

You might get fleeced at cards but that’s no reason to buy the wrong card table. My buddies and I are starting a monthly poker game in my new condo office. When our kids are older maybe it’ll become a weekly game so I can lose even more money. I say this because with young …

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How to Build a Harvest Table Out of Reclaimed Wood (Step by Step Guide)

When it comes to home furniture, the dining table can be a magnificent centerpiece. For those who want to entertain guests regularly, a harvest table is a perfect accent, as it allows for larger groups while maintaining an intimate vibe. Because these tables are not very common, the best option is to build one yourself. …

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21 of My Favorite Side and End Tables with USB Ports

One decidedly irritating by-product of the digital age is the persistent need for power. Sure later typewriters and televisions also needed power. But those items were stationary and placed near wall outlets. There was also generally only one or two of those per house. Modern households however often have at least one cell phone per …

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38 Different Types Of Dining Room Tables (Extensive Buying Guide)

Purchasing a new dining table is an extremely personal experience for many reasons. This furniture will be the centerpiece of a dining room where you entertain guests and share important meals with family. The dining table will be both seen and utilized more than a lot of home furniture, so the choice is never made lightly. We …

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26 Different Types of Coffee Tables (2023 Buying Guide)

Quicklist: Coffee Tables Wood Metal Glass Rattan Acrylic Glass Wood Metal Marble Rattan Leather Pallet Coffee Table Traditional Contemporary Modern Rustic Coastal Industrial Vintage Novelty Novel Ottoman Coffee Table Stacking Coffee Table Folding Coffee Table Low platform-style coffee table Geo-Coffee Table Coffee tables have been a staple of Western living rooms for decades upon decades …

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Are Coffee Tables Out of Style? A Close Look at All Sides of the Issue

The world of interior design abounds in tables… console tables, end tables, side tables and of course coffee tables. With such abundance, are coffee tables out of style? Obsolete? A waste of space and money? One could easily argue that the answer is yes. Below I address every question you might have about the necessity …

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Beautiful Glass Table Ideas for Modern Home Interiors

It is actually very much important to renovate the house with modern accessories which can enhance the real beauty of the house with all modern requirements. No doubt, renovation of the house is very much difficult task to perform in a trendy way. There are a lot more things which you have to consider compulsory …

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41 Foyer Entry Table Ideas, Types and Designs (Photos)

Welcome to our gallery featuring a wide variety of entry table ideas for your foyer. When you walk into another person’s home as a visitor, you always enter through the front entrance, unless you’re very familiar. The foyer is designed as a room for your guests to enter into, or so that when you open your front …

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20 Things to Know Before Buying an Antique Table

Antiques will always be around. Today’s furniture, at least some of it, will be antiques in 100 years. Of course, today’s antiques will still be antiques in 100 years. With a good eye and persistence, you can furnish your house relatively inexpensively if you’re willing to buy distressed antiques and fixing them up. It’s a …

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9 Practical Coffee Table Alternatives

Many people think that a coffee table is a necessary piece of furniture for the living room. It’s where we put down our drinks, rest our feet on, or where we take our dinner while marathon-watching on Netflix. While it serves these purposes, a traditional coffee table can be too low for a comfortable dinner …

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15 Different Types of Picnic Tables

  There’s no official record of when the picnic table first came out but there’s a consensus that it was already in use in the late 1800s. The early tables were made of hardwood such as cedar and pine in contrast to many of the modern versions which are constructed from steel, aluminum, commercial-grade plastic, PVC, recycled …

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5 Different Types of Pub-Style Tables

We have plenty to thank the French for, including the pub-style tables that are trending nowadays. Also known as bistro tables, they first appeared in the 1600s at Paris’ first bistro, Café Procope, as small tables with marble-tops. The furniture also made it easy to differentiate the bistro from the taverns then. Bistros, sidewalk cafes and people-watching …

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Finding the Best Small Corner Tables (11 Beauties Featured)

Small corner tables can do wonders to limited living spaces. With the right features and design, these furnitures can go a long way. You can use them to save space, take advantage of an awkward corner of a room and even place them anywhere in the house. The home office is not the only place …

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24 Types of Coffee Tables with a Lift-Up Top (Adjustable Height)

A month ago my wife, two kids and I were going through a furniture store when I noticed a really cool coffee table which had a table top that swivelled upwards to create a quasi desk type table. I thought it was brilliant. Amazingly I hadn’t seen this before. I realized it’s a great furniture …

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11 Coffee Tables Under $200 (Some Under $100 and Even $50)

Coffee tables are convenient furniture and can look great. The best part is you can find really great looking options for not a lot of money. This article sets out and describes many coffee tables under $200. We also include several additional galleries featuring many more options under $200. In some cases they’re as low …

