Handmade Pine End Tables

Handmade pine-end tables can add a rustic feel to any space, but these tables can also be styled for more contemporary spaces and also for the most feminine of tastes. Stain choice and hardware help define end and coffee tables. Making your own pine-end tables is a moderately easy do-it-yourself project, but giving a quick makeover to handmade pine-end tables you already own is an ideal DIY project for a novice. Does this Spark an idea?

Benefits of Pine

Working with pine has many benefits: It is an easily found wood, it is cost-effective and is also durable. Pine is traditionally a light color but can be stained or painted in an assortment of colors. Pine furnishings are also easy to work with and many styles can be created from pine wood.

Style

Use sleek, lean lines when designing and building your contemporary end tables. Thin legs and longer surfaces give a contemporary look. If you're making your own but want a antique, vintage appeal, ensure that your handmade tables look sturdier and thicker with bigger legs and a chunkier base. Feminine handmade pine-end tables often include brass or metal additions such as brass or metal legs attached to a pine base.

Hardware

Brass hardware gives handmade pine-end tables a distinct look; you can find brass hardware at yard, garage and estate sales. Add stainless steel or silver plate hardware to modern handmade end tables for a sleek style. Plastic knobs, pulls and handles make an ideal addition to casual end tables.

Stain Choices

Add cherry stain to handmade pine end tables for a polished appeal in classic and traditional spaces but consider adding black lacquer or espresso varnish to a modern set of pine end tables. Of course, white paint or a soft shade of pink or lilac works especially well on a feminine set of handmade end tables; these work especially well in a children's or teenage girl bedroom.