Check out our easy-to-follow steps below to see how to make a DIY farmhouse side table. Measure up 3 inches from the bottom of each long dowel and connect another medium dowel in the same fashion. Repeat this process with the other two long and medium dowels. These builds will stand upright to form the sides of your table. Editor’s Tip: To prevent screws from running into one other, drill in each screw slightly off-center. Repeat on the second long side in the same manner. Continue with the shorter 13-inch sides using the small 1/2-inch square dowels. Repeat this process on the bottom tier of the table, clamping a longer board in place to set the 1x4-inch as a guide. Once they are cut and placed to fit, remove them and place a bead of glue on the ledge piece and replace the inlay pieces. Secure in place with a nail gun. To get a white-washed look, we choose to do a pickling treatment involving watered-down white primer. This almost-translucent coating helps age the look of your wood giving it farmhouse style. To do the pickling treatment, mix a white primer with water in a 1:3 ratio and brush on thinly, wiping off excess paint as needed. After the paint has dried, sand rough areas smooth and coat with a clear polyurethane.
