How to Build an Outdoor Bar Table

Learn how to create a stunning outdoor bar table with this step-by-step guide from Flowyline. Get expert tips and advice for your next DIY project.

Tools

• Wood Project Clamp - 6
• Kreg Pocket-Hole Jig® 720
• Mobile Project Center 
• Miter Saw
• Tape Measure

Materials 

WOOD PRODUCTS

• 6Cedar Board, 1x4, 96"
• 2Cedar Board, 4x4, 96"

HARDWARE & SUPPLIES

• 1001" Kreg Pocket Hole Screws

CUT LIST & PARTS

• 2 Table Top Edges , 1 X 4 X 50.25"
• 12 Table Top Slats , 1 X 4 X 22"
• 2 Long Table Apron, 1 X 4 X 42.75"
• 2 Short Table Apron , 1 X 4 X 21.5"
• 4 Table Legs , 4 X 4 X 36.5

Use a miter saw to cut all of the cedar 1x4 and 4x4 boards to size according to the cut list. Use an electric sander and fine-grit sandpaper to smooth all boards.

Use a Kreg Jig to drill two 3/4" pocket holes on each end of all twelve 22" cedar 1x4 boards. To make the tabletop, attach the 22" boards to one of the 50.25" 1x4 boards by lining up a 22" board flush with one end of the 50.25" board. Clamp to hold together flat, and attach using 1" pocket hole screws and an electric drill fitted with a Kreg screwdriver head. Continue attaching 22" boards, spaced 3/4" apart (use a scrap piece of 1x4 as a spacer). Complete the tabletop by repeating on the other ends of the 22" boards and the second 50.25" board.

Use a Kreg Jig to drill 3/4" pocket holes in the two 42.75" 1x4 boards and the two 21.5" 1x4 boards. Drill two holes on each end of the boards and three to four holes along one long side of each board.

Lay the tabletop upside down on a soft flat surface. Measure and mark 1/4" in from each corner. Balance two of the 4x4 boards on two adjacent corners along with one of the long sides, inset 1/4" from the front and sides according to the marks you made. Place one of the 42.75" boards in between the 4x4 table legs, making sure the holes along the long side of the 1x4 are facing down toward the tabletop. Attach the 1x4 to the tabletop and to each of the two legs using 1" pocket hole screws.

Repeat balancing the remaining two 4x4 legs on the remaining empty corners of the tabletop, inset 1/4". Place a 21.5" 1x4 board between the legs on the short sides of the table and attach to the tabletop and the legs with 1" pocket hole screws as in the step above. Finish by placing the remaining 42.75" piece between the legs and attaching to the tabletop and the legs.