Beautiful and original furniture attracts the eye. You can look at it endlessly, you want to surround your space with it both at home and at work. But many people know that designer tables or chairs are not at all budget friendly. However, if your hands grow from where you need and there is a minimum set of working tools, then you are quite capable of creating original furniture. The do-it-yourself infinity table is a direct proof of this. And you will find out by carefully reading our article.
Unusual table
This invention is not the development of the design department furniture factory or a designer who never leaves the pages of glossy magazines. Instructions for creating such a table with the effect of infinity with your own hands appeared on the Imgur photo hosting. In just a few hours, the publication gained more than 60 thousand views. And it turned out that its author was an American high school student who had been preparing a project for a youth forum for three months.
Many people liked his invention, and dozens of craftsmen immediately tried out the instructions for creating a table with the effect of infinity with their own hands. Such simple furniture suitable for any room:
- A do-it-yourself backlit table will fit perfectly into the interior of the office. Any visitor will immediately pay attention to such furniture and everyone will remember it. No wonder if your office wants to visit again.
- In an apartment or a private house, such a table would also be quite appropriate. It is ideal for family and romantic gatherings. In full serving, it will cause delight and genuine interest among your guests.
Important! At first, this table seems to be nothing special until the backlight is turned off. But as soon as the LEDs installed around the perimeter of the tabletop start working, there is a feeling of a bottomless surface. It looks amazing with the lights on, but it's even more impressive in the dark with the main lights off.
Illusion of infinity
When creating a seemingly complex 3D table with your own hands, a simple display principle is taken as a basis:
- The effect of infinity is achieved quite simply - with the help of LED lighting around the perimeter, made in various color variations.
- The tabletop in this case is a do-it-yourself mirror construction with an infinity effect.
- To make the light emission as noticeable as possible, the upper glass in this design is made of a translucent material.
- Experts advise to opt for red diodes. It is he who is less prone to scattering than others, so the visual tunnel will seem deeper.
- To control the backlight, an on-off button or a special remote control can be used.
Some craftsmen use simple garlands when creating a backlit table with their own hands. But still it is better to use LEDs, as they have a number of advantages:
- More saturated and deeper light than conventional lamps;
- LED strips are strong enough and resistant to any vibrations;
- Ice lamps burn out much less often, each of them can work continuously for about 100 hours;
- The color range of LEDs is much richer and more diverse;
- The service life of the LED lighting is not affected by the number of switching on and off;
- They are environmentally friendly and safe;
- With all the advantages, LEDs are also much cheaper than conventional lamps;
- They are not afraid of low temperatures.
Important! Today there are several ways to connect led strip to various power sources, whether it is a regular outlet or a computer. It all depends on your imagination and financial capabilities.
Table mounting
As we have already said, it will be quite difficult to find such furniture in a store or on the market. Therefore, a do-it-yourself table with an infinity effect is the easiest way to get an exclusive little thing in your interior. To do this, it is enough to know the sequence of actions and aim at the result.
Materials and tools
Of course, when creating a 3D table with your own hands, you cannot do without tools and materials. During this work you will need:
- lumber to create the table itself - both wood and chipboard are suitable for this;
- sandpaper for woodworking, however, if you are working with ready-made parts ordered from the factory, this material can be excluded from the list;
- a mirror of suitable diameter, which will serve as the base of the countertop;
- translucent mirror - it should be 10 cm larger than a regular mirror, since this part is installed on top of the countertop and covers all parts of the upper structure;
- LED strip - its length will depend on the size of your future do-it-yourself backlit table;
- power supply for LEDs and wires;
- self-tapping screws;
- Super glue;
- Double-sided tape;
- screwdriver
Important! If at this stage you have a question, how to make an infinite mirror with your own hands, then the tinted surface can be replaced with a regular one, after applying a tint film on it. There is also an alternative to the usual mirror:
- for this, food foil is glued to the glass;
- for work, glass with a mirror coating is purchased.
