Make a Primitive Television Console for Around $10.00

My husband made this primitive table(my design) this afternoon. Good thing we like the primitive natural(import store) look because we are not the greatest carpenters. Which just goes to show you, anyone can do this. We purchased one eight by ten foot pine board from Home Depot, cut in half(48 inches or 4 feet) by their wood department for free. These two pieces formed the top. I wanted four chunky legs, and saw some perfect pieces in their trash can at the end of the aisle. Kindly, they allowed us to have them. Apparently, they are used to ship the wood planks to the store.

The legs were cut at home to 20 inches tall, and under the top, edge trim with the same wood for stability and to hold the two four foot top pieces together. Everything was attached with sheet rock screws, wood putty was applied over screws, and the edges were hand sanded.

Easy and inexpensive! The table top was about $10.00, and the legs and under-trim free.

If you don't have a saw at home,  Home Depot (and Lowe's) will make the cuts for you. I know the Home Depot here allows 2 free cuts, and then .25 cents for each additional cut.

The wood wine boxes(found free) under the table were our make shift console before we made the table. This console is in our bedroom; we've got a low platform bed, so a 20 inch tall console was perfect. I may use the boxes to hide the wires. These boxes make the whole thing look like some sort of African safari adventure set at a theme park, but I like it.

I made this to fit our space and television size, so if you make your own, customize it to your own needs.

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