If you want to try to make something yourself, but you have little experience, it is advisable to start with the simplest ideas. Simple crafts will help improve your skills in working with various materials and tools. In this article we will tell you how to make a hanging table with your own hands. The project is extremely simple; you will need a minimum of materials and tools, and practically no financial investment will be required.
Materials and tools for making a hanging table:
- cutting board
- wire or thin braided rope
- crimp rings (when choosing, be guided by the diameter of the cable)
- ticks
- hook screw
How to make a hanging table
Using pliers or a chisel, prepare two identical pieces of braided cable or steel wire.
Mark and drill 4 holes in cutting board. The holes should be located opposite each other, as shown in the photo.
Cut a piece of leather the same size and shape as the cutting board.
Mark where the holes should be located and pierce them using a punch or special pliers.
Apply glue to the board and glue the leather on top. Let the glue dry.
Pull each of the cables through two opposite holes, as shown in the photo.
Make loops at the ends of the cables and secure them with crimp rings.
Screw a hook into the ceiling and place four loops on it.
Note: If the ceiling is concrete, you need to use a screw with a dowel.
A simple and stylish hanging table is ready.
Note: It is not advisable to use hanging tables in rooms where there are small children and animals, since if hit, everything that is on the table may fall to the floor.
Interior items suspended from the ceiling create a feeling of weightlessness and lightness. No visual connection to the floor, no sense of grounding, just airborne flight! This technique is especially suitable for bright interiors in minimalist or Scandinavian style, for example, for a bedroom. A hanging table used as a bedside table looks unusual and original.
The hanging table is attached with three ropes to a hook in the ceiling. And it won’t be difficult to make it yourself!
In order to make a hanging table for the interior, you need:
- wooden plank;
- Grinder;
- spray polyurethane;
- drill;
- felt;
- hot glue;
- screw;
- S-hook.
Of course, if you work on your own project, then the materials can be modified, and the process itself can be simplified or complicated.
So, take a board with an interesting texture or cut it out yourself. Treat uneven and rough surfaces grinder. Using a drill, drill three holes wide enough for your chosen rope. One hole in the middle of the board on the side adjacent to the wall, two other holes on the sides, at an equal distance from the first. If desired, you can make four holes - two on each edge. Then the table will be suspended by four ropes. Cover the wood with several layers of polyurethane. Wait until the previous one has dried before applying the next layer. Cut a strip of soft felt slightly narrower than the height of the board. Apply a strip of felt using hot glue to the side that will fit snugly against the wall. This way you will protect the wall covering from scratches and marks from the table.
Pull the ropes through the holes and tie secure knots under the board. Drill a hole in the ceiling, screw in a screw with a ring, and insert an S-shaped hook into it.
Tie the ropes at the top, tie a strong knot with a loop and place it on the hook.
And it doesn’t matter what floats in the air - a vase of wildflowers or a volume of poetry, a laptop or a textbook, desk lamp or photo album. 
If you want to try to make something yourself, but you have little experience, it is advisable to start with the simplest ideas. Simple crafts will help improve your skills in working with various materials and tools. In this article we will tell you how to make a hanging table with your own hands. The project is extremely simple; you will need a minimum of materials and tools, and practically no financial investment will be required.
Materials and tools for making a hanging table:
Cutting board
Wire or thin braided rope
Crimping rings (when choosing, be guided by the diameter of the cable)
Hook screw
How to make a hanging table
Using pliers or a chisel, prepare two identical pieces of braided cable or steel wire.
Mark and drill 4 holes in the cutting board. The holes should be located opposite each other, as shown in the photo.
Cut a piece of leather the same size and shape as the cutting board.
Mark where the holes should be located and pierce them using a punch or special pliers.
Apply glue to the board and glue the leather on top. Let the glue dry.
Pull each of the cables through two opposite holes, as shown in the photo.
Make loops at the ends of the cables and secure them with crimp rings.
Screw a hook into the ceiling and place four loops on it.
Note: if the ceiling is concrete, you need to use a screw with a dowel.
A simple and stylish hanging table is ready.
Turning old, unnecessary trash into something beautiful and also useful is a real art. This is precisely the talent possessed by the creative couple Forest & Tyska, who have an irresistible passion for using already used materials in their works.