If you are in doubt whether reflective glass is suitable for making coffee table with the effect of infinity with your own hands, then you can arrange the following check for him:
- Carefully, so as not to drop, place a mirror and glass in front of each other.
- Any light source is an ordinary lamp, and it is better to place the backlight that you will use between them.
- Evaluate the resulting effect.
When preparatory stage finished, it's time to start assembling a 3d table with your own hands.
Drawing development
First of all, you will need a design drawing, drawn up taking into account all the dimensions of the future piece of furniture:
- Before starting assembly coffee table do-it-yourself infinity, you need to think about where they will be electrical elements that affect the quality of the backlight and create the desired effect.
- After that, it is necessary to put exact marks on the location of the socket, switch, and potentiometer on the drawing.
When assembling mirrors with an infinity effect with your own hands, it is imperative to take into account one very important factor- the depth of the tunnel that you want to see in the finished furniture. It is achieved by maintaining a certain distance between the details of the countertop:
- if you want to know in advance what the depth of the tunnel will be, then multiply the distance between the mirrors by 16 to get the approximate apparent depth of the tunnel;
- if the result did not suit you, then when drawing up the drawing, take into account and indicate by how much you need to increase the space between the details of the countertop;
- in most cases, the optimal distance between the lower and upper mirrors is 8 cm, but here it all depends on your preferences.
After the drawing is drawn up, you can start assembling the backlit table with your own hands.
Base Assembly
In order to get a new, original piece of furniture, you can use ready-made furniture. To do this, you need to detach the countertop. We propose to consider the option of creating a backlit table with your own hands from scratch:
- To begin with, we create a strong and durable frame for future furniture. To do this, we take 4 boards, 4 metal corners that will fasten the structure and the lower part of the structure.
- Now we use sandpaper. We process with it the surface and edges of each detail of the future table with the effect of infinity with our own hands
- Using a drill, we make holes for the elements, according to the drawn up drawing. They also need to be processed with sandpaper.
- Let's move on to assembly. To do this, we connect the parts into a single structure, the joints can be additionally glued to increase the possible load on your future do-it-yourself backlit table.
- It is better to stand the finished base for a day, so that all the joints dry out and the structure gains strength.
Table top assembly
Now let's move on to creating a do-it-yourself mirror with an infinity effect, which gives originality to this furniture. As we have already said, you can use mirrors, or you can replace them with pre-treated glasses. The second one is more difficult option and invite you to consider. In this case, the list necessary tools it is worth adding a glass cutting device. The general scheme of work is as follows:
- We cut out a part of the required size from the plexiglass blank. We calculate the width and length at the stage of drawing up the drawing.
- Then we process the edges of this part in order to simply avoid injuries at work.
- We glue a mirror film on this detail of the future table with the effect of infinity with our own hands.
Important! It is better to pre-sprinkle the surface with water, and even better - soapy water. Then, during the gluing process, air bubbles trapped under the film will be easy to remove.
- We cut off the excess film along the edges and wait at least 12 hours for the part to dry thoroughly.
While the mirror dries, we understand common device countertop. In the context, it will look like a layer cake:
- The basis of the structure is a mirror, which is placed with the display side up.
- The sidewall of the countertop body is attached to the main mirror.
- A front frame made of chipboard is attached to the installed sidewalls. Its outer diameter, as we have already said, can be equal to the outer frame of the table. But the inside needs to be done a little less.
- Already on the frame of our table with the effect of infinity, a do-it-yourself translucent mirror is installed from a wood board.
- LEDs are attached with double-sided adhesive tape around the perimeter of the front frame. Moreover, this must be done in such a way that the bulbs are not visible from above, but they should be reflected in the mirror, which is installed as a base. That's why external dimensions frames are getting bigger.
- The wires are laid inside the frame, which should be hollow. If there is a need to bring out the wires, then holes of the required diameter are drilled in advance in the legs of the future table with illumination.
