Mental Junk

  Michelle and I grabbed some scrap wood from work – a lot of good plywood.  They were mostly odd shapes being cut-offs, but there was a decent amount of various lengths.

I’ve seen some plywood edge projects and have liked the look of the plys all lined up, so decided to redo our $15 end table in our livingroom.

The first thing I did was rip the plywood into long strips about 2″ wide.  This would become the final width of the table top and legs.

After gluing the strips together, I planed the surfaces and sanded them.  A lot of sanding.

I then attached the legs with dowels and finished off with a few coats of wipe on poly.

I am happy with the way it turned out.

I may go back and fill in some of the gaps within the plys and add another few coats of poly, but for now, that is enough sanding.

A few years ago we bought a couple of cedar  2×6 deck boards at the end of summer.  I made this small foot bench out of one.  Our kitchen now smells like a pencil!