Furniture · Intermediate
Walnut Bedside Table
A small walnut table with one drawer and tapered legs. Mortise-and-tenon base, a drawer that slides on wood, and no hardware anywhere.
$14
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- Size
- 20 × 16 × 24 in
- Wood
- Walnut, about 9 board feet
- Tools
- Table saw, router, chisels
- Joinery
- Mortise and tenon, half-blind dovetails
- Time to make
- 2 weekends
- Plan
- 14 pages · PDF
What’s in the plan
- Board-foot list and how to lay out the parts on rough walnut
- Taper jig drawings for the legs
- Mortise and tenon layout for every joint
- Drawer built to slide on wood runners
- Oil-and-wax finish schedule
No hardware
The drawer slides on hardwood runners, the top is held with wooden buttons, and nothing on this table is a screw. It's a good first piece of real furniture: every joint is one you'll use again.
Walnut
You need about 9 board feet. The plan shows how to lay the parts out on rough boards so the grain on the drawer front runs across the whole table.
