How to Build a Nesting Table

Nesting tables are an excellent use of space. A small office or home benefits greatly from the ability to store multiple tables as, in effect, a single table. Nesting tables sit one under the other, each one smaller than the one before. When needed, they can be pulled out and arranged around a room. Nesting tables can be made from easily available materials. They can be produced in any style and can complement any decor. Let us see how to build a nesting table.

Instructions

1

Cut a wooden board to the size of about 3-by-3 feet. Trim four 2-by-4s to a height of 30 inches.

2

Center each of the four 2-by-4s near one of the four corners of the wooden board. Nail each of the 2-by-4s to the board from the opposite side of the board.

3

Stand your first nesting table on its feet. Fill the nail holes with wood putty. Smooth out the putty with sandpaper.

4

Build three more tables exactly like the first, except smaller. Make the board, or top, of each nesting table about 6 inches shorter on each side than the one before. Make the legs of each nesting table 3 or 4 inches shorter than the one before.

5

Sand off any rough spots on your four nesting tables. Coat the tables with wood stain. Let dry and varnish.