Flip A Boring Coffee Table With A Mixed Marble DIY

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Coffee tables are a rewarding staple that creates balance in your living room or front entryway. They provide a convenient location in your room for snacks, drinks, or other home decor features you want to display, such as pictures and books. The problem with coffee tables is that they may not bring much aesthetic value to the room. A boring design can seem outdated, uninteresting, and even out of place. If you're having a hard time finding the perfect coffee table for your home, you should dress up and transform a plain or inexpensive coffee table with a mixed marble design using contact paper.

Contact paper is widely utilized in drawers and cabinets in your kitchen. People have discovered over time that there are numerous crafty uses for it in your home, which includes flipping your coffee table to create a whole new look. There are other fun trends you can adopt to dress up your coffee table. But, if you want an affordable option, this marbled checkered design brings an elegant and sophisticated look to your interior. This DIY project is a creative idea for a unique coffee table and costs much less than using real marbled tile. You'll need various colored marble-style contact paper, such as this Abyssaly Black Marble Contact Paper that's under $5 for a sheet.

Consider the marble colors you choose, as you want them to complement each other. The colors will help you achieve that sleek, expensive look. If you need help determining which colors work best together, find out how to decorate your home using the color wheel. It will help you identify the perfect color scheme for your marbled contact paper coffee table top.

For this DIY project, you need three to four different-colored marble contact paper sheets that you can cut into smaller square tiles. You also need measuring tape, a cutter, and a scraper. Measure and cut your squares evenly to cover the whole surface of your coffee table. Then, lay the contact paper tile across the top in your desired design so you'll know where each one fits. Peel the backing off each square and adhere it to the table, pressing and rubbing it into place with the scraper to get out any bubbles so it lies completely flat. 

You can also use the scraper with some pressure right on the paper to cut clean, crisp edges around the top. Finally, you'll go across the entire top with the scraper to ensure there are no snags. The final product is a clean and high-end coffee table with a marbled, checkered look that's sure to upgrade your room. To use this hack in another way, consider using only one or two colors of marbled contact paper for a more simplistic aesthetic with less work cutting and measuring.