The right way to make your personal Parisian model fake marble eating desk in beneath an hour through the use of a kitchen countertop.
This venture may go down within the historical past books as one of many quickest we’ve ever achieved. I’m so completely in love with this Parisian model fake marble eating desk we whipped up in lower than an hour!
How This DIY Fake Marble Desk Saves Time and Cash
As we’ve got been chipping away on the breakfast nook makeover, we bumped into three main points.
- We desperately wanted a pedestal model eating desk to work alongside banquette seating.
- As a result of the scale of our breakfast nook are so lengthy and slender, we couldn’t discover a eating desk with the right dimensions wherever.
- Ordering a customized desk would simply be a pair thousand {dollars}, which we actually didn’t need to spend.
I discovered this very related Artwork Deco bistro desk and this marble bistro desk for over $2,000-$3,000!
However by making this DIY fake marble desk your self (when you’re in the identical boat as us), you possibly can…
- Customise the desk to the precise size wanted to make the proper small eating tables in small areas.
- Use minimal energy instruments with very primary abilities.
- Construct in lower than an hour for $385!
- As a result of the highest is fabricated from laminate fake marble high, it received’t stain simply like actual marble, which makes it excellent for teenagers (or klutzy grown-ups like me) at all times spilling meals and drinks.
The right way to Make a Fake Marble DIY Eating Desk
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Steps
Step 1 – Measure and Mark
Decide the size of the desk you have to suit your house.
Use a tape measure and pencil to mark the size of the countertop to suit your eating house’s dimensions.
Step 2 – Place Masking Tape
Place a bit of masking tape alongside the marking the place you intend to chop the countertop.
The tape will assist in reaching a smoother end, minimizing chipping within the laminate in opposition to the noticed blade.
Step 3 – Mark on the Tape
Use the pencil and tape measure once more to mark your reducing line with a straight edge on the masking tape.
Step 4 – Lower the Countertop
Fastidiously run the round noticed alongside the pencil marking on the tape to chop a straight edge.
Step 5 – Lower 2×6 Boards for Top
(Non-compulsory) If you’ll wanted so as to add some top to your desk for chairs or benches that sit larger than a normal desk, including 2×6 boards helps.
As a result of our banquette sit larger than a normal chair, this step was obligatory.
Resolve how far aside you will want to put the pedestal legs primarily based on the countertop measurement, and minimize the 2x6x8 board to put in an “I” form beneath the countertop piece.
Step 6 – Connect 2×6 Boards
Use the wooden screws to connect the two×6 boards to the underside of the countertop.
Step 7 – Assemble Desk Legs and Connect to Countertop
Put the forged iron pedestal desk legs collectively and connect them to the two×6 boards (or on to the underside of the countertop when you didn’t add the boards for top).
Step 8 – Paint 2×6 Board Edges
To disguise any seen 2×6 boards from displaying beneath the countertop, paint the perimeters with black paint with a purpose to mix them in with the forged iron desk legs.
Step 9 – Connect Laminate Edge Strip
Use the contact cement to connect laminate strip to the uncooked fringe of the countertop the place it was minimize in Step 4.
As soon as the contact cement is totally dry, trim the surplus laminate strip utilizing a utility knife with a pointy, contemporary blade.
Completed Parisian Type Fake Marble Eating Desk
That’s it! Didn’t it end up so cute?! It’s like one thing proper out of a French bistro with these ornate forged iron desk legs and marble high.
It’s so laborious to imagine this desk was so fast and straightforward to make and for lower than $400!
Additionally try the reupholstered banquette cushions that got here with the Fb Market banquette which might be all completed now!
It’s all coming collectively even higher than I envisioned.
We nonetheless have some contact ups to do, eating chairs to complete, and artwork/styling so as to add. These herringbone LVP flooring get higher and higher with each little element as we close to the end line.
The chandelier, classic model sconces, and batten wall element add the proper quantity of appeal!
We lastly repainted the doorways utilizing the colour Celtic Stone from the Bless’er Home paint coloration line from Romabio.
Breakfast Nook Sources
It’s like this DIY fake marble desk was precisely what this breakfast nook wanted. What do you assume? Cute? Is it nearly convincing as actual classic?
If this room feels on the chilly and sterile aspect, give it time. I promise you heat, cozy vibes are coming quickly.
