This copper wood side table was a long time in the making. To be precise: it took me years. Ok, that’s over-exaggerated. Maybe a year. First, I had to get all the material which took me a while to find a board that has the right thickness. Only this took me months. Then I went to the hardware store to buy the copper pipes and had them cut it. But because I went there 10 mins before closing time, they didn’t made it as precise as I needed it for a stable table, so I had to cut it at home. With a metal saw. Don’t ask.

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But I still wasn’t done: I assembled the table and found out that it’s not working. Read: stand up alright. I was so frustrated after this odyssey that I put all the stuff aside. Moved and took everything with me in pieces and left it that way for months.

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One day (or was it a night?) I had this epiphany that I could use rope to make it stable. Rope! What an idea. I was so motivated but couldn’t find the right one until last week in the hardware store. But again I went there 10 mins before closing time so I couldn’t buy the right one. So this week I went back and made the table in one (cr-)afternoon.

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And it wasn’t hard at all! The only thing is that I missed 4 pieces of T-shaped copper pieces in the supply picture. But I guess we can get over this.

Now let’s celebrate the copper wood side table that has been the result of all of this.

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What you need:

  • a wood board
  • 4 pieces of copper pipe at the length of 75 cm
  • 4 pieces of copper pipe at the length of 20 cm
  • 4 pieces of copper pipe corners
  • 4 pieces of copper T-pieces (not in the picture)
  • 2 pieces of rope at the length of 2 m each
  • strong glue
  • a power drill with a drill the thickness of the T-pieces
  • a pencil
  • tape
  • a tongs to cut the rope

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First mark where you need to drill the wholes. It should be a square with 20 cm copper pieces fitting into it.

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Drill the holes making sure the T-pieces fit into it to about the depth of 1 cm.

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Put a little glue into the holes.

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Put the T-pieces and 20 cm copper pipes into the holes.

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Take the tape and wrap it around the ends of the rope.

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Now assemble the other copper pipe pieces with the rope as seen in the picture above. The tape makes it easier to thread it through.

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Pull the ends of the ropes through the copper and board you already assembled. Make sure the 20 cm pipes go all away around like in a square.

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Tie a knot on the top of the board and voilá! That’s it!

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It’s not the most stable table there is but it holds up alright. I use it to display some of my plants and they look awesome! The smaller the legs, the more stable it is though!

It’s also a great bedside table as you can see. It might go really well with my copper cement lamp…

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Can you tell me a story of something that was a long time in the making? Anything that’s still not finished (I have plenty!)? Let me know in the comments!

Now. Carry on!