How many of you lay your laptop on your legs or propped on a pillow while sitting in bed, lounging on a chair or couch? I do quite often. And on occasion I would catch my laptop before it would hit the floor! So I started searching for laptop bed trays...there are a lot out there and the price on some were just way to expensive.
Finally after several weeks of looking and complaining I sat down wrote out the dimensions of what I wanted, and ordered these HAIRPIN LEGS (non-affiliated link).
I took my dimensions (25" x 14") and legs to darling hubby, letting him know that the scrap piece of butcher block he had was what I wanted it made out of and left him to preform his magic!🙂
- Cut butcher block to desired size
- Sand
- Place legs where you want them, mark where screws go, pre-drill holes (DO NOT mount legs yet if wanting cup holder)
- Mark area for cup holder, then using a 2½ inch hole saw drill to desired depth.
- Sand any rough edges from drilling cup holder.
- Add legs
- Paint, stain or polyurethane
About 30 minutes later he brought me this...
With something extra...a place to hold my cup! Something I hadn't thought of!
Because of the 2" thick butcher block this thing is heavy which means I don't run the risk of it tipping or getting knocked over easily, like many of the store bought ones.
I love the way it turned out.
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Love this! Saw it featured a couple places, but this morning at Pieced Pastimes. ☺️
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