Course: Make a Console Table
Duration: 12 evenings 6:30pm – 9pm, Tuesdays
Cost: £695 (includes VAT)
Next start date: See table below for next start dates.
Suitable for: Absolute beginners. No prior experience in woodworking is required for this course.
About: Learn traditional carpentry skills using a mixture of hand tools and modern drills to create a beautiful console table at the height of your choice.
This is a twelve evening course to make an elegant console table for your home.
The workshop is suitable for confident beginners and will teach how to measure and mark your work and how to use saws, chisels , planes as you construct bridle, mortise and tenons and shoulder joints.
The design of the table can be altered in height to adapt to a coffee table, a small breakfast bar or hall table.
The base is constructed in pine and the top is furniture grade plywood.
These 12 evenings are a perfect starting point for many aspects of woodwork that will give you confidence to choose and replicate basic wood joints into other projects.
Using a mixture of traditional hand tools and modern drills and saws, our experienced tutor will guide and inspire you as they teach age old techniques in carpentry. As you begin making wood joints traditionally constructed from seasoned pine, you will learn how to use and care for chisels, saws, planes and spoke-shaves.
Maximum dimensions:
Table top: 18mm Birch plywood – 80cm x 40cm – Base H82cm x W68cm x D33cm – overall table height 85cm
The use of all tools and materials is included.
Auram Desforges
Experienced woodworker Auram Desforges is a Japanese joinery enthusiast.
He is a patient and skilled teacher who enjoys teaching this beautiful and intricate craft. Auram grew up working on wood frame houses with his father in Canada and has since taken his skill of large wood joints, to making small ones.
Auram teaches other classes at the centre: Kumiko Coasters and Make a Chair.
Jack Theobald
General Information
You will receive a courtesy reminder by email 1-2 days before the workshop/course begins.
Refreshments
Coffee, tea and biscuits are included in the course fee, but you will need to bring lunch with you or visit a nearby venue to purchase food.
Access
If you have any specific access or special needs, please contact us confidentially in advance by email info@thegoodlifecentre.co.uk. There is a small step to the entrance, and the toilet is on the ground floor.
All sewing workshops and occasionally lampshade making, tassel making, Lino Printing and bookbinding workshops are located on the second floor. There is no lift access.
Refunds and cancellations
Please refer to our terms & conditions below.
Disclaimer
The information given is accurate at the time of publication. However, The Goodlife Centre reserves the right to cancel or amend courses if circumstances require.
Terms & Conditions
| Start day | Date | Start time | End time | Course name | Course length | Price | Good to Know | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 15/09/2026 | 18:30 | 21:00 | MAKE A CONSOLE TABLE | 12 weeks | £695.00 GBP | NEW! Make a console table! | Details |
