Lighted Floating Table Runner Riser

Make your own gorgeous wood centerpiece riser, it floats and is lighted to elevate your decor and dishes!

We love this both with decor on top, or your favorite meal on top!

 

How This Floating Wood Riser Centerpiece is Made

This wood runner centerpiece riser is so easy to make.  We used 1x pine whitewood boards and brad nails to whip it together.

Here's the pieces cut.  I used a miter saw to make my cuts, but you could also use a jigsaw or circular saw.

 

For assembly, I used glue and 1-1/4" brad nails and a brad nailer.

 

 

To attach the bottom, I decided to go fancy and used pocket holes on the inside BUT this is totally optional.  You can also just nail and glue from the top (I detail out how to do this in the plans below).

 

 

 

 

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DIY Wood Trunk with Storage - Free Woodworking Plan

Why I Built this Wood Trunk

I have been storing our gift wrapping supplies in the guest room - it just makes sense to be able to wrap presents in the guest room with the door closed. So I wanted to create a storage solution that guests would not use, but was still easily accessible. 

An end of bed chest was the answer. Guests can use the bench top for setting suitcases and bags, or even seating, but all the storage inside would still be super easy to get to.

Photos of Gift Wrap Inside Wood Chest

 

Other Uses for This Wood Trunk

While I use my wood trunk as a gift wrapping station in my guest room, there's lot more uses throughout the home!

• Entryway bench with gear and shoe storage inside
• End of bed bench for queen or king sized beds
• Living room bench 
• Dining room bench banquette seating
• Kids room as toybox

 

The Inspiration Behind this Wood Trunk

The wood trunk is inspired by Pottery Barn Parkview Wood Trunk.  Costing $1200, and not shipping to my home, this wood trunk was out of reach for me.  So I decided to build my own using locally sourced wood, right in my own garage.

 

Video Tutorial - How I Build this Wood Trunk

This wood trunk was actually pretty straight forward to build.  Watch this quick build video to see how this project goes together.

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Gift Wrapping Cart

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