I am going to use this as a coffee table in the living room. I am going to make two modifications to the Knock-off Wood plans: 1 - The bench will be wider, 2 - the legs will be solid, instead of just two boards giving the illusion of being solid.
I glued up the top using three boards - premium pine 1 x 8 boards from Home Depot. It's going to be a lot of work to sand this top to remove all glue remnants and to flatten the top. The hard work on sanding should make the finished, stained end product look beautiful. I like the premium pine from Home Depot, it is more expensive, but still reasonable - the boards are usually flat and straight, with minimal or no knots and typically a subtle wood grain pattern.
The solid legs are similar to the plans, but use three boards to replace the one board. The picture below gives you an idea what I was trying to do. The board on the far right of the picture below is from the plans from Knock-Off Wood, the board on the left is the same dimension and the board in the middle is very similar, but is cut 2.5" shorter.
Sandwich the three boards above as shown, then add a board on the end to create the "mortises" where the other boards will fit into these slots. This picture is the finished legs:
This picture shows the start of the three boards cut to length - I then glued them together and cut the grooves in the sides to create the mortise:
This picture gives you an idea of how the apron will fit into the top slot:
Another view of the finished legs.
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