Make your space grand with a DIY console table, built on a grand scale! This is a free woodworking plan to build your own grand console table.
This plan is part of our much loved Chunky Leg collection, featuring a wide, 2x6 leg to create drama and show off that beautiful wood texture.
This is an easy to build project, suitable for beginner to intermediate builders. Plans are step by step with detailed diagrams, shopping and cut lists and lots of related plans.
Why We Love this Console Table
Long and narrow, grand in size, this beautiful console table is solid wood construction. You can paint or stain it any color of your choice. We love the chunky leg styling, like a frame for the decor you add to the shelves and top.
We love this grand console table in an entryway, hallway, dining room as a buffet, under the tv in a living room or bedroom, or anywhere you could use a surface and some decor.
More Plans in this Collection
Several years ago, I made the square coffee table and the end table. I still have those projects in my home, as they are sturdy, solid, and beautiful. With so many requests, I've added a lot more plans to this collection.
- Chunky Leg Side Table Plans
- Chunky Leg Square Coffee Table
- Chunky Leg Rectangle Coffee Table Plans
- Chunky Leg Desk
- Chunky Leg Grand Console Table Plans
- Chunky Leg Bench (coming soon)
- Chunky Leg Hall Tree (coming soon)
Video Tutorial of Building the Similar Square Coffee Table
The construction methods are all pretty similar between the coffee table and console table plans, so make sure you watch this video for a good idea of how the build process goes. Do note, you can choose a pocket hole method (recommended) or a brad nail method to build.
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Preparation
- 4 - 1x8 @ 8 feet long
- 2 - 2x6 @ 8 feet long
- 2 - 1x3 @ 8 feet long
- 2 - 1x2 @ 8 feet long
- 1-1/4" pocket hole screws (recommended)
- 1-1/4" brad nails (alternate option, use with glue)
- 4 - 1x8 @ 84" - shelf and tabletops
- 2 - 1x3 @ width of shelf/tabletop after cuts (should be about 11-1/2") - top frame
- 2 - 1x3 @ 79-1/2" - top frame
- 2 - 1x3 @ width of shelf/tabletop after cuts (should be about 11-1/2") - bottom frame
- 2 - 1x3 @ 79-1/2" - bottom frame
- 6 - 2x6 @ 30" - legs
This grand console table is very similar in steps to the single console table plans that I built here and did a detailed build post on - please read through before building.
Instructions
Step 1
Build two identical.
Step 2
Attach to the undersides of the top and shelf, but use 1x3s for the top and 1x2s for the bottom.
Step 3
Attach the legs level to the shelves/top
There is a 3" space under the bottom shelf