"It all started at a local scrap yard where I found a long piece of chain lifting mechanism. A few days ago, a friend of my husband called and said that a nearby building was being prepared for demolition. There we found some amazing old pine rafters. And then the brainstorming began,” wrote the female half of the duo. Let’s see what kind of wonderful table the guys managed to build from this strange set.
The couple salvaged rafters from the demolished building. They made a tabletop from 15 boards and then polished it
They prepared 2 meters of rusty lifting chain to make two legs, having previously cut out two cavities in the tabletop to accommodate them
Each chain link was welded to the next, and each weld was carefully polished
Once the first leg was ready, they tested it by placing a 170kg weight on it. They also coated the chain with anti-corrosion paint, and treated the table with a water-based wood stain in rosewood color
The table is ready!
Photo of a fragment of a chain on which you can also see the structure of the tree
The dark brown stains of impregnation quickly disappeared, revealing an amazing picture of multi-faceted wood
From a different angle
Stylish structure of 30-year-old wood
The table is supported from below by welded metal plates
In addition to the table, the couple also made a cool stool in the same theme.
Couple Forest & Tyska with their wood-metal creation
Looking for original solutions For the interior you can find very unusual and original things. For example, on chains, as in the photo presented in this article. This piece of furniture is not very functional due to the peculiarities of its design, but there are ways to increase its capabilities using simple design solutions.
Peculiarities
The main difference between such tables and ordinary ones will be their design. The hanging surface does not rest on the floor in any way and such products do not have legs. The load falls on the chains, which act as suspension fasteners. General form This type of furniture is unusual and attracts attention precisely because of the absence of the usual legs.
Due to the fact that the plane is suspended from the ceiling on chains, it can swing and move to the sides. This does not allow full use this item furniture for its intended purpose - to dine at such a table or use it as work surface It doesn't turn out very well. There is always a risk of knocking everything over on the floor when the tabletop swings.
Therefore, without additional fastenings, such surfaces can only perform a decorative function. On ancient ships, their ability to swing and maintain a horizontal position was a plus, but in the modern world this property is more likely to be detrimental. However, how additional element similar products can be used for decoration.
In addition, such furniture can be installed in garden gazebo, where there is usually no need for a classic table, and you can put a book or other similar things on it without fear for their fate. At the same time, there are several small tricks to make such products more functional.
The exception will be wall models, in which chains are needed to support the free edge of the surface. One side of such tabletops is rigidly attached to the wall, and the other hangs on hangers. Similar products are more durable and do not wobble, which means they can be used in the standard way. In addition, it is easiest to make them yourself.
Expanding opportunities
If you want to have a hanging table on chains attached to the ceiling, then you can reduce the risk of it tipping over or tilting, in which everything from the surface will fall onto the floor. There are several solutions:
- You can simply weld together the chain links on which everything hangs, providing them with sufficient rigidity. Fastening element It will turn out monolithic and the surface will not wobble. At the same time, it is quite difficult to externally distinguish between welded links and freely hanging ones, which means that the impression will remain that the plane is hanging.
- The second way is to increase mass. Usually, large planes are made very massive so that they sway less. With a total weight of about fifty kilograms, the furniture is quite stable and is quite suitable for use as a dining area.
- The third option is to secure the plane with guy wires from the same chains from below. It will look like suspensions passed through the surface, and the stability of the structure is guaranteed. This solution will be one of the most durable and less prone to swaying.
- The last option is similar to the previous one and is suitable only for the largest options. Here, in the lower central part, an additional support element is installed, which will not be visible from the outside. The plane is rigidly fixed - there will be no swaying or other troubles, and externally, the product will appear to be hanging on hangers.
Using one of these techniques, you can significantly increase the strength of the entire structure and eliminate the possibility of overturning what will lie on it. At the same time, there is different ways solutions to the problem - from simple ones, using a support, to the most difficult to implement, like suspension links welded together. This is important in cases where everything is assembled by hand, and not made to order.
Appearance
The material commonly used to create such structures is wood. However, there are other options for making such furnishings. To get a better idea of what a hanging table on chains might look like, you can view several photographs that clearly demonstrate such designs.
