If you’ve never seen a sofa table before then you are about to discover something that’s very useful indeed! Usually, sofa tables are a long, thin table that fits perfectly right behind your couch, sometimes filling the space between its back and the wall or perhaps just visually finishing up the space division and giving you an extra spot to put things, depending on how you’ve got your seating laid out. Of course, decent sofa tables can be found in most home stores, but we’d always rather make something ourselves if we can.
That’s how we found ourselves scouring the Internet for DIY sofa table tutorials of all different kinds! Just in case you love the idea of leaning how to make one of your own as well, here are 15 of the very best ideas, designs, and tutorials that we’ve come across so far in our search for inspiration and guidance!
1. Simple $30 DIY sofa table
Are you actually quite new to the table building and woodworking game so you’re looking for something both simple and affordable, just to make sure it all works out easily? In that case, we think you’ll really appreciate the way
2. Affordable stained wood sofa table
Maybe you’re feeling very intrigued indeed by the idea of making a simple wooden framed sofa table, but you’re just not sure that the dual coloured style of the first one we showed you is quite up your alley? In that case, we’d absolutely suggest taking a look at how
3. Farmhouse sofa table
If you’re going to put in the time and effort it takes to make yourself a DIY sofa table from scratch, would you rather make one that has a clear style or aesthetic to it? In that case, if you’ve ever been a lover of farmhouse chic decor, we’d definitely suggest taking a look at how
4. Painted reclaimed wood sofa table
Are you actually hoping to get even more minimalist in your look than the ideas you’ve seen so far, and maybe you’d even be willing to mix materials for that perfect balance of rustic and industrial chic? In that case, we think you simply must take a look at the way
5. Scroll legged console table
While you’re absolutely interested in working with wood when it comes to making your sofa table, are you convinced that you’d actually get along much better with a slightly more ornate aesthetic, since it would suit the rest of your decor a little more effectively? Then we’d absolutely suggest taking a look at how
6. Mini side sofa table
When we said the words “sofa table”, did your mind immediately wander to those little movable side sofa tables that are great for things like setting a drink on at the farthest point of a sectional where the person sitting there might not be able to reach the coffee table? Well, that’s a perfectly useful thing to want to learn how to make as well! Luckily for all of us,
7. Milk painted industrial farmhouse console table
Did we actually really catch your attention when we started talking about DIY tables that meet somewhere between industrial and farmhouse? Then we think you might get along quite well with the way
8. High, extra thin sofa table for $25
Perhaps you don’t actually have very much space to work with behind your sofa at all because it sits quite close to the wall, but you’re still intent on creating an additional surface to set things on back there because your place is small and you’re strapped for room when it comes to things like side tables? In that case, this extra tall and extra thin design outlined step by step on
9. Wooden sofa table with an outlet
Just in case you’re totally decided on the fact that you’d love to build a thin table for the space between the back of your couch and the wall but you don’t want to totally cut off access to the already-hard-to-reach plug in that space, here’s an awesomely innovative but still rustic looking design from
10. Coffee table style sofa table with drawers
Are you actually looking for the slightly larger kind of sofa table that sits along the back of your couch in place of a wall, rather than against one, helping to delineate the areas of your room a little more? Then perhaps you’ve got the room to place with extra features like drawers! That’s precisely what
11. Sofa table with top lifting storage and end shelves
If you’re going to put a whole extra piece of furniture in your living room, would you very much prefer to make sure it offers some kind of storage value? Well, that’s the beauty of making things yourself; you can customize the features that you didn’t see on the ones in the store but that you really need. We love the way
12. Rustic X-frame sofa table
Have we still got you thinking about the idea of making yourself a farmhouse chic sofa table with a simply rustic wooden aesthetic, but you’d prefer it to look even more stripped down and reclaimed than what you’ve seen so far? In that case, we have a feeling you’re going to love the way
13. DIY salvage sofa table
Have you actually always been a huge fan of salvage furniture, especially if it’s styled so that the variance in pieces and the finish of it actually looks the part? Well, we’re pleased to let you know that
14. Reclaimed wood French country inspired sofa table
Perhaps you do love that sort of rustic vintage aesthetic we’ve been talking a lot about but you’re just not sure that you want to go full on reclaimed in your specific styling? In that case, maybe a countryside inspired, slightly weathered chic is more than angle you should go in! Take a better look at
15. Mod hair pin leg sofa table
Maybe your desired version of rustic meets industrial has a bit more of a mod spin on it than what you’re seen so far? In that case, we have a feeling you’ll appreciate the way
Do you know a fellow avid home crafter or DIY enthusiast who has long been hoping to make their very own homemade sofa table but who could definitely use a little bit of information and guidance along the way? Share this post with them so they have all kinds of options and help!
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