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Need a place to store blankets, magazines, and remote controls that clutter up your living room? Clear the mess with this do-it-yourself project plan for a coffee table with built-in storage space.
WHAT YOU NEED
- 4’ x 8’ sheet of MDF (3/4” thick)
- 4-“L” brackets
- Carpenters glue
- Stoppers for coffee table legs
- Screws: Flat Robertson #8 (2” and 1 ½”)
- Hardware mechanism to make tabletop rise
- Latch
CUT LIST
- Top of coffee table: 21 ½” x 40”
- Outside of legs: 21 ½” x 17”
- Inside of legs: 21 ½” x 12 ¼”
- Middle of legs: 2” x 12 ¼”
- Front and back panel: 4 ¾” x 38 ½”
- Bottom: 20 x 38 ½”
- Shelf: 20 x 35 ½”
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INSTRUCTIONS
 Construction of Shelf:
- Laminate all three outside/inside/middle cuts of MDF together in order to give each leg the thickness of: 2 ¼”.
- Lay down the outside of the leg (21 ½” x 17”), glue and attach the middle pieces (2”x12¼”).
- Glue and attach the inside of leg (21 ½” x 12 ¼”).
Construction of Shelf:
- Attach the front and back panel and bottom to the legs.
- Using “L” brackets, attach the bottom shelf to the legs.
- Prime and paint all surfaces.
- Attach hardware inside the table and to the tabletop.
- Attach latch to tabletop and to the front of the table to keep the top/lid closed.
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