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Parts of a Table (Dining Room and Coffee Table Diagrams)

Welcome to our simple, but helpful diagrams illustrating the different parts of a table (dining and coffee tables). While there are all kinds of tables, at the end of the day, their construction is fairly similar. There’s a top (surface), supports (legs) and depending the type of table, additional storage. Below you’ll find our simple …

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13 of My Favorite Small Dining Table Ideas (for Small Spaces)

  Not everyone has a 3,000 sq. ft. house that accommodates an eight-person dining table. That’s right, some people have a 10,000 sq. ft. house with a 12 person dining table. Not the direction you thought this was going, is it? All kidding aside, when you have a small space and let’s face it, most …

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14 Terrific Small Side Table Options for Your Living Room

Aaaargh. I do not like it when I do not have a place to put drinks, books or my phone within arms reach when relaxing comfortably in a living room. I don’t need much… a small side table will do. Just something so I don’t have to get up to put something down or retrieve …

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43 Types of Tables for Your Home (2023 Buying Guide)

This is the ultimate guide to finding the perfect new table for your home. If you’re shopping for your home and your eyes are glazing over at the sheer volume of tables available in both online and brick-and-mortar furniture stores, you’re not alone. Shopping to decorate your home can be stressful, to begin with (you …

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8 DIY Coffee Table Designs That Will Make Your Neighbors Envy You

A. Modern Coffee tables, in general, are a modern concept. They are, like Starbucks, a creation of our dependency of Java. Where there coffee tables in the days of yore? Well, I have no doubt that there were. Were they called coffee tables? Were they, in essence, pre-configured for the purpose of being knee high …

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12 Fabulous Types of DIY Coffee Tables (Different Styles)

Coffee tables in general are a modern concept. They are, like Starbucks, a creation of our dependency of Java. Were there coffee tables in the days of yore? Well, I have no doubt that there were. Were they called coffee tables? Maybe. Were they, in essence, preconfigured for the purpose of being knee high so …

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33 Amazing Dine-In Kitchen Designs

I have an amusing personal story about in-kitchen dining. You see, we have a very nice antique dining table with a set of 6 spectacular dining chairs that are extremely comfortable. They are so comfortable that when we host dinners, we seldom venture to the living room instead of spending the evening in the uber-comfortable dining …

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Discover 31 Different Types of End Tables for Your Living Room

Quicklist: End Tables Table Nesting Tables Drum C-Table Trunk Round End Table Square End Table Rectangle End Table Triangle End Table Free-Form End Table Oval End Table Half-Circle End Table Wood End Table Glass End Table Metal End Table Granite / Marble End Table Rattan / Wicker End Table Four legs Three legs (tripod) Pedestal …

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50 Beautiful Living Rooms with Ottoman Coffee Tables

Welcome to today’s gallery, featuring beautiful living rooms sporting an ottoman coffee table. Why specifically ottoman coffee tables, you may ask? To begin with, these are some of the most versatile pieces of furniture you can have at your disposal. With myriad uses and placements even within a single room, this hybrid furniture can mean …

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27 Incredible Man Cave Coffee Tables

When you’re looking to complete the perfect man cave in your home, you want the right set of furniture. While we immediately think of sectionals, sofas, and big comfortable arm chairs, the venerable coffee table is one of the most important focal points of the room. We’ve gathered some of our favorite coffee tables to …

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20 Top Types of Wooden Oval Coffee Tables

Coffee tables, in their wide galaxy of styles and materials, are often the centerpiece  of a beautiful living room. Search any furniture website, and you’re bound to discover thousands of models in hundreds of styles and configurations, from rustic wood blocks to post-modern glass sculptures. Sometimes though, a more traditional table is the best choice for anchoring …

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20 Rectangle Wood Dining Tables That Seat 6 For Under $500

One of the most common elements you’ll find in homes across the globe is the good old fashioned wood dining table. Since it’s the one place everyone gathers, every family deserves one. We’ve created this gallery to showcase affordable dining room tables, with every model coming in under $500. When setting out to gather affordable dining room tables, …

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24 Awesome Living Room Designs featuring End Tables

Welcome to our gallery featuring a collection of beautiful living rooms that all have at least one end table. It doesn’t matter if a living room is casual or formal, with a fireplace or without, every living room needs a place to set something down. Coffee tables help fulfill this need, but you can only …

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36 Top Stylish Brown Leather Ottoman Coffee Tables

Welcome to our collection of leather ottoman coffee tables! We are featuring examples of every style imaginable. Round ottomans often make great coffee table substitutes, being a similar size and shape. Square ottomans often have a cubic appearance, singular colors, and may hide interior storage. Rectangular ottomans are also referred to as bench ottomans, with …

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