DIY Wooden Wavy Side Table (an Anthropologie dupe!)
Let me show you how to make this dupe for a tenth of the price!
I have not been able to stop thinking about this Anthropologie side table, so when a few people on Instagram encouraged me to try making a dupe, I decided I was up for the challenge. Buckle up I’m going to show you how I made it for a lot less using timber and my favourite RYOBI products.
To see how my DIY Wooden Wavy Side Table came together, watch this video
Before & After
Project Details
🛠️ Making: A wavy side table
🕒 Project Time Estimate: 2 hours minutes (not including timber stain or wood glue drying time)
🪑 Skill Level: Advanced
💰 Materials Cost: $90
👷🏼♀️ Safety Gear: Protective face mask, ear plugs and eyewear, and latex gloves
Materials
Drop sheet
Timber
Timber stain
Wood glue
Gloss varnish
Note: While I used the measurements available on the Anthropologie website as a guide to making this side table, I did make the table taller.
Tools
Measuring tape
2 x Table clamps
Microfibre cloth
Paint brush
Inspo
How To
Step 1: Place a drop sheet onto your work bench. Measure, clamp and cut 3 pieces of timber using a RYOBI Circular Saw. Use a small bottle lid and a pencil to draw the wavy edge at a 45-degree angle on each piece of timber. Cut the wavy detail using a RYOBI Jigsaw. Use this first piece as a template to make the other two pieces.
Step 2: Sand each piece of timber with a RYOBI Palm Sander and use a RYOBI Rotary Station with the sanding accessory to sand in between the wavy peaks and troughs.
Step 3: Use a piece of string attached to the bottom of a pencil to draw a circle with a diameter of 400mm. Clamp the wood to your work bench and cut it out using a RYOBI Jigsaw. Sand the timber tabletop all over with a RYOBI Palm Sander.
Step 4: Apply two coats of timber stain onto each piece of timber using a microfibre cloth. When dried, lay two pieces of wavy timber onto your workbench and use wood glue to join them together. Clamp together. Apply wood glue to the side of the remaining piece and place it on top of the join. Set aside to dry for at least 12 hours or overnight. Stand the base up, apply wood glue on the timber and place the round piece on top. et aside to dry for at least 12 hours.
Step 5: When the wood glue has dried, apply two coats of gloss vanish all over the timber using a paint brush. Wait for the first coat to dry before applying the second coat.
Ta daaa!
I am OBSESSED with this DIY Wavy Side Table! I can’t believe how beautiful, bespoke and professional it looks. Even better? I’ve never been able to figure out how to sand the internal curves of a wavy detail with a power tool because they’re so tiny to get into, but when I realised I could use my new RYOBI 18V ONE+ Rotary Station it was like a lightbulb went off in my head. It worked perfectly. After a splash of chocolate brown timber stain, super glossy varnish and wood glue, this side table came in at a tenth of the price and I am SO IN LOVE.
This project is in collaboration with RYOBI Australia
