Hey buddies! We LOVE how this latest endeavor turned out! We found some really low-cost and cute legs on-line, and decided we needed to design a hairpin leg espresso desk! Sooner than we get started, bear in mind to observe our YouTube video tutorial on this assemble HERE or underneath!
Check out how cute this sq. hairpin leg espresso desk turned out!
How satisfying is that?! Now, HERE is the hyperlink to purchase the legs!
DIY Hairpin Leg Espresso Desk – Free Plans
You probably can receive and print the FREE PLANS HERE!
The 1st step we did was working our 2×4 and a pair of×6 boards by the use of the desk observed to cut off the rounded edges. You probably can see a video on how we do this HERE! This is not a required step, nonetheless will change the final dimensions of your desk, so be certain that to differ yours or measure and cut back as you go if you don’t rip your boards down.
After doing that, we made all of our pocket holes. We used our fav Kreg Jig for this half! You probably can try it out HERE! On account of that’s 2x picket attaching to 2x picket, we created 1.5″ pocket holes.
DIY Hairpin Leg Espresso Desk – pocket holes
As quickly as the entire pocket holes are made, we laid the 6 planks out on the desk with the underside coping with up. Make sure your entire pocket holes are coping with up and the suitable route. We related these 6 planks using 2.5″ pocket hole screws.
Subsequent, we related all of the trim objects. These are 2×4 boards that we ripped to 3″ in depth each. Each board is 33″ prolonged and we cut back the edges at a 45˚ angle to current the corners of the desk a transparent, accomplished look. We related the apron objects using picket glue and a pair of.5″ pocket hole screws.
DIY Hairpin Leg Espresso Desk – add the foot pads
The last word assembly step was together with the foot pads, or leg pads… Title them what you will! These are 1×6 boards we cut back to 5″ each, and we related one to each nook using picket glue and 1.5″ picket screws.
Attaching the hairpin legs was the ultimate step sooner than staining. We related each of our legs with hex bolts, nonetheless any screw with a giant enough head will work!
We chosen to mix two stains for this desk excessive. I blended equal parts of THIS stain and THIS stain, and stirred them collectively. Mixing stains is an efficient option to get a further custom-made finish too!
We added the cute nook {{hardware}} after the stain dried! I LOVE these… They add the proper of completion to this desk! You probably can see them HERE!
And proper right here she is all accomplished up!
