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A square rolling coffee table with six flush-front drawers on Euro slides — more storage than most end tables twice its size, and the drawer boxes are the whole project.
| Part | Qty | T × W × L | Material | ✓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| End frame legs (short) | 4 | 1 1/2" × 1 1/2" × 12 3/4" | Pine | ☐ |
| End frame legs (tall) | 4 | 1 1/2" × 1 1/2" × 32" | Pine | ☐ |
| End panels | 2 | 3/4" × 12 3/4" × 32" | 3/4" plywood | ☐ |
| Drawer slide support cleats | 4 | 3/4" × 2 1/2" × 12 3/4" | Pine | ☐ |
| Front/back trim (support legs) | 4 | 1 1/2" × 1 1/2" × 32" | Pine | ☐ |
| Front trim between drawers Space exactly per the layout — this is what keeps the six drawer gaps even. | 4 | 3/4" × 1 1/2" × 32" | Pine | ☐ |
| Drawer box sides Size to the actual opening, not blindly to this number. | 12 | 3/4" × 2 1/2" × 16" | Pine | ☐ |
| Drawer box fronts/backs | 12 | 3/4" × 2 1/2" × 29 1/2" | Pine | ☐ |
| Drawer bottoms | 6 | 1/4" × 16" × 31" | 1/4" plywood | ☐ |
| Drawer faces Keep an even 1/8" gap on every side once hung. | 6 | 3/4" × 3 1/2" × 31 3/4" | Pine | ☐ |
| Tabletop boards Glue up on a flat surface, clamped, before attaching to the base. | 5 | 3/4" × 7 1/4" × 36 1/4" | Pine | ☐ |
| Item | Qty | ✓ |
|---|---|---|
| Plywood, 3/4", 4x8 sheet One and a half sheets needed — buy two. Rip into 15-3/4" wide strips with the grain. | 2 each | ☐ |
| Pine, 2x2, 8 ft | 3 each | ☐ |
| Pine, 1x2, 8 ft | 2 each | ☐ |
| Pine, 1x3, 8 ft | 6 each | ☐ |
| Pine, 1x4, 8 ft | 2 each | ☐ |
| Pine, 1x8, 10 ft | 1 each | ☐ |
| Pine, 1x8, 8 ft | 1 each | ☐ |
| Plywood, 1/4", 4x8 sheet Drawer bottoms. | 1 each | ☐ |
| Euro-style bottom-mount drawer slides The single biggest line item on this build. Buy quality — cheap slides are the most common reason a finished drawer feels bad. | 6 pair | ☐ |
| Caster wheels | 4 each | ☐ |
| Drawer knobs or handles | 6 each | ☐ |
| Pocket hole screws, 1-1/4" and 2-1/2" | 1 box | ☐ |
| Brad nails, 1-1/4" | 1 box | ☐ |
| Self-tapping wood screws, 2" For attaching the top from underneath through the 2x2s. | 1 box | ☐ |
| Wood glue | 8 oz | ☐ |
| Wood filler | 1 each | ☐ |
| Sandpaper, 120 grit | 6 sheet |
Tools: Drill / Driver, Pocket Hole Jig. Materials: Plywood, 3/4", 4x8 sheet, Pine, 2x2, 8 ft
Predrill and mark all pocket holes across the whole plan before you start assembling anything — it's much easier to drill flat parts on a bench than to reach into a half-built cabinet later.
Build the two identical end frames: legs, plywood end panel, and drawer-slide cleats. All outside edges stay flush.
Tools: Brad Nailer, Drill / Driver. Materials: Pine, 1x3, 8 ft
Position the 1x3 cleats so their screw holes line up with your actual drawer slides — remember the slides sit 3/4" in from the outside face of the legs. Glue and brad-nail in place.
Tools: Drill / Driver, Speed Square. Materials: Pine, 1x2, 8 ft
Space the front and back trim pieces exactly per the layout — this is the single most important measurement on the whole build, because it's what keeps the gaps between the six drawer faces even. Check the whole case for square before the glue sets; an out-of-square case guarantees six drawers that fight their openings.
Tools: Drill / Driver, Pocket Hole Jig. Materials: Pine, 1x3, 8 ft, Plywood, 1/4", 4x8 sheet
Size each drawer box to its actual opening, not to the cut list numbers verbatim — plywood thickness and assembly tolerance both shift the real opening size by a little. Square is non-negotiable here: an out-of-square drawer box binds in a Euro slide no matter how well the slide itself is installed.
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| Stain or paint | 1 quart | ☐ |
Overall cost: $$$$. Lumber varies by region, species, and season, so we give a band rather than a figure.
Tools: Drill / Driver
Mount the slide hardware to the case first, then to the drawer boxes, and test-fit before committing to final screws. A drawer that binds on the first try almost always means the box, not the slide, is slightly out of square — fix it now rather than fighting it after the faces are on.
Tools: Brad Nailer, Drill / Driver. Materials: Drawer knobs or handles
Attach hardware (knobs/handles) to the faces before you glue and nail them to the drawer boxes — it's much easier to drill a flat face on the bench than after it's hung. Keep an even 1/8" reveal on every side of every face; this is what makes six separate drawers read as one clean grid.
Tools: Drill / Driver. Materials: Pine, 1x8, 10 ft, Pine, 1x8, 8 ft
Glue the five top boards edge to edge on a flat surface, clamped evenly so the joints don't dome or dip. Once dry, attach from underneath through the 2x2 legs with self-tapping screws — no fasteners show on top.
Tools: Random Orbit Sander. Materials: Caster wheels, Wood filler, Stain or paint
Attach caster wheels to the underside of the base. Sand every surface, fill any nail holes, and finish before loading the drawers back in.