How to Build a Display Coffee Table

A cardboard box buried in the garage is no home for your grandfather's hand tools or your own hard-won collectibles. Why not showcase them properly, in a coffee table with a sunken inset and a removable top that you build yourself? With little more than a few lengths of lumber, some stock legs, and a sheet of acrylic, you'll have a fine piece of furniture that's fittingly handsome for the history on display.

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Paint: Valspar's Royal Navy
Table legs: Waddell 21 ¼-inch Country Pine Traditional Wood Table Leg, Lowe's