Canadian Woodworking offers detailed table projects complete with step-by-step instructions, photos with explanatory text, and project drawings and lists.
Build a side table with a floating top
This simple yet stylish side table is a great addition to any home, and it can be modified to suit. Changing the width or length, using a different wood species and modifying the style of the top would all be great ways to customize this table.
Build a Huon Pine ‘Clasp’ Table
Join one of Canada’s most prolific furniture makers as he turns a very special board, gifted to him decades ago, into a beautiful coffee table.
This mitred coffee table includes clean lines, storage and a chance to add some interesting, visible joints. It also provides a comfy place to put your feet up after a hard day’s work, if you choose to add a dedicated cushion.Â
Templates and jigs are the key to tackling the different curves on this cherry table.
This sleek, modern take on a classic design will look great in almost any home. By using understated tapers, gentle curves and solid joinery this table will also fit in for decades to come.
Diary of a Novice: Coffee Table
What follows is a chronicle of my table-building odyssey, including frustrations, mistakes, and finally, success.
Learn How to Build a Prairie Table
Jamie Russell shares some know-how that went into this prairie table. The many techniques used to complete the joinery and create this table are advanced, but each can be used on their own to create unique pieces of furniture.
A table like this is at home in a living room, entry hall or even a bedroom. With lots of free-hand shaping, you will want to sharpen your hand tools before starting.
Though they were used in years past to store and protect goods while travelling by canoe, wannigans make wonderful coffee tables in modern homes. Making one is also a great way to practice some canoe-making skills before tackling the real thing.
This wine rack is great for a smaller home or a room that’s in need of another small surface for storage or serving. It’s also imperative that its owner loves wine, because it’s made to be used. Cheers!
Honest, traditional joinery, coupled with a sleek design, sets this night table apart.
Learning to build a table with sultry curves not only looks beautiful but adds another skill to your woodworking repertoire.
Build this elegant stand to display your favourite plant or sculpture.
Tables of one sort or another are often the bread and butter of most woodworking shops. This elegant hall table, based on a design by California woodworker Yeung Chan doesn’t require a lot of stock or advanced joinery skills.
Small tables are sensible around the house. They fit unobtrusively in almost any space, and they are easily moved about.