After that, we fasten the entire structure of the tabletop with screws and finish assembling the table. It is also worth assembling the control panel. It includes a switch, a power slot and a potentiometer.
- In order to create a glowing table with an infinity effect with your own hands, you should carefully study the connection diagram of the LEDs to the power source in advance. If you do something wrong at this stage, it can lead, at best, to a short circuit, at worst, to a fire.
- As a rule, glasses are pasted over with a special protective film to avoid scratches on the surface during the process. If you do not skip this step, then the surface of your furniture will have a presentable appearance.
- If your table is not square but round, then you will need double-sided tape when cutting glass. With it, fix the router in the middle of the workpiece, then it will be possible to make the circle perfectly even.
- When creating a table with an infinity effect with your own hands, you should use only waterproof glue. Surely, during further operation, you will carry out wet cleaning of furniture, and no one is safe from tipping a cup of tea onto the surface.
- It is better to fix the LED strip around the perimeter of the tabletop with high-quality double-sided tape. Before assembling the structure together, you should make sure that the LEDs are securely fixed. If even a part comes off during the use of the table, the integrity of the illusion will be broken, and you will have to disassemble the entire structure in order to eliminate this defect.
- Control Details LED backlight it is best to place it in a plastic box and secure it under the countertop. You should not hide it inside the structure, it is better to leave free access to the block - in case of a breakdown.
If you have a good enough knowledge of electrical engineering, then you can make a table with spectacular lighting that will respond to movement. For this you will need.
This coffee table takes on real charm in complete darkness. A bottomless well glows in the center of its tabletop: Hundreds of cold lights, going to infinity, fascinate and attract the eye...
At the same time, the table does not lose its direct purpose: you can serve it for a romantic dinner or use it for tea drinking.
A round table top with a diameter of 120 cm and a thickness of 2.8 cm made of solid pine, as well as a table leg with four supports, were purchased ready-made - in a building materials store. In addition, the manufacture required a sheet of mirror, tinted glass and LED strip. I will say right away that the mirror can be replaced with glass by sticking food foil on it. And instead of tinted glass, take the usual and special tinted film.
The working tool that I used to make the table: manual frezer, jigsaw and drill.
"Well" in the section shown in the drawing. As you can see, it consists of 3 cylinders. The diameter of the middle cylinder was chosen based on the length of the LED strip (the circumference is equal to the product of the diameter and the number P). In my case, the length of the LED strip is 157 cm, respectively, the diameter of the base of the middle cylinder is 50 cm. The diameter of the base of the upper cylinder is 50.5 cm, and the lower one is 49.5 cm. Therefore, I cut out a mirror circle with a diameter of 50 cm, and a circle of tinted glass 50.5 cm. I entrusted cutting to a professional from a glass workshop.
First, I sawed out a cylinder of a smaller diameter. I made a through hole with a diameter of 49.5 cm in the center of the tabletop with a jigsaw. For this, it is convenient to use a template - a circle. It can be made from plywood, plastic or hardboard. Then, stepping back 1 cm up from the bottom edge, he removed the walls of the hole by 0.5 cm with a milling cutter - he prepared a ledge for the mirror. Since the thickness of the tinted glass is 40 mm, I made the upper ledge 0.5 cm deep and 0.4 cm high. I also cut it out with a cutter.
To connect the LED strip, I drilled a through hole at the bottom of the middle cylinder to bring the electrical wire under the countertop. Then he laid the mirror on the lower ledge. For fastening, you can use double-sided tape or glue.
I glued an LED strip to the wall of the middle cylinder (the distance from the strip to the mirror and glass should be approximately the same). I connected the tape to the power supply and fixed it on the bottom surface of the countertop. And then he closed the "well" with tinted glass. The gap between glass and wood was filled with transparent silicone sealant and attached the leg to the tabletop.
Imgur photo hosting user Baumstaller has published instructions for assembling a coffee table with an endless well effect, achieved through two mirror surfaces and an LED cord. In a few hours, his photo gallery gained more than 60 thousand views.
