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Ponti Side Table

Description

Overview

Let’s recreate the Ponti Table featured inside Ellen Pompeo’s Beach House in Architectural Digest (see it at 6:52 in this video).

We gave ourselves a budget of $50 and got creative!

We use folding saw horses in the workshop
Sanding ensures a smooth surface for finishing

You will need

Instructions

  1. Design and print three “blob” shapes and tile print each over 4-6 sheets of paper to the desired table top size. Trace onto pine project boards.
  2. Wear safety glasses, and use a jigsaw to cut shapes. We recommend practicing on scrap wood and remembering to ease into corners. Use a drill with a 1/4” bit to make a hole to reduce cutting inside corners, if necessary.
  3. Cut the dowel into 9-12, 8” length pieces. Attach to blob shapes in a triangular or diamond formation with screws and wood glue. You can use wood filler to cover up the screws before finishing.
  4. For the remaining two sections, align the dowels, screw, and glue where you are able. This was the process we used. In the future, we might use a hole saw to cut through the blob shapes and have a continuous leg design.
  5. Assemble the table to your liking, alternating the blob shapes to create a fun layered look with function in mind. Clamp and allow it to dry for 24-48 hours before priming or staining to finish to your liking.
Sanding ensures a smooth surface for finishing
We enjoy working together to make things

Use clamps to keep it together as glue dries
The Midwest Husbands
David and Edward
We are an interracial, same-sex married couple, on our journey of building a family, turning our house into a home and capturing our daily adventures.

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