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Our vintage couch has previously been reupholstered and there are no hooks on the bottom to connect it. If it had the hooks, when leaning against it, would still cause the couch to move as it’s not very heavy. Behind our couch are two outlets we need, including where our router has lived connected to an internet box.
The couch is sort of an L shape but it does have an angle where the short side of the L and the long side of the L connect. Additionally, the corner of this room has two “dead space” bump outs. A traditional sofa table would be too tall, too deep, and not long enough.
Custom building was going to be the best option to make the best use out of this space. Don’t let the word “custom” sound overly expensive either we did this as budget-friendly as possible. Custom just means we made it work for this unique situation!
To start, we measured how long the couch was and then I measured the weird corner so I had a rough idea of how wide to make the second piece.
Below shows a rough layout of the boards used. It was three boards the green one below is wider than the first and second board. All I did was pick boards that came roughly within 8-12 inches width and worked around what was available to me. Rather than looking for boards that were the exact sizes I wanted- made it simpler. The most important part about the board width here is to make sure it can cover the shelf brackets so you don’t have to worry about the bracket not being covered. Therefore 8”+ in width works best.
The green board is wider than the first and second boards. I cut it at a triangle and attached it also using shelf brackets into studs for security.
To the left is the wider (green) triangle board and above it to the right is the second board.
Once boards 1, 2, and green were installed, I added this board (came from the same cut of board 1), to the side giving it the finished look of a “Floating Table”