If you want to try to do something with your own hands, 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 investments are required.
Materials and tools for making a hanging table:
- cutting board
- braided wire or thin rope
- ferrules (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 lengths of braided cable or steel wire.
Mark and drill 4 holes in cutting board. The holes should be 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, pierce them with a punch or special pliers.
Apply glue to the board, glue the skin 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, fix them with ferrules.
Screw the hook into the ceiling and put 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 undesirable to use hanging tables in rooms where there are small children and animals, since upon impact, everything that lies on the table can 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, only aerial flight! This approach is especially suitable for bright interiors in a minimalist or scandinavian style, for example, for a bedroom. Hanging table as a bedside table looks unusual and original.
The hanging table is attached with three ropes to a hook in the ceiling. And it will be easy to make it yourself!
In order to make a hanging table for the interior, you must:
- 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. Drill three holes with a drill, wide enough for the selected 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 from each edge. Then the table will be suspended by four ropes. Cover the wood with several layers of polyurethane. Wait for the previous one to dry before applying the next layer. Cut a strip of soft felt slightly narrower than the height of the board. Stick the strip of felt with hot glue to the side that will fit snugly against the wall. This way you protect the wall covering from scratches and table marks.
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, where to thread the S-shaped hook.
Tie the ropes from above, tie a strong knot with a loop and put it on the hook.
And it doesn't matter what will float in the air - a vase with wild flowers or a volume of poetry, a laptop or a textbook, desk lamp or photo album. 
If you want to try to do something with your own hands, but you have little experience, it is advisable to start with the simplest ideas. Simple crafts will help improve 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 investments are required.
Materials and tools for making a hanging table:
Cutting board
Braided wire or thin rope
Crimp rings (when choosing, be guided by the diameter of the cable)
Screw with hook
How to make a hanging table
Using pliers or a chisel, prepare two identical lengths of braided cable or steel wire.
Mark and drill 4 holes in the cutting board. The holes should be 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, pierce them with a punch or special pliers.
Apply glue to the board, glue the skin 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, fix them with ferrules.
Screw the hook into the ceiling and put 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. The creative couple Forest & Tyska possesses just such a talent, having an irresistible passion for using materials that have already been used in their work.
"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 delightful old pine wood rafters. And then the brainstorming began, "wrote the female half of the duet. Let's see what a wonderful table the guys managed to build from this strange set.
The couple took the rafters left over from the demolished building. From 15 boards they made a countertop, after which they polished it
They prepared 2 meters of rusty lifting chain for the manufacture of two legs, after cutting out two cavities in the tabletop to accommodate them.
Each link of the chain has been welded to another and each weld has been meticulously polished.
After the first leg was ready, they tested it by placing a weight of 170 kg on it. They also coated the chain with anti-corrosion paint, and the table was treated with a water-based wood impregnation 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 the impregnation were quickly erased, revealing an amazing picture of the multifaceted wood.
From a different angle
Stylish structure of 30-year-old wood
The bottom of the table is supported by welded metal plates.
In addition to the table, the couple also made a cool stool in the same theme.
A pair of Forest & Tyska with their wood and 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 with the help of 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 such furniture is unusual and attracts attention precisely by the absence of familiar 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 given subject furniture for its intended purpose - to dine at such a table or use it as working surface it doesn't work out very well. There is always a risk of tipping everything to the floor when rocking the countertop.
Therefore, without additional fasteners, such surfaces can only perform a decorative function. On vintage ships, their ability to sway 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 decor similar products can be used.
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 countertops is rigidly attached to the wall, and the other hangs on hangers. Similar products are more durable and do not swing, which means that you can use them in a standard way. In addition, making them yourself is the easiest.
Expanding the possibilities
If you really 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 to the floor. Several solutions:
- You can simply weld together the links of the chains on which everything hangs, providing them with sufficient rigidity. Fastener it will turn out to be monolithic and the surface will not sway. 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 the 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 fix the plane with braces from the same chains from below. It will look like suspensions passed through the surface, and the stability of the structure is guaranteed. Such a solution will be one of the most durable and less prone to rocking.
- The last option is similar to the previous one and is suitable only for the largest options. Here, from below in the central part, an additional supporting element is installed, which will not be visible from the outside. The plane is rigidly fixed - there will be no swaying and other troubles, but outwardly, the product will seem to be hanging on suspensions.
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 different ways solutions to the problem - from simple, using a support, to the most difficult to implement, like suspension links welded together. This matters 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 photos that clearly demonstrate such designs.
