Y’all. This post is about 6 years old. It’s made its rounds through Pinterest and I wanted to house it accordingly on my current blog. With that being said let me show you my high top pub table!
Please forgive the poor quality pictures.
It was back when we were taking pictures with the iPhone 5. For the time they were the next best thing to a professional photographer!
Onto the original post:
We had absolutely nothing in our “kitchen nook” area The space seemed perfect for a high top pub table. I scoured the internet looking for some good plans and ended up using Ana White’s plans for inspiration. It was farmhouse-ish also matched my dining table! The picture to the below is from Ana White’s website:
Unfortunately this was pretty early on in my DIY projects so I wasn’t keeping track of measurements or dimensions. I used her plan for a general idea of normal dimensions and layout offered on her site.
I also modified the height and width to ensure it fit properly in my kitchen and with my stools at the time. As a result, I ended up having a perfectly tall pub table!
What you’ll need for the High Top Pub Table:
- 5 -2X6’s @ 8ft
- 2 – 4X4’s @ 10ft
- 2 – 2×4 @ 8ft
- Kreg Jig – a MUST when building furniture! Cheaper option is here!
- Kreg Screws
- Wood Glue
- Orbital Sander
- Drill Corded or Cordless
- Felt Pads for the table legs
After getting my measurements, I started with the table top.
Get Building!
- Cut your 2×6’s
- Next cut 7 2×6’s into 27.5″ lengths
- Now cut your 4×4’s into your desired height (I did about 40″ tall to start since the top sits on top of the legs)
- This is where I went wrong and measure too high. I had to trim them several inches BUT I would rather trim shorter than have to buy more wood to redo it and make it taller
- I also don’t have the end height for these. Eyeball and go high. If you need, you can always cut a few inches to go shorter.
- Cut your 2×4’s for the framing underneath (I am not sure on this measurement either but this part doesn’t have to be perfect, just decide how much inset you want and measure/cut)
- Wait to cut your breadboards until the rest of the top is together so you can get close as possible to the exact length. It SHOULD be about 38.5 but since a 2×6 isn’t EXACTLY 5.5 inches, you will want to wait.
- With the kreg jig, drill pocket holes into:
- Each piece of the tabletop except the last end piece (6 pieces) – otherwise you will have holes facing an edge of your table
- breadboards
- The 2×4’s for framing
- Glue boards and screw in Kreg Screws
- Flip table top over and sand the top and sides
- Attach the 4×4 legs by drilling screws through the outside of the 2×4 frame
- Sand, stain, and finish
- Admire!
Voila! You’ve got yourself a High Top farmhouse pub table!
If you would like to try a bit tougher DIY project, check out our round farmhouse table!
