Coffee table tribulations

 I had a love/hate relationship with my TV room coffee table. I loved the round marble top and how it was a nice graphic counterpoint to the squared off L-shaped dark gray couch. But it was too low. You couldn't put your feet up on it comfortably. 

So I Googled homemade coffee ideas and found one that looked pretty simple to construct. All I would need were some two-by-fours and some brackets. 

First I cut the wood to the sizes I needed, then sanded and treated them with tung oil. 

Then came the brackets. It was a little trickier than I thought but with a few suggestions from Scott (he's got a good construction mind, it's because of his background in visual design), it came together fine. 

All I had to do was position the top with some rubber tabs to hold it in place and boom, instant mid-century looking coffee table! AND it's the right height.