DIY serving table

A serving table is a convenient and practical interior item in which functionality and decorativeness have found their application. A folding option can be used at home, and in the restaurant, and in the office space. There are many models on sale, but it is quite possible to make a serving table with your own hands. How much it is really necessary and how successful the idea of ​​design can be - we will talk about this in this article.

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Benefits

This amazing furniture attribute performs a variety of functions:

• Auxiliary surface during cooking and serving;
• Temporary workplace;
• Surface for placement of decorative interior items.

Important! Convenient ergonomic design, equipped with wheels and comfortable lifting worktops, will help get rid of the bored running around from the hall to the kitchen and back. It is enough to load everything you need on the table once and bring it where necessary.

Design advantages:

• Everything that does not fit a regular dining table can be set on a compact serving hybrid. This is possible due to the fact that the table has additional opening parts and universal compartments in which you can put bottles or put smaller household utensils.
• The lower shelves often have additional protective sides, nets - shelves and removable compartments.
• The construction usually weighs a little - up to 9 kg. Usually this indicator depends on the material of the worktop.
• Storage space required is minimal. And if the model is equipped with folding legs, the table instantly turns into a tray on which you can store food and drinks.

Important! The main advantage of the folding table for serving are ergonomic design details.

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Serving table in the interior

A do-it-yourself serving table on castors is a fashionable furniture accessory. Thanks to him, a new, more constructive and functional interior appears in the atmosphere of the home.

When arranging a room, several nuances should be taken into account:

• If you want to make the design in Chinese, African or Indian style more original, choose products that are made using natural wood species or MDF.
• For the Modern or High-tech style, glass or metal products that have portable worktops are suitable. Glass can be transparent, tinted or colored. The glass material must have a protective polished edge, which provides additional security.

Important! The most efficient model is on casters; this unit has improved mobility. A variety of materials are used for their production, the shape may be the most bizarre. The most inexpensive option is a plastic folding serving table.

The design may contain special shelves, hooks, cutting board. Wheels can be large or small, they can be two or four.

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Self-made table

To make a serving table with your own hands, drawings can be found in specialized magazines or on the Internet. Consider manufacturing a simple model, with two worktops and a handle for transportation on one side.

The first step is to prepare the following tools:

• Circular saw;
• Drills and drill set;
• Screwdriver and screws;
• Air hammer;
• Grinding machine;
• Tassels;
• Roulettes;
• Pencil
• Safety glasses;
• Respirator
• Gloves.

To make a table on wheels with your own hands, you need to prepare the following materials:

• Board 50x100 mm - frame;
• Board 25x100 mm - countertops;
• Rail 25x50 mm - edging;
• Paint;
• Putty;
• Finishing nails;
• Wheels

Important! Sawn timber must be dry, otherwise - the frame will cease to be strong and stable, cracks and gaps will appear in it.

Assembly

The serving table includes upper and lower bases, which are connected by vertical racks:

• Using a circular saw, we cut four blanks with a length of 860 mm and four blanks with a length of 320 mm. They will be used as a base.

Important! All workpieces require pretreatment with sandpaper. After assembly, leveling the surface in some places will be impossible.

• Using the drawing, we join the board.
• We screw two screws into each joint. In this case, a drill should first drill holes of a smaller diameter. This is done so that the lumber does not crack when the screw is screwed in.
• We fasten the bases with the help of vertical racks.
• We attach the legs with a height of 780 mm outside to the prepared bases.

Important! In order to make the frame more convenient to fasten with screws, clamps should be used.

• We saw lumber on twenty boards for countertops. The length of eighteen of them is 420 mm, two - 320 mm.

Important! To align the boards between the legs of the table, you need to temporarily use a clamp to fix the board of the same thickness.

• We fix ten planks on the upper base, using screws or finishing nails.
• We fix eight boards on the lower base, in the middle, and shorter boards are fixed on the sides.
• On the long sides of the countertops we fix the edging. Reiki should have a length of 930 mm. For fasteners we use finishing nails.
• Putty the formed recesses and holes.
• We grind worktops of sandpaper.
• Apply a primer to the surface.
• We paint the resulting table.
• We fix the wheels on the screws.

Important! In stores, swivel wheels are presented in a huge assortment. They are distinguished by design, material and construction. Recommended diameter - at least 80 mm.

• If desired, we carry out the installation of clamps for bottles and other additional fasteners.

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As you can see, a do-it-yourself table for castors is not such a difficult task. The resulting product is no worse than those sold in stores. In addition, if you do it yourself, the resulting table will certainly fit into the interior of the home.