Here’s How to Build a Dining Room Table & Bench

Your dining table is more than just a platform for serving and eating meals. It’s a place where family and friends gather to share stories and make memories. This is especially true at Christmas and throughout the holiday season. But you need to have room for everyone at the table. DIY expert Keisha Boutilier realized her family had outgrown their old table. Follow her easy steps to build your own bigger and better dining room table.

Here’s What You Need*:

• (32’) 2 x 10 x 4/8” Red Oak

• (12’) 4 x 4 x 4/3” Red Oak

• (16’) 2 x 4 x 2/8” Red Oak

• (8’) 3 x 4 x 1/8” Red Oak

• (16’) 2 x 12 x 2/8” Red Oak

• (16’) 4 x 4 x 2/8” Red Oak

• (28’) 2 x 2 x 2/8” Red Oak

• (4) 2” Corner Braces

• Router

• Table Saw

• Screws

• Wood Glue

• 120 Grit Sandpaper

• Wood Gloss Poly

*Lumber may vary depending on your location. To see all your options, use our Store Locator to find the Home Hardware Building Centre or Home Building Centre closest to you.

Here’s How to Make It

Our whole family loves Christmas. We love the energy, the spirit, the excitement of Christmas morning, and the divine pleasures of the Christmas Day feast! Thinking about Christmas dinner, we realized the rapid growth of our two kids has made our existing dinner table a bit small for us all. We were bumping elbows at regular mealtimes so a table laden with turkey and sides would be even tighter. So we reached out to our local Home Hardware who provided helpful design and building advice. Once our materials arrived, we got right to work.

This project turned out even more amazing than I’d hoped for. Our local Home Hardware helped us bring our vision to life! We are so excited to start making great family memories while gathered around the dining table we made together as a family. Everyone had a say and made a part in pulling this off! Here’s our new dining table all decked out for the season. We even found our Christmas dinnerware at Home Hardware!