I made the chicest coffee table using cheap salad bowls – people are always stunned when I tell them it’s not designer
A WOMAN has explained how she used cheap salad bowls to make a coffee table that wouldn’t look out of place in a five star hotel.
Chris-Ann popped to her local IKEA to grab six of the Blanda Matt serving bowls – at £15 each.
She then used Gorilla wood glue to join two together, to make three spheres.
Chris-Ann then added an optional step – but one she wanted to include to make them as seamless as possible – by applying wood filler to the joining.
Once that was on, she got to sanding down the edges.
Next, she applied a gel wood stain in dark walnut to each of the spheres, and then glued them to the base of a 32-inch marble tabletop.
“Detailed version of the DIY Sphere leg coffee table using the Ikea Bamboo Bowls,” Chris-Ann captioned her TikTok video.
“Absolutely love the result.”
And people quickly flooded the comments section to praise Chris-Ann for the incredible transformation.
“This is by far one of the best Ikea hacks I’ve seen on this app. wow!” one wrote.
As another added: “I would gatekeep, make and SELL em.”
“Wow!!! Girl you’re sooooo creative and talented,” a third commented.
“Now that’s clever,” someone else said.
“Masterpiece!” another wrote.
“This is so pretty and smart!!” someone else praised.
While another person asked: “How did you source the marble?”
“The marble is from a table I bought previously,” Chris-Ann replied.
“Had different legs. Facebook market place is a good place to search for marble tables/tops.”
“That is ART,” another said.
As someone else wrote: “This looks expensive!! I love it!!”
“So cute I may have to try and do this because it looks like it costed a lot of money,” another commented.
“Thanks for showing me how to update my living room.”
“Definitely should!” Chris-Ann replied.
“It’s amazing how simple update can make a huge difference.”
Others had their own suggestions for how to make the table even better.
“Should’ve kept the wooden theme… white marble does not fit in my opinion,” one wrote.
As another added: “Love the idea, but the top has to be much bigger and different colour.”