DIY Laminate Table Top That’s Affordable and Long-Lasting

Learn how to make a DIY laminate table top that’s affordable, durable, and stylish! Perfect for kitchens, workspaces, or any room needing a refresh.

Sometimes you walk by an item in the thrift store without a second glance. That’s exactly what I did with a pair of nesting tables at our local junk shop . . . but not Steve!

I wasn’t sure that there was any hope given that the tops were so ugly and chipped up, but Steve had something in mind – use the vinyl flooring we had from another project to revamp the top.

The vinyl flooring is tough, water resistant, and easy to cut. If you’ve never thought of fixing up some thrift store tables with flooring, it’s easier than you might think.

If you’re like us, you have a box of leftover flooring that you can spare a few pieces of. If you don’t have the flooring, ask for leftovers at Home Depot. They’ll give them to you for free or pennies on the dollar! Here’s how we revamped our tables with a vinyl plank table top.

Our nesting tables are turned from trash to treasure! And we can put any sort of cups on the top and they’ll be just fine. Which is kind of nice, because who wants to use a coaster all the time?

Here’s a close up of the vinyl plank table top . . . what do you think? Let us know in the comments!

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Flooring Table Top

Use leftover faux hardwood flooring to make table tops for used thrift store finds! Give old furniture a classy makeover.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Active Time6 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Dry Time1 hour hr

Total Time8 hours hrs

Type: DIY Projects

Yield: 3 tables

Cost: $25

Equipment

• 1 Router and bit(s) round over bit
• 1 Electric sander
• Utility scissors
• Paintbrush(es)

Materials

• Vinyl flooring enough to cover your table top
• Titebond III Ultimate Wood Glue
• Painter’s tape
• Spray paint for table legs
• Wood stain or paint for tabletop edges

Instructions

• Before you begin, sand down any peeled up laminate or chipped wood areas on your tabletops using your orbital sander.
  
• Use utility scissors to cut the vinyl floor down to a size that is slightly larger than the table top you wish to cover. This is just so you aren’t working with long pieces that are flapping around.
  
• Join the flooring planks together and use painter’s tape to hold them in place when you flip them over. Make sure you join enough pieces to cover the width of the tables, and overhang a bit.
  
• Remove the table top from the legs if possible. Put a strong glue (Titebond III) on the table top as shown; flip over onto the upside-down flooring planks.

  Let glue dry according to instructions on the glue bottle.
  
• Using utility scissors, trim off the excess flooring leaving a ¼” to an ⅛” overhang all the way around.
  
• Use a router with a round over bit to remove the excess flooring and clean up the tabletop edges.
  
• While the legs are detached, clean and sand any areas that need it – then spray paint with a tough spray paint.
  
• Use painters tape to mask off the new table surface, then paint or stain the edges as needed. We used a brown acrylic paint that was between the tabletop and the legs.

  Let your tabletops dry and then reattach them to the legs.
  

Notes

The round over bit is pictured above and you can learn more about it (and how to use it) here.

If you enjoyed this project, I’d love for you to check out these other DIY ideas:

Coffee Table • Coffee Table with Storage • Industrial Pipe Shelving • IKEA Coffee Table Hacks • Lack Endtable Hack • Modern Headboard • Nolmyra Chair Hack • Outdoor Bench • Outdoor Table • Pallet Shelf • Platform Bed • Stacked Entry Bench • Wood Sign • Wood Step Stool Chair