25 Incredible DIY Tabletop Designs

No more boring tabletops! Start here and continue the pretty DIY tabletop inspiration and tutorials with these 14 beautiful ideas.

DIY Tabletop Inspirations and Tutorials 

If you need more stencil inspiration, look at this awesome pineapple table from bhg!  This large graphic is an eye catching modern choice.  You can get this look by cutting the pineapple pieces from adhesive shelf liner, placing them on the table as a reverse stencil and painting the pop of color over.  It would be perfect for an outdoor patio table! // Better Homes and Gardens

 

If you can’t find the perfect stencil for your table, never fear.  There’s a simple technique you can use to transfer an image onto your tabletop, just like this cute french country inspiration from 5023 Creations. // 5023 Creations

 

Christina’s Adventures shares how to transfer a large image onto a round tabletop using chalk with her gorgeous medallion tabletop tutorial. // Christina’s Adventures

 

This fun geometric table design was created using only painters tape, craft paint and sealer!  Oh, and a bit of math to make perfect triangles, but don’t let that deter you from making this beautiful design!  Nine Red applied the paint with fingers, then by wiping the excess off, they were still able to see the beautiful wood grain underneath! // Nine Red

 

This amazing hand-painted table was featured at an upcycle challenge at a home show in Toronto Canada and appeared on Reno and Decor.  The designers, Leigh-Ann Allaire Perrault and Glen Coyle, created it to look like an adult coloring book page.  With some white paint for the background and oil-based paint pens for the details, you could create a zentangle table much like hers for a unique dining room! // Leigh-Ann Allaire Perrault and Glen Coyle for Reno & Decor

 

Addison Meadows Lane shows how you can make your old, worn out card table look amazing with some fun PVC fabric!  Buy a bit extra and you can recover the chairs to match. // Addison Meadows Lane

 

Also, you won’t believe how easy it is to makeover your tabletop with fabric and resin!  Crafts Unleashed shares a great tutorial that will make you want to whip out your favorite fabric and redo every table in your home.  The hardest part is waiting days for the epoxy to cure! // Crafts Unleashed

 

Madigan Made shared a DIY for an amazing glitter-top table that she made with glitter and epoxy.  The results are glamorous and fun!  You could customize the color with your very favorite glitter! // Madigan Made

 

If you’re looking for an incredible way to impress guests at your outdoor parties this year, you’ve got to see what Mike Warren shared on Instructables.  It’s a glow table.  He uses glow powder and epoxy to create a wood filler that’s translucent while soaking up UV light all day long… and then it GLOWS IN THE DARK!  The tutorial makes it seem very doable, if a bit time consuming.  It’s guaranteed to be the coolest table on anyone’s patio.  Ever. // Mike Warren on Instructables

 

Concrete countertops are on trend, but if a kitchen remodel isn’t in your budget, you can get the look with a concrete dining table!  It’s a specialized skill and definitely takes time and patience, but you CAN DIY it – as Uncookie Cutter shows. // Uncookie Cutter

 

If you like the look of a concrete table, but can’t commit to the time, effort and precision of creating an entire concrete slab (or perhaps you aren’t sure how to move a 500 pound tabletop into place!) you can get the same look with a faux finish.  Don’t believe me?  Check out this faux concrete tabletop.  She used featherfinish floor patch, and with some scraping, slathering and sanding gave her much loved table a much needed makeover! // The Crazy Craft Lady

 

If you like the high-end look of marble, but not the high-end price, you can DIY that, and A Beautiful Mess shows just how easy that is with this DIY marble table makeover.  You won’t believe me if I tell you, but let’s just say it involves paper and mod podge.  And it looks amazing. // A Beautiful Mess

 

Want to know what else has a faux marble finish?  Contact paper!  Here’s an awesome Ikea hack using contact paper for a marble tabletop finish on a nightstand – would you believe those awesome copper legs are actually contact paper as well?  It’s true! // Kristi Murphy

 

And if you’re confident with a paint brush, you can paint a faux carrara finish, like Little Green Notebook did to this amazing table. With some practice and tips, you can get the veining down, which is the trick to making your “marble” look authentic.  Using resin makes the table super shiny and extra durable.  This table speaks for itself, really. // Little Green Notebook

 

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