While designing and building furniture yourself can certainly be a great way to spend less, compromising quality over cost is rarely ever the way to go.
When Reddit user alwynxjones's girlfriend requested he flex his DIY-ing muscles and build them a new coffee table to update their living room's look and feel, he first explored a few milk crate table design options.
However, this savvy builder soon realized that milk crates were not necessarily the sturdiest materials out there for furniture building.
Instead, he went back to the drawing board, and began exploring a different coffee table design — one complete with its own built-in succulent garden.
Taking the project step-by-step, this boyfriend built his girlfriend the cutest little conversation-piece coffee table of her dreams.
With its festive colors and living embellishments, this table brings nature's beauty right into their living room.
Keep scrolling to learn all about how this DIY-er built his adorable little two-in-one coffee table and mini garden.
Reddit user alwynxjones's girlfriend recently requested he build their living room a new coffee table.
She offered a milk crate table design as inspiration, however, her boyfriend felt confident he could take her request and run with it, toward a design far beyond her wildest expectations.
He decided to try his hand at building a coffee table with an embedded succulent garden.
To get this project going, this crafty builder first laid all his project's different components out, to get a better visual understanding of how his table would eventually come together.
Next, he painstakingly crafted these table joint pieces, which were mildly outside his building comfort zone.
However, with a little hard work, he got the job done!
Then, this builder framed out his table.
He used a Kreg jig to help make slats for his coffee table's lower shelf.
Next, this DIY-er fit the shelf in place, and patted himself on the back for securing such glorious table joints.
With his table's base successfully assembled and sanded, all this project needed now was a top and a fresh coat of paint.
This DIY-er sawed a rectangular hole into his coffee table's top, and inserted a black planter to house his succulent garden.
He then primed his table's base, and painted its top with chalkboard paint.
Once the primer dried, this crafty painter applied a fresh coat of teal to the table's base, for a modern, funky look.
After planting a few adorable succulents into the table's planter, his table was complete!
Now, he and his girlfriend have a gorgeous new coffee table, bursting with life in all sorts of different ways.
These cute DIY-ers even decorated their succulent garden as if it were a mini patio. How adorable is that?
Challenged to build the coffee table of his girlfriend's dreams, this DIY-er created a gorgeous, fun, and festive piece of furniture for the two of them to enjoy indefinitely.
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