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Build a coffee table yourself – 18 original DIY ideas to imitate

Coffee table build your own serving board

Original craft ideas – how to build a creative coffee table yourself

Have you been thinking about rearranging your basement and throwing away the old, unnecessary items? If so, then we have some original ideas on how to make a unique coffee table from your old stuff. It’s enough with the trivial side tables that everyone has ever seen.

It’s time for something new, something unique. Take a look at these 18 unbelievably creative ideas and use all sorts of used items that you would otherwise like to get rid of.

If you really want to build a coffee table yourself, you can do almost anything. Wooden boxes, old chairs, chests, shutters and doors are just a few of the many materials that you can turn into a chic, unusual table. Not only will you save money, but you will also gain a good feeling through creative work. Coffee tables are very popular and practical. They are placed almost anywhere in the apartment – as side tables or coffee tables.

So think sustainably and be inspired by our DIY ideas. We show you today, from which used objects you could build a coffee table yourself. Of course, the decision and the implementation are only in your hands.

Old doors or cupboards still have a lot to offer

Coffee table build yourself from old door



Birch natural wood is perfect for your coffee table

build your own side table from birch tree trunks

 The old pinball machine becomes a fancy coffee table

build coffee table yourself from flipper


Did you keep the old shutters?

build your own side table from wooden shutters

The wine boxes are still in the cellar, right?

build your own coffee table out of wooden boxes

Only three wooden pallets are sufficient for a nice side table

build your own side table from wooden pallets

 This coffee table made of wood spool offers a lot of storage space

build coffee table yourself from wood coil

Chicken cages have a completely different, much nicer function, right?

Coffee table build yourself from cage

Window frames become unique coffee tables with extra space for the books

build your own coffee table out of window frame

Create vintage atmosphere with the old suitcase

build coffee table yourself from suitcase

Pipe wrench seen in a very different perspective

build your own coffee table out of pipe wrenches

Luminous hardware table

Coffee table build yourself from plates

Telephone books and glass

build yourself from old telephone books

How about taking off the backs of the old chairs?

Coffee table build yourself from chairs

Or paint a few wooden blocks?

Coffee table build your own painted wooden blocks

Old chests really have a very long and multi-faceted life, right?

build coffee table yourself painted chest

 A few fabric ribbons can do wonders

Coffee table yourself build fabric ribbons in white