How to Build an L-Shape From Two Tables

Position the two tables perpendicular and flush with each other.

Drill several pilot holes in a line, through the underside of one end of each table with a small drill bit and a screw.

Place a flat, 2-inch plate bracket where each table meets, over the pilot holes. Hold the bracket in place, and mark with a pencil the location of each pilot hole under the bracket. Repeat this process until you have enough brakets to cover all the pilot holes you drilled.

Drill pilot holes through each pencil mark. Hold up each bracket over the pilot holes and screw in the 1-inch screws through the brackets and into the underside of the tables.

Order a custom L-shaped tabletop or build one from wood. Take the width and length measurements of the total L-shaped surface with a tape measure, and transfer the measurements to solid, 1-inch-thick wood. Connect the measurement marks with a straight edge, and cut out the shape with a circular saw or table saw. Sand the edges, and apply a stain-polyurethane or painted finish.

Place the custom L-shaped tabletop on top of the tables. Align the tabletop so that there is the same amount of overhang extending on each side from the tables below it, and then screw 1-inch screws – or longer ones if necessary – through the underside of the tables and into the new tabletop. This secures the tabletop to the base and completes the transformation of two tables into a single L-shaped table.