According to Baumstaller, it took him more than three months to complete such a table. He was in a hurry for the 53rd SMSD Youth Forum, which was held in Kansas from April 24-26. The creator of the table himself is a second-grade high school student.
The legs for the table were specially made with a wide section. They had to do through holes so that all electrical wiring can be carried out discreetly. Otherwise, it would hang ugly from under the table, Baumstaller noted.
LED cords had to be glued “tightly” with glue. It was originally planned to use adhesive tape, but the cords could not be fixed on it at the edges. Baumstaller did not specify which LED model was used in the assembly.
The infinity effect works not only for LEDs, but also for other items that can be put between two mirror surfaces table.
For his table model, Baumstaller received the Forum Grand Prix: “This means that I also received a perfect score from the judges. […] Not bad for a high schooler, right?”
This is not the first case of such a reflective surface with an infinity effect. Imgur users drew attention to a similar table from Poland, sold on eBay for about 13 thousand rubles.
In 2014, a video appeared on YouTube with a more detailed description of the process of creating such a reflective surface using the example of a mirror, but with a smaller “well depth”. For 11 months, the video has collected more than 3.5 million views.
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Benefits of ordering an infinity mirror table from us
Table with infinity effect is one of Sofia-Led's main design directions. Our experts put their whole soul into the creation of each copy, which is made by hand. No conveyors and production lines during assembly. Individual approach to every product. The principle of such a table is very simple, everyone has known about it for a long time, and its “composition” also does not stand out for anything that could not be bought in a nearby store. But there is one "but" - you need to correctly assemble this "constructor". Only assembled in the required order, with correct dimensions and the distances regular table will turn into a table with the effect of infinity.
Our tables are made using modern equipment And the latest technologies. IN ready-made the table does not look like a handmade item. This is facilitated by vast experience in the assembly of similar products, as well as the availability of all the necessary modern tools.
Our table with endless mirror it is not a shame to present to colleagues, friends or relatives for a holiday. Do you often host guests and want to impress them with something unusual? Brew tea and seat guests at our table, and the infinity tunnel with dynamic lighting will capture their eyes for a long time. Let's now take a closer look at the benefits of our infinity mirror tables:
- The ability to use absolutely any table. Thanks to the presence necessary equipment and vast experience, we can put the infinity effect on any table. It does not matter either the thickness or its dimensions.
- Only quality materials . We use time-tested materials and components - from glass and mirrors to LEDs and power supplies.
- Maximum reps. Everyone knows that the more repetitions, the more effective the visual effect. Our mirrors give about 20 repetitions. In certain cases, we do more.
- Very deep tables. Do you want a deep reflection? No problem. We will achieve this without interfering with the appearance of the table.
- Installing an additional backlight. We illuminate not only inside, but also outside.
- Additional curly patterns. Using professional equipment add a beautiful patterned cutting to the table.
How do we make a table with an infinite mirror
When installing an LED strip, we turn to the section of physics - Optics. We believe that it is necessary to carry out calculations according to the laws of optics, and only with strict observance of all proportions can one achieve ideal dispersion and reflection of light from LEDs.
Additional table lighting
Setting the backlight inside, creating an infinity tunnel, we always suggest lighting the table additionally from the outside. Basically we use the same color as inside. This technique visually expands the visual perception of the tunnel of infinity. But if desired, we can add adjacent colors, for example, the backlight is red, and around a few tones lower or orange. Sea of options for creativity.
Additional patterns
Using various styles table decoration, sometimes it will not be superfluous to resort to a certain design option, for example, "baroque" or "gothic". We will add beautiful stencil patterns symmetrically from the infinity tunnel, which we will highlight with any color of the client's choice.
Below you can choose a ready-made table with standard sizes. But if you need a table with non-standard parameters: round, oval or other irregular shape, lighting according to your own design, etc. - Please, Contact us and we will be happy to fulfill your order as soon as possible.
