Multipurpose Bed Table

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You Will Need (11 things)

Steps (25 steps, 1440 minutes)

1. 1

   Divide your cardboard tube into 4 equal sections of 25cm (9.84 inches).

2. 2

   Cut each section using a jigsaw or a circular saw. These will be the feet for your table.

3. 3

   I decided to paint mine in white because they had dark signs on them, but you are free to leave the natural color of cardboard too.

4. 4

   Now cut 2 equal rectangles out of cardboard. Make them 58 x 30 cm (22.83 x 11.81 inches) big.

5. 5

   Use a drill and hole cutter to cut 4 big holes on the angles of the cardboard rectangles, at 2 cm (0.78 inches) from the borders. The hole cutters must be as big as your cardboard tube's diameter.

   Do this on both rectangles.

6. 6

   Cut 8 cardboard discs using a smaller hole cutter. This hole cutter must be as big as the inside of your tubes.

7. 7

   Cut 8 circles out of paper as big as the cardboard discs and glue them on the discs.

8. 8

   Apply white glue all around the discs and insert one in each of the 4 tubes. Don't push them down too much, the discs must be at the same level as the tube's border. These are the bottoms of your tubes/feet.

9. 9

   Each tube will contain something, so make a sign on them, starting from the top, measuring how deep you want the containers to be.

10. 10

    Insert the 4 remaining discs inside the tubes, pushing them until they reach the level of the signs you made. Of course, apply glue on these discs too.

11. 11

    Draw and cut out the strip that will hold the tablet on the upper part of one of the cardboard rectangles. The strip needs to be 2cm (0.78 inches) thick and as long as your tablet's length.

12. 12

    Place the rectangle on the other one, making sure that the round holes match perfectly, and draw a small section in the middle of the strip (on the second rectangle).

13. 13

    Cut that small section out. This is the hole where the tablet's cable will pass through.

14. 14

    Now draw and cut a smaller strip of 6x2cm (2.36 x 0.78 inches) at about 2cm from the right side of the first rectangle.

15. 15

    Do the same on the left side. These are the handles that will help you lifting up the tray from the rest of the table.

16. 16

    Draw a big rectangle - 30x10cm (11.81 x 3.93 inches) - in the middle of the second cardboard rectangle. Draw a grid in it with the lines at 2cm (0.78 inches) from each other.

17. 17

    Make holes wherever the lines intersect, using a long needle or scratch awl.

18. 18

    When you are done, enlarge each of them using a screwdriver or pencil (or anything similar).

19. 19

    This will be the part of the table for your laptop!

20. 20

    Now insert the top of the tubes from the back of the second rectangle's holes.

21. 21

    Apply glue on the tubes, close to where the cardboard rectangle is.

22. 22

    Lay the table on its feet and push down the rectangle a little, leaving 1,5 cm (0.59 inches) free from the top of the tubes. This measure is the size of the 3 layers cardboard.

23. 23

    Insert the second rectangle on top of the tubes, right on the free space you left, and push it down until both rectangles touch each other and the one at the top is at the same level as the top of the tubes.

24. 24

    Your bed table is done! You can use the top layer as a stand for your tablet, the second layer as a table for your laptop, while using the tubes as containers for different things: glass, bottle, pens and cellphone!

25. 25

    The top layer can be removed from this bed table and placed on any other surface to be used as a simple tablet stand!