How To Make a Couch Bar in 10 Easy Steps!

How to make a couch bar in 10 easy steps!

Step 1: Determine how long and tall you want your couch bar based on the size of your couch.  This couch bar is 9ft long by 30inches high (33inches including the iron rail)

Step 2: Go shopping for supplies.  All wood and pipe available at Home Depot. (Don't be afraid to lay it all out on the floor and put it together to make sure you have all the pieces)  All paint supplies available at Lowe's

Step 3: Have Home Depot Cut 12ft wood planks to desired length (my bar is 9ft.)  Make sure the 3 excess wood pieces (36inches each) are cut down to 16 inches.   If you want your table to have tighter seems (so crumbs don't get caught down in), have wood planks planed to cut off rounded edges.

Step 4: Screw together wood top by assembling up side down.  See you tube video for example....link here

Step 5: Sand Wood to remove rough spots and edges. Wipe off saw dust

Step 6: Stain Wood *see coat rack video for stain tutorial:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXXKTrt4r3M&t=4s let dry for 72 hours then add 2 coats of polycrylic on top, follow instructions on can. (you may want to do a light coat of stain on the underside of the wood as well)

Step 7: Wash off oil from all pipes and fittings in water with dawn dish soap.  Dry well so it does not rust.

Step 8: Assemble bar top railing and legs.  Make sure they will fit on wood bar top.

Step 9: Spray paint bar top railing and legs while they are assembled but not attached to the wood.

Step 10:  Once dry, screw bar top railing to wood and screw legs into the wood.


That's IT!    For $262 you have bragging rights for the rest of your life that you built your couch bar!

Size	Description	How Many	Price x how many	total price	location
Wood	9' x 6" (5.5")	3	8.18	24.54	top
Wood	16" x 6" (5.5")	3	cut from 3 12ft boards	0	underside of top	* cut off from 12ft board
1/2" Pipe	36"	2	9.96	19.92	top rail
1/2" Pipe	15"	6		24	legs	*not online
1/2" Pipe	12"	2	3.98	7.96	top rail
1/2" Pipe	10"	11	4.47 ea for 4 pack	68.36	top rail and legs	*1 left over
1/2" Flange		17	2.70 ea for 10 pack	54	top rail and legs	*3 left over
1/2" Tee		9	1.8	16.2	top rail and legs
1/2" Elbow		2	1.65	3.30	top rail
1/2" Street Elbow		2	2.23	4.46	top rail
1/2" Nipple	1" long	3	1.3	3.9	top rail
1" Screw		10*		3.98	top rail	*20 if you want 4/flange
2.5" Screw		48		3.98	legs
Stain	minwax classic gray	1	4.98	4.98
Stain	minwax special walnut	1	4.98	4.98
Polycrylic	minwax			9.98
Spray Paint	Rust-oleum oli rubbed bronze			6.98
dawn dish soap
screw driver
sand paper				261.52	*before tax

BAR TOP UPSIDE DOWN


LEG (1 OF 3)




LEFT SIDE OF TOP BAR RAIL
















LEFT SIDE OF TOP BAR RAIL ZOOMED IN




RIGHT SIDE OF TOP BAR RAIL




PICTURES OF SUPPLIES