Modern Farmhouse Side Table — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 6 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

2 boards · 6.2 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3/4" left over
18 1/2"18 1/2"17"17"17"5 1/2"
1. Top shelf frame — 18 1/2"
2. Top shelf frame — 18 1/2"
3. Legs — 17"
4. Legs — 17"
5. Legs — 17"
6. X cross braces — 5 1/2"
Board 2 · 38 1/2" left over
17"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"
1. Legs — 17"
2. X cross braces — 5 1/2"
3. X cross braces — 5 1/2"
4. X cross braces — 5 1/2"
5. X cross braces — 5 1/2"
6. X cross braces — 5 1/2"
7. X cross braces — 5 1/2"
8. X cross braces — 5 1/2"

3/4" × 9 1/4" — Pine 1x10

2 boards · 5.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 23 3/8" left over
23 3/4"23 3/4"23 3/4"
1. Shelf core boards — 23 3/4"
2. Shelf core boards — 23 3/4"
3. Shelf core boards — 23 3/4"
Board 2 · 71 1/8" left over
23 3/4"
1. Shelf core boards — 23 3/4"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

2 boards · 3.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 93% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/4" left over
25 1/4"25 1/4"25 1/4"18 1/2"
1. Shelf end trim, long — 25 1/4"
2. Shelf end trim, long — 25 1/4"
3. Shelf end trim, long — 25 1/4"
4. Shelf end trim, short — 18 1/2"
Board 2 · 13 3/4" left over
25 1/4"18 1/2"18 1/2"18 1/2"
1. Shelf end trim, long — 25 1/4"
2. Shelf end trim, short — 18 1/2"
3. Shelf end trim, short — 18 1/2"
4. Shelf end trim, short —

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.

1 1/2" × 3 1/2" — Pine 2x4

Board 1 · 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 38 1/2" left over

3/4" × 9 1/4" — Pine 1x10

Board 1 · 23 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 71 1/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — Pine 1x4

Board 1 · 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 13 3/4" left over