Why, you ask? This is what my hubby built for me last week:
The lack of work space was driving both me and him crazy! It meant paint cans gathered on the floor, projects scattered on the only table spaces I could find, and no place for brushes.
So we decided to do something about it. Here's the process.
We bought six 8-ft 2x4s, one sheet of particle board, and a 4ft x4ft sheet of hardboard to "top it off." ha! Add in some 2 1/2 inch screws, and we're good to go.
Joe did most of the work, I just held things, etc... (it's what I'm really good at...)
Frame for the top, built just like a wall with 16 inch center studs:
Wall studs, not the other stud in the picture.
Next we got ready to attach the legs in the corners of the frame, starting by rounding off the bottoms of the 2x4's. When you have posts that will rest on the floor and get pulled around, rounding over the edges keeps them from splitting:
