Outdoor Table Cover – 10 Min June DIY

I’m back for another 10-Min DIY.  Sorry we missed last month – summer is crazy for all of us bloggers.  It’s hard to get the big projects done, but these little 10-min DIYs are perfect.  This one is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while.  We have this little slatted table in the back yard.  I have no idea where it came from, it might have been left with the house.  The slats drove me crazy – it’s funny I didn’t just buy or make a new table.  So, for a quick fix I created a very simple little outdoor table cover for this table made out of leftover cedar fence pickets.

So, here’s the table in question before.

Like I said, I had some leftover cedar fence pickets from my outdoor wall art that I had made for my courtyard.  I started by cutting the fence pickets to the size of the table.

For the little end pieces, I ran the scrap through a table saw to get those little pieces.

I feed all those pieces through the planer to smooth them out, which is my favorite tool because it takes about 5 second and no (or very little) sanding!

Then I chopped up a three more pieces that fit between the slats, but going the opposite way of the boards. I made sure they were long enough to cross all the boards.

 

Then I glued everything together and let it dry.

 

That’s about it.  After the glue dried, I did hit it with my staple gun just to be a little extra secure. That was it.  A few little cuts and some wood glue and now my outdoor side table woes are gone :).

Plus, I can take it off anytime I want!

Not only is it more functional, but it looks nicer too I think!

Check out the other amazing 10 Minute outdoor DIYs!

Outdoor Pillows by Pocketful of Posies
BBQ Tool Holder by Love Create Celebrate
Outdoor Table Cover by Uncookie Cutter

I’ll be traveling the next two months, but hopefully I’ll pull something together!

April

Outdoor Table Cover – 10 Min DIY

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