There’s furniture for your living room, bedroom, kitchen, and all the rooms in between.
Creating custom pieces allows you to personalize them as much as you want according to your home’s style.
DIY furniture is also more cost-effective than buying new, which is always an added bonus.
Vintage Revivals
Some projects may take just a few hours and others may take a weekend so plan accordingly.
We’re sharing DIY furniture ideas to help you get started.
The table’s simplicity and material make it a modern choice.
The Merrythought
It looks great besides a couch but also makes a wonderful nightstand table for your bedroom.
Its frame is made of wooden dowels joined together.
The rope keeps everything sturdy in the back and bottom, while the handmade leather cushions finish the look.
Vintage Revivals
you could buy the cushions or sew your own to give it a unique touch.
It’s sat upon hairpin legs, giving it a modern mid-century look.
This is a wonderful DIY furniture project for a beginner.
A Beautiful Mess
Color-Blocked Velvet BenchfromA Beautiful Mess
Modern Round Coffee Table
Create a beautiful round coffee table with maple.
ThisDIY coffee tablehas unique legs, giving it some real interest.
With its classic look, it will match perfectly with any room style.
The Merrythought
The coffee table is also large enough to fit other decors on top to create a statement.
It has a drawer, cabinet, and hooks for pots and pans, giving various storage options.
The wheels make it portable too.
A Piece of Rainbow
Thissofa tablecan be used behind the couch or even as a console table.
It’s narrow enough that you might place it in an entryway or mud room.
The legs are already made and the seat is just a piece of plywood.
Sustain My Craft Habit
The leather transforms any boring stool into a sleek and timeless piece of furniture.
The only tools you’ll need are a staple gun and a drill to put it all together.
This one is built and mounted on the wall, leaving the floor space under it empty.
Sugar & Cloth
The result is a lovely piece of furniture that only takes up wall space.
It has four rungs so you have plenty of room to show off all your special pieces.
This chest of drawers has lots of storage and includes a barn door that can slide back and forth.
Houseful of Handmade
While this is a more complicated build, this piece of DIY furniture is well worth the effort.
There’s also a video available that will help walk you through the process.
Steel legs were added making it easy to assemble.
Woodshop Diaries
The stunning table will look great in any kind of dining room.
Thiswine rackis its own piece of furniture, standing tall on four legs.
Twelve bottles of wine can be stored in the rack and they easily pull out when needed.
Lemon Thistle
This easy-to-build project uses plywood and pre-made legs are quick to make.
A dark stain adds to the style that it already has.
Although there isn’t a lower shelf, you could add one when you’re building your own.
Place of My Taste
This advanced woodworking project is perfect for the dining room.
It has lots of closed and open storage as well as a tabletop and a few shelves.
The glass doors are a nice added touch that adds to thefarmhouse styleof the hutch.
Funky Junk Interiors
It’s made out of plywood and cane webbing and is surprisingly easy to put together.
When finished, it attaches to the wall at whatever height you should probably accommodate yourbed frame.
It’s an intermediate-level project that only takes a day or two from start to finish.
Houseful of Handmade
It holds a sink basin and faucet on the top and has some open storage on the bottom.
you could customize the plan to build a vanity of any size.
It even has a DIY file cabinet on the bottom for important documents.
Place of My Taste
It’s mainly built with plywood, making it a fairly easy project to make.
Industrial BookshelffromThe Navage Patch
Platform Bed With Storage
Chatfield Court
Build aplatform bedwith storage top of mind.
Its frame includes room to put some decorative baskets that can be filled with items you want to store.
Lemon Thistle
White paint is added which really gives it a fresh feeling that will brighten up any bedroom.
It builds a full-sized bed, perfect for asmall bedroom.
It features a large tabletop and space for a keyboard.
The Navage Patch
Brass drawer pulls are added to give it even more of a contemporary feel.
It’s a simple stand but still has a shelf for storage, making it a smart choice.
These plans can be altered to build the size you need.
Chatfield Court
X-Leg TV StandfromHome Made by Carmona
Makeup Vanity
Jen Woodhouse
Spoil yourself by building this DIYmakeup vanity.
Makeup VanityfromJen Woodhouse
Rustic Console Table
Create extra storage with this rustic console table.
It hasopen shelvingand two drawers, giving you plenty of storage options.
Average But Inspired
Sitting on the console table is a chalkboard which is a nice addition to the table.
The timeless drawer pulls complete the look.
It has a lifting top you might put anything in from table linens to dishware.
Home Made by Carmona
Optional wheels can be added if you’d like.
It costs less than $130 to make too.
It has a whopping nine drawers, both small and large.
Jen Woodhouse
This is a four-part buildits guide will walk you throughbuilding the drawersand carcass.
Nine Drawer DresserfromJen Woodhouse
Comfy Ottoman
Lovely Indeed
Make an ottoman yourself.
Wrap it in fabric or a blanket that matches your home’s aesthetic.
The Navage Patch
This ottoman can go in any room and adds some much-needed texture.
They’re built with two shelves connected by an “X” frame.
There’s no need to build legs since it’ll be hung on the wall instead.
Designing Vibes
Since they’re hung on the walls, you’ll be getting more floor space.
The whole nightstand is elevated, making it easy to use.
This bar cabinet has a slim profile but is also tall, giving you lots of storage.
Jen Woodhouse
There’s storage for 15 bottles of wine and four glasses.
There’s a tabletop where you might prepare drinks and some closed storage below that.
It has a chevron design, setting it apart from your standard headboard.
Lovely Indeed
Finishing instructions are included as well as some tips for hanging up the headboard when you’re finished.
It’s constructed with beautiful walnut and works as great as it looks.
It has space for speakers, vinyl record storage, and a record player.
Joyful Derivatives
Record Player StandfromAnika’s DIY Life
Fireplace Mantel
Add afireplace mantelto elevate any room.
It makes a statement and can also be somewhere you could sit other electronics or home decor.
you might build the mantel to go over an existing fireplace, which is a fairly easy project.
Anika’s DIY Life
Choose a stain or paint that goes with your living room to get a look that you’ll love.
Where it lacks in size, it certainly makes up for it in style.
Unique drawer pulls are used for the two available drawers.
Joyful Derivatives
It can be used in the kitchen or any other place where you need a tabletop and some storage.
There are both open and closed shelving to store table linens or anything else you want to tuck away.
This project is for someone who already has some woodworking experience.
Anika’s DIY Life
This one is built low to the ground, making it ideal to use with floor seating.
It can be placed anywhere in your home where you want to add an extra pop of style.
This is a great project for everyone, including beginners.
Chatfield Court
Perfect for a small entryway, this shelf can fit just about anywhere on the wall.
Besides the shelf, there are some hooks, perfect for those items that need to be hung up.
There’s a place to sit, a small shelf for shoes, and a hook for bags.
Dans le Lakehouse
The highlight is a chalkboard where appointments and notes can be written.
It’s an impressive piece of DIY furniture and it can be built for less than $100.
What you get is one chic table that feels both vintage and modern.
My Love 2 Create
This is a great project for working with tiles for the first time.
Poplar wood is used to build this simple yet modern stand that looks great with just about any plant.
It’s a simple piece of DIY furniture that takes less than an hour to build.
Sugar & Cloth
It creates three lockers, stacked on top of each other.
Cabinet doors are used to hide the contents and keep the mess out of sight.
Aluminum numbers complete this set of crate lockers.
Tylynn M
The compartment can be accessed through a mechanical lift installed on the bed frame.
White stripes and brass knobs take this coat rack to a whole new level.
A beautiful solid wood top makes your time at the desk a dream.
Addicted2DIY
You’ll need a little bit of experience working with wood for this piece of DIY furniture.
They’re very modern and definitely add a touch of glamour to a room.
There is one small shelf available to fit some books or remotes.
Alice & Lois
You’ll love the look so much that it will make up for the lack of storage.
It’s hard to believe that this huge piece of accent furniture costs less than $50 to build.
To finish it, paint or stain it to get the look you want.
Alice & Lois
It would work great as an entryway ormudroom bench, giving extra seating as visitors come and go.
It costs less than $100 to build and only takes a few power tools to put together.
The top is a little higher but still holds everything within reach.
Little House of Four
you’ve got the option to use it to store any fresh produce or snacks.
This produce stand is built with just a few wooden boards and uses straight cuts.
Besides looking great, it also keeps your firewood close to the fireplace but out of the way.
Addicted2DIY
These bar stools will last for years to come and you’ll have all the bragging rights.
Paint them or add a stain and get a rustic look.
you might customize the height to go along with the counter you’re going to use.
Centsational Style
Bar StoolsfromTylynn M
Simple Wood Toy Shelf
Studio DIY!
It’s a simple shelf that would look great in any home.
Simple Wood Toy ShelffromStudio DIY!
Handmade Haven
Farmhouse Wall Cabinet
Don’t forget to build something to adorn your walls.
It has a shelf and a glass cabinet door to keep everything tidy.
You need just a little woodworking experience for this piece of DIY furniture.
Dans le Lakehouse
Farmhouse Wall CabinetfromA Piece of Rainbow
Modern Bookshelf
Choose a plan that has some unique features.
you’re able to choose one theme or color, so everything looks cohesive at the end.
This project was inspired by a Crate & Barrel bookcase.
Handmade Haven
This kid-sized table looks like a farmhouse table, just on a smaller scale.
It’s a slightly higher height making it comfortable for both kids and adults to sit at.
Pine is used for the build and stained to get a rustic look.
A Beautiful Mess
Feel free to stain or distress the wood to give it some more charm.
Kids' Farmhouse TablefromSypsie Designs
What punch in of DIY Furniture Is The Easiest to Make?
The easiest key in of DIY furniture to make is usually some sort of shelving unit.
Within the Grove
It’s a great project for beginners because it only requires basic construction techniques and minimal cuts.
Other easy options for DIY furniture include benches, side tables, and plant stands.
Is DIY Furniture More Affordable?
Over the Big Moon
RemdelaCasa
Over the Big Moon
Creative Pink Butterfly
Tylynn M
Studio DIY!
A Piece of Rainbow
My Love 2 Create
Sypsie Designs
