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Triangle Reading Table

Poplar corner table — milk-paint top, black base.

A small triangular poplar table built for a daughter’s reading nook. She wanted her favorite chair hard into the corner, which left an odd leftover space — so the top became a triangle. Layered milk paint on the top, durable cabinet paint on the base: room for a book and cocoa, nothing more.

Small triangular table with a plum milk-paint top and black legs, tucked beside a reading chair in the corner.

Top-down view of the triangular plum milk-paint top on three black legs.

Three-quarter view of the triangular poplar table standing on the carpet, plum top and black tapered legs.

Low view of the table showing the black cabinet-paint legs and the thin plum top.

Build details

A small triangular poplar table for a reading nook. Companion to the X-frame end table — same room, same palette.

Triangular poplar top

The top followed the leftover space next to a chair in the corner.

Milk-paint top

Layered milk paint on the top — plum, not glossy.

Black cabinet-paint base

Durable cabinet paint on the three legs.

Book and cocoa

Sized for a book and a mug. Nothing more.

Current status

Finished April 2023.