sweet color table

Once again Anthropolgie was my inspiration. I don't know one person who doesn't get inspired from them. Check out this beautiful table:

I cut 2 1X2's into four pieces each. Each piece was 2 feet long. That gives me 8 pieces. This is the perfect size for a children's play table, which was what I am using mine for. If you want this for an end table, I would cut 4 2 feet long pieces, and 4 12-18 inch pieces, depending on the width of the table you would like.

I wanted mine to have a rustic boy sort of look so I didn't try to hide any nails, cracks, or knots. So taking two of the pieces nail them at a 90 degree angle.

Grab a third piece and add it on to one of the sides and nail it on to a 90 degree angle.

Repeat this to the fourth pieces until you have yourself a square, or the top of the table. So if you are doing a smaller top you will use your smaller pieces and not the 2 feet pieces.

Add the legs. I alternated my legs so they are not all turned the right direction. I like the offset look! I used four nails to secure each leg. Put two in from each side.

Here is an up close view of the placement of the nails into the legs.

Take cord (I bought mine at Walmart on a 70 foot roll, I needed four of them, and then a little of an offset color) and hammer a nail through the end and into the corner of one of the legs.

Start wrapping this around the top of the table.

You want this to be extremely tight, so pull it as you wind.

If you need more cord, tie on the new cord and just place it so the knot is on the underneath side of the table top. Continue wrapping until the top of the table is covered.

Secure the end down with a nail in the corner.

Grab more cord and nail into a corner and start weaving in and out of the cord already on in the opposite direction.

When you get to the end, wrap the cord under the table and take it up to the other side to start again. You don't need to weave the underneath part of the table, unless your little heart desires to because it won't be seen unless you lay under the table.

Once again if you run out of cord, just tie a new one on placing the knot under the table. Continue doing this until the entire table top is full.

I then wanted to add a decorative outside. So I took another color of cord and hammered a nail through the end into one of the corners and then I wrapped it as close to the weaved square as I could.

I went around three times on each side and then cut the cord and hammered a nail through it into the closest corner, underneath the table.

And there you have it! The perfect table for your kitchen set or play area