HIGH-STYLE SIDEBOARD

Commercially turned legs simplify building this stylish server, making it the perfect addition to any dining room.

- KERRY GIBSON,KEVIN BOYLE,BRIAN BERGSTROM

Be honest. At first glance you thought, “I’d like to build that sideboard, but I could never turn those legs.” Guess what? You don’t need a lathe, thanks to the premade legs we found [Sources]. Even the custom trim surrounding the door and drawer panels is easy to make with just a few router bits.

We built our sideboard as a companion to the “Pedestal Table” in issue 307 (Dec 2025/Jan 2026). Change it up to suit your style with different legs, trim, stain color, or wood species.

The sideboard features a generous top for serving, along with center drawers and shelved side compartments to hold dining accessories.

MAKE YOUR CASE

1 From ¾" plywood, cut the case sides (A), top/bottom (B), vertical dividers (C), and horizontal divider (D) to size [Drawing 1, Parts List]. Install a ¾" dado stack in your tablesaw and set the cutting depth to ¼". Position your rip fence ¾" from the blade and cut a dado in each side (A) [Drawing 2].

2 Position the rip fence 15 ⅜" from the blade and cut the dadoes in the top and bottom (B) [Drawing 1], rotating the workpiece end-for-end to cut the second dado. Reset the fence to 8 ¼" from the blade and cut a dado in each vertical divider (C) [Drawing 3].