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Good call, any ideas how the commercially produced furniture looks so good? I assume they use something over the top of the stain to give it a nice finish?

Thanks for the advice, getting the cuts bang on straight is one of my worries and obviously getting the right stain for the look. But yes I will definitely be taking my time on it.

It's being sold by my local builders merchants, they market it as C24 (think thus relates to the quality of the wood) so I imagine it would be regularised, or not?

I have access to all of those apart from the oilstone and saw horses. Pretty confident I can get hold of saw horses and they will prove to be a worthwhile investment. It's Plained wood as far as I remember, looks to be routed on the edges as it has a curved effect. Obviously will need to tidy up...

Very similar Steliz, my account can't post links but the ones I've found have 2 shelves inside the legs and are taller

Thanks Mike, I am a real novice and don't have a workshop or any proper tools. I think I might go old school and find some old looking nuts and bolts to give it an authentic look. But will definitely look into proper tools for the future. Thanks for the advice and sorry for the stupid question :)

Hi, I am considering buying 2 lengths of C24 wood from my local builders merchants. This is 18cm wide, 480cm long and 7cm deep. The wife loves chunky furniture and I have an interest in learning how to make some relatively easy pieces such as side tables myself. Afterall it's £26 delivered